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Counselling Skills 2
Postgraduate | TAS-KHA502 | 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 2
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Understand and demonstrate basic and advanced counselling skills.
- Understand different models of counselling and the different stages of the Egan model of counselling.
- Identify and demonstrate skills useful for managing counselling conversations that may not proceed as anticipated.
- Demonstrate skills in conflict management.
- Discuss how culture may affect communication and describe the skills and attitudes required of a culturally sensitive counsellor.
- Demonstrate the ability to deal with different client presentations.
- Reflect on Personal skills development and Present and constructively critique your 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
This subject covers the skills needed for various components of the counselling process. KHA502 introduces counselling skills relevant to specific work situations such as conflict resolution, working with difficult clients and brief intervention strategies. Multicultural counselling will also be addressed. This subject builds on the skills acquired in Counselling Skills 1 including a further exploration of the three steps of the Egan model. The subject emphasis is on skill acquisition and students are required to demonstrate that they have acquired both basic and advanced counselling skills. Students are required to demonstrate the ability to apply the counselling skills in a variety of simulated counselling situations.
- Cultural Analysis Essay (20%)
- Skills Demonstration (35%)
- Personal Skills Reflection and Assessment (30%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
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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