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Counselling Skills 1

Postgraduate | TAS-KHA501 | 2023

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Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
14 weeks

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Counselling Skills 1

About this subject

  • Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

    1. Understand and demonstrate basic counselling skills
    2. Understand different models of counselling
    3. Make accurate observation of verbal and non-verbal behaviour including the ability to discriminate between observation and interpretation of behaviour
    4. Have knowledge of a generic three-stage model of counselling
    5. Establish and maintain a constructive and facilitative counselling relationship
    6. Identify and demonstrate basic counselling micro-skills
    7. Demonstrate ability to present and constructively critique one’s own counselling performance

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

  • TAS-CEP-GCE-2023 - Graduate Certificate in Counselling for Education Professionals
  • TAS-CHP-GCE-2023 - Graduate Certificate in Counselling for Health Professionals
  • TAS-COU-GDI-2023 - Graduate Diploma in Counselling
  • TAS-COU-GCE-2023 - Graduate Certificate of Counselling

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.

Related degrees

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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PostgraduateTAS-COU-GDI

Graduate Diploma in Counselling

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PostgraduateTAS-COU-GCE

Graduate Certificate of Counselling

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