Counselling Skills

Course aim

To develop students' knowledge of the counselling process and to core counselling microskills, and to provide small group practice in the use of these.

Course content

In this course students will further develop their knowledge of current research and best practice in counselling. Students will build up their knowledge of the counselling process and will further develop counselling microskills (including attending behaviour, open and closed questions, client observation skills, encouraging, paraphrasing and summarising, reflection of feeling). 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

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BEHL 1022	Counselling Foundations

Completion of or concurrent enrolment in BEHL 1022 Counselling Foundations.

Corequisite(s)

Completion of or concurrent enrolments of in BEHL 1022 Counselling Foundations.

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1.5 hours x 10 weeks
Workshop	1.5 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External	N/A x N/A

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/Quiz

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.