Next Level Counselling Skills PG (11749.1)

This unit will build on skills and knowledge from previous study to enhance and solidify student¿s counselling skills and practice. The unit will invite a deeper exploration of the self as an instrument of practice, examining relational aspects of therapeutic encounters.

Students will also complete their capstone project, producing a literature review on a counselling topic of personal interest.

This unit will extend students' previous learning in counselling practice, theory and ethics.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Act responsibly, ethically and professionally as practitioners in the counselling profession and in their obligations to the community and society; and
2. Engage with evidence based, research informed theory and current practice in the field of counselling and psychotherapy through a literature review.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives

Prerequisites

11747 Placement B - Masters Practicum PG OR
11979 Professional Placement PG

Corequisites

This unit is only available to students enrolled in SCM401 Master of Counselling.

Incompatible units

None

Equivalent units

8565 Mental Health Assessment and Intervention PG

Assumed knowledge

None.