Counselling Communication (5258.10)
| Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
|---|---|---|
| View teaching periods | On-Campus |
Bruce, Canberra |
| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| Discipline Of Counselling | Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit | Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) Band 2 2021 (Prof Pathway Social Work- After 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) |
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to demonstrate:1. An understanding of the theoretical and practical elements of the counselling relationship;
2. The ability to develop and maintain an appropriate counselling relationship;
3. The ability to use and combine individual skills to explore clients key concerns; and
4. Self-awareness and ethical sensitivity in facilitating counselling relationships and the application of counselling skills.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
Corequisites
None.Assumed knowledge
None.| Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | On-Campus | Mr Tom Eckart |
Required texts
Prescribed text:
Geldard, D., Geldard, K., Yin Foo, R. (2021). Basic personal counselling: A training manual for counsellors (9th ed.). Pearson/Prentice-Hall.
Please note that if you search on the library catalogue or databases for counselling references and articles, that there are two spellings to counselling. In Australia and in the UK, it is spelled as ‘counselling" with two ‘l's, whereas in the US it is spelled ‘counseling'. Take this into account in your literature searches.
Some of the counselling journals sources available on the library database are:
Psychotherapy in Australia
Counseling Today
Counseling and Values
Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal
European Journal of psychotherapy, counselling and health
Australian Journal of guidance and counselling
Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
Counseling and Human Development
Counseling Psychologist
International Journal for the advancement of Counselling
Journal of Mental Health Counselling
In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy Networker
Journal of multicultural counseling and development
Journal of Professional Counselling, practice, theory and research
Journal of Family Studies
Australian Social Work
Australian Psychologist
Participation requirements
This is a skills based unit. It is intended that learning in this unit will be interactive and practical. It is presumed therefore that students have made adequate arrangements for attending all teaching-learning sessions. In particular, attendance at tutorials is essential in this unit as students will not be able to attain and demonstrate in their assessments, the learning outcomes, unless they attend and fully participate in the tutorials.
Absence from more than two tutorials will seriously jeopardise student's ability to achieve and demonstrate the set learning outcomes. Students are also required to inform their lecturer/tutors of their absence if unavoidable and to seek consultation.
Important: Attendance at tutorials is essential in this course. Students will not be able to attain and demonstrate the required learning outcomes in their assessments unless they attend and fully participate in the tutorials. Experience from past years indicates that students who do not attend tutorials have a real risk of failing the unit.
Required IT skills
You must be able to word process assignments so that they are well presented, search the library data bases for relevant journal articles and access the UCLearn site for this unit. It is the individual student's responsibility to access appropriate help from the university IT services or the library if they do not have adequate skills. Students will need to familiarise and have access to video viewing software that is compatible and accessible for video-recorded assignment requirements and uploading to UCLearn.
Work placement, internships or practicums
None
Additional information
If there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of a particular assignment or assessment, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the unit convener or tutor. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the student to ensure that they are correctly enrolled in the unit and tutorial and that the tutor and Student administration are provided with their correct contacts details.
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