Counselling Interventions

Course aim

To further develop students' counselling and interpersonal skills to include influencing skills and intervention strategies.

Course content

Students will further develop their knowledge of the counselling process and their counselling skills. They will be introduced to advanced microskills and provided the opportunity to practice those skills. They will be introduced to basic influencing skills (focusing, empathic confrontation, stress management, and therapeutic lifestyle changes) and will learn the patterns of skill usage appropriate for different cultural groups, and their application in different areas of practice. Students will also be introduced to the five stages of the interview: relationship, story and strengths, goals, restory, action.Students will have the opportunity to practice these skills in a safe environment.

Textbook(s)

Ivey, A, Ivey, M & Zalaquett, C 2022, Intentional interviewing and counseling: facilitating client development in a multicultural society, 10th edition, Brooks/cole, Belmont, CA

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BEHL 2013	Counselling Skills

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1.5 hours x 10 weeks
Workshop	1.5 hours x 10 weeks

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

Assessment

Learning log/Journal, Test

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4S)
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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.