Applied Techniques of Counselling

Unit code: APT5060 | Study level: Postgraduate
Credit points
12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
Location
City Campus
Prerequisites
APT5035 - Theories and Techniques of Counselling
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Overview
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Overview

This unit of study will provide students with supervised counselling practice, both during class and outside of class with peers, in order to enhance their client attending skills and the skills of developing a client formulation. It will further provide students with information concerning various types of presenting problems across the lifespan, different ways of techniques for working across the lifespan.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Analyse and corroborate applied counselling skills;
  2. Formulate and evaluate counselling cases;
  3. Investigate and conceptually map counselling strategies for a range of presenting problems;
  4. To analyse a range of client presentations and how to work with them effectively
  5. To critically reflect on one’s personal experience and how this relates to practice as a counsellor.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Assignment
|
Grade: 20%
Case Formulation (1000 words)
Assessment type: Assignment
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Grade: 40%
Treatment Plan and Intervention (2000 words)
Assessment type: Assignment
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Grade: 40%
Reflection on interview role play (2000 words)

Required reading

Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors
Geldard, D., Geldard, K., & Yin Foo., R. (2021).| Cengage Learning.

As part of a course

This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.

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