Skills for Recovery Practice in Mental Health

Course aim

To develop in-depth knowledge of individual and group counselling skills for recovery based therapeutic relationships and practice

Course content

Recovery values, strengths-based practice, person and family centred care, lived experience and consumer perspectives, counselling skills and processes used in recovery orientated care, trauma informed care, cultural safety, reflective practice, therapeutic use of self, the peer workforce, dignity of risk and ethical considerations in counselling, planning and evaluation of individual and group recovery programs, leadership and facilitation skills

Textbook(s)

D Geldard, K Geldard and R Yin Foo 2022, Basic Personal Counselling: A Training Manual for Counsellors, 9th Edition, Cengage Learning Australia

Jacobs, E Schimmel, CJ Masson, RL and Harvill, RL 2016, Group Counselling: Strategies and Skills, 8th Edition, Cengage Learning, Boston, MA

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
Workshop	9 hours over 2 sessions x -
External (Online Delivery)	13 weeks x -

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Critical analysis, Essay, Online activities

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.