Counselling Skills 1

Postgraduate | 2027

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Your studies will be on-campus, and may include some online delivery
On campus
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Area/Catalogue
PSYC 5052
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Course ID
209539
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Campus
Adelaide City Campus East
Level of study
Level of study
Postgraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course owner
School of Psychology
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Course level
5
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
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No
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University-wide elective course
No
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Single course enrolment
No

Course overview

Counselling Skills 1 introduces students to the fundamental elements of counselling. In addition to understanding the theoretical perspectives that underpin core counselling practice, students will develop a range of discrete skills including attending, observing, listening, responding accurately and empathically to clients, and identifying inappropriate and unhelpful practices.

Students will be given maximum opportunity to develop their counselling skills in a structured and supportive environment.

Course learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate an understanding of core counselling skills and concepts consistent with a Person-Centred approach
  • Competently use the skills of attending, observing, listening, and responding appropriately during a counsellor-client consultation
  • Critically reflect upon personal values and counsellor attributes
  • Discriminate and rate the different levels of effective and ineffective responses accurately, and discern unhelpful or inappropriate counselling behaviours
  • Manage a genuine client issue and provide a series of effective responses (in accordance with the criteria to be detailed in class)
  • Critique and evaluate one's own counselling responses and set goals for improvement.

Prerequisite(s)

N/A

Corequisite(s)

N/A

Antirequisite(s)

  • Must not have completed PUBHLTH5005 Counselling Skills 1 at the University of Adelaide OR must not have completed PUBH5000 Counselling Skills 1

Assumed knowledge

N/A

Textbook(s)

David Geldard, Kathryn Geldard, Rebecca Yin Foo, 2017-01-01, Basic Personal Counselling: A Training Manual for Counsellors, Cengage AU

Inherent requirements

N/A

Other resources

TEXTBOOK: Geldard, D., & Foo, R. Y. (2021). Basic personal counselling: a training manual for counsellors (9th ed.). Cengage. ISBN (Print): 9780170451871. ISBN (eBook): 9780170292504. , TEXTBOOK: Ivey, A. E., Ivey, M. B., & Zalaquett, C. P. (2022). Intentional interviewing and counseling : facilitating client development in a multicultural society (10th ed.). Cengage. ISBN (Print): 9780357622797. ISBN (eBook): 9780357622889. , TEXTBOOK: Feltham, C. & Dryden, W. (2006). Brief counselling: a practical integrative approach (2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN (Print): 9780335219452. ISBN (eBook): 9780335224999. , TEXTBOOK: Eells, T. D. (2006). Handbook of psychotherapy case formulation (2nd ed.). Guilford Publications. ISBN (Print): 9781593853518. ISBN (eBook): 9781593856236.

Assessment

  • Report – 30%
  • Skills Demonstration – 45%
  • Problem Solving Task – 10%
  • Short Response Questions – 15%
  • Peer Review – 0%