Department of Counselling and Psychology Course Outline | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Title | Advanced Skills in Individual Counselling and Psychotherapy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Course Code | COUN310 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Number of Credits | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Duration of Weeks | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Contact Hours Per Week | 3 hours | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pre-requisite Course(s)
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COUN110 Personal Growth
COUN200 Theories & Systems in Counselling and Psychotherapy
COUN210 Microskills in Individual Counselling and Psychotherapy
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Course Aims
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This course aims to build on the pre-requisite skills and theory courses stated above, providing a forum for students to consolidate their skills in counselling and psychotherapy through experiential and reflective development of an integrative model of counselling and psychotherapy for their own counselling practice.
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Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOS) |
After completing the course, students should be able to: 1. develop a solid conceptual framework in understanding effective counselling;
2. demonstrate their ability to establish a therapeutic relationship with clients and use skills of assessment and intervention in an ethical and professional way;
3. acquire knowledge of the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of major counselling approaches;
4. address and manage the domain of emotions as a form of intervention;
5. address the domain of understanding the client’s cognitive schemas in the therapeutic process;
6. understand and identify ambivalence in clients where past issues and their impacts on current life to help clients resolve this ambivalence;
7. identify the potential interpersonal issues such as, attachment, transference and countertransference in working relationship;
8. begin to address systemic issues by examining problems from a circular rather than linear approach, and work with clients from a postmodern perspective; and
9. demonstrate and articulate their developing integrative approach of counseling and join with peers in critically reflecting on their work.
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Assessment |
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