Counselling Skills and Models PG (7743.5)
| Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
|---|---|---|
| View teaching periods | On-campus |
Bruce, Canberra |
| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| Discipline Of Counselling | Post Graduate Level | Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) Band 2 2021 (Prof Pathway Social Work- After 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) |
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Demonstrate competence in a range of counselling skills, including: a. assessment, b. collaborative goal setting, c. reflective listening, d. empathy, e. range of change interventions and f. evaluation and termination of the counselling relationship; and
2. Critically appraise their own and other students' counselling practice and articulate the theory base for the use of interventions.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
Prerequisites
This unit is only available to students in the Graduate Diploma in Counselling, Master of Counselling or Master of Occupational Therapy.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.| Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 2 | 29 July 2024 | On-campus | Other Sel Cooper |
| 2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 2 | 28 July 2025 | On-campus | Dr Rana Tayara |
Required texts
Prescribed Text:
Geldard, D., Geldard, K. & Yin Foo, R. (2022). Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors. (9th ed.). Cengage Learning.
Recommended Reading
Crago, H., & Gardner, P. (2012). A safe place for change: Skills and capacities for counselling and therapy. IP Communications.
Supplementary Reading
Additional readings which are required pre-reading for classes as indicated in the table above will be available on UCLearn
Additional Resources
Some of the relevant journals available online through the library catalogue are:
Counseling Today
Counseling and Values
Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal
European Journal of psychotherapy, counselling and health
Australian Journal of guidance and counselling
Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
Counseling and Human Development
Counseling Psychologist
International Journal for the advancement of Counselling
Journal of Mental Health Counselling
In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy Networker
Journal of multicultural counseling and development
Journal of Professional Counselling, practice, theory and research
Journal of Family Studies
Australian Social Work
Australian Psychologist
Submission of assessment items
Extensions & Late submissions
All assessments are marked on a competency basis i.e. Ungraded Pass/Fail grade. However, all assignments should meet the university's expectations of postgraduate students. To achieve an overall pass for the unit, students must submit and pass all assignments.
Special assessment requirements
Moderation of Assignments:
Assessments will be moderated, as per the Faculties's Moderation Procedures.
There are no resubmissions available in this unit
Supplementary assessment
Supplementary assessments are not available in this unit
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and 91Porn (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Participation requirements
The Graduate Diploma in Counselling has been designed to meet Psychotherapy in Australia (PACFA) accreditation requirements, which include 200 hours face to face learning. This translates to at least an 80% attendance in each unit. It is to your advantage personally, professionally and academically to attend all sessions unless prevented by illness or other unforeseen situations. In these circumstances students should notify the lecturer in advance where possible. It is also strongly suggested that you negotiate ways of meeting the learning objectives of missed sessions with your unit convenor and if required, submit supplementary assessments.
Required IT skills
You must be able to word process assessments so that they are well presented, search the library data bases for relevant journal articles and access UCLearn site for this unit. It is the individual student's responsibility to access appropriate help from the University IT services or the library if you do not have adequate skills.
Work placement, internships or practicums
N/A
Additional information
APA referencing format is required in this unit. You will find some important information about referencing on the following website:
- Semester 2, 2024, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (218754)
- Semester 2, 2023, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (214698)
- Semester 2, 2022, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (208098)
- Semester 2, 2021, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (201525)
- Semester 1, 2021, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (200772)
- Semester 2, 2020, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (195847)
- Semester 1, 2020, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (193823)
- Semester 2, 2019, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (191579)
- Semester 1, 2019, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (188935)
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