Overview
Central theme: introduction to counselling theory, interventions and research. Themes to be covered include theories of counselling, evaluation of counselling, research designs and interventions, ethical decision making in counselling psychology.
Offerings
S2-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS
S2-01-MALAYSIA-ON-CAMPUS
Requisites
Prerequisite
Contacts
Chief Examiner(s)
Dr Melinda Jackson
Unit Coordinator(s)
Dr Swati Mujumdar
Dr Yap Yee Aun
Notes
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Scheduled teaching activities and/or workload information are subject to change in response to COVID-19, please check your Unit timetable and Unit Moodle site for more details.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.
Identify a variety of theoretical approaches to counselling including individual, group and systems approaches;
2.
Describe techniques used by various theoretical approaches to counselling;
3.
Recognise the influence of personal values and belief systems to the counselling process;
4.
Identify ethical issues and ethical decision making in counselling; and
5.
Conduct research in counselling psychology.
Assessment
1 - Mock Counselling and Self Reflection Task (10 minute video and 999 words)
2 - Essay (2,000 words) (35%)
3 - Examination (2 hours) (35%)
Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities
Lectures
Tutorials
Workload requirements
Workload
Learning resources
Required resources