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Counselling Skills 1
Postgraduate | TAS-KHA501 | 2021
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Counselling Skills 1
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Understand and demonstrate basic counselling skills
- Understand different models of counselling
- Make accurate observation of verbal and non-verbal behaviour including the ability to discriminate between observation and interpretation of behaviour
- Have knowledge of a generic three-stage model of counselling
- Establish and maintain a constructive and facilitative counselling relationship
- Identify and demonstrate basic counselling micro-skills
- Demonstrate ability to present and constructively critique one’s own counselling performance
- Models of Counselling
- The Counselling Process
- Attitudes & Behaviour
- Micro-skills & Reflection
- Active Listening
- Primary Level Empathy & Immediacy
- Questions/ Art of Probing
- Advanced level Empathy
- Art of Confrontation
- The Suicidal Client
- The Angry Client
- Problem Management
- Multicultural & Indigenous Counselling
On successfully completing this subject, students will be able to use practical skills for more effective interpersonal communication, as well as basic counselling skills. This subject examines styles of counselling with integration of theories of counselling with its practice. The subject teaches both basic skills in counselling and more advanced skills necessary in more complex counselling situations. Multicultural counselling will be addressed.
- Skill Demonstration (50%)
- Self-Evaluation (20%)
- Counselling Skills Essay (30%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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