COUN671-19W (C) Whole Year 2019

Counselling and Psychology: Theories and Skills

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2019
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 15 March 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 23 August 2019

Description

Studies of counselling and psychological theories and their implications for practice. Practice in the skills of an intentional interviewing model of helping.

This course provides the opportunity to study counselling and psychological theories and their implications for practice, along with practice in the skills of an intentional interviewing model of helping.

In this course you will be introduced to a number of meanings associated with counselling and psychology, and encouraged to consider the personal and professional role of a therapeutic person.  You will be provided with an opportunity to examine your own personal values and beliefs about counselling, and encouraged to reflect on how this shapes your relationship to the theory and practice of psychology and counselling. This will set the context for learning a range of therapeutic skills.  Each of you will be expected to engage in course exercises and be able to demonstrate understanding and effective use of specific skills, and describe both the rationale for, and the impact of, their use in controlled, role-played situations.  

Psychologists, counsellors and therapists need to be able to provide a rationale for what they do. In this course you will have the opportunity of evaluating, comparing and contrasting several major theories of counselling and psychotherapy. This part of the course is designed to provide you with a theoretical framework to assist you in the process of beginning to build and articulate your own personal position on counselling and therapy.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the end of this course students should be able to
  • Understand and articulate key issues relevant to the practice of counselling and psychology.
  • Use basic counselling skills to conduct an effective therapeutic interview in the context of their developing understanding of theory.
  • Develop and articulate an integrated understanding of several major theories of counselling and psychological interventions that is informed by their examination of their own values and beliefs.

Restrictions

CFPY604, EDUC461, EDEM664, HLTH481

Course Coordinator

Mairin Taylor

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Skills Assignment Part A 15% (On-line Skills test)
Integrative Theory Assignment 45%
Skills Assignment Part B 16 Sep 2019 40% (Skills Video & analysis)


As this course is compulsory for those preparing to apply for Masters programmes in Counselling or Child and Family Psychology a high degree of professionalism is expected of all students.  Students are expected to attend all scheduled class sessions and are required to complete all assessment tasks.  

There are three pieces of work that make up the final grade.  All three must be completed. Each will be assessed using a letter grade.

Notes

Subject to approval of Head of School.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,847.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

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