ADVANCED COUNSELLING SKILLS A
PHE5ASA
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Together with the subject PHE5ASB, these subjects aim to further student's development as counsellor practitioners. Focusing on advanced counselling skills such as Advanced Empathy, Challenging and Immediacy and utilising specific skills identified in the approaches presented in the subject PHE5CHC, students are expected to develop competency in integrating advanced skills into their practice. Classes include practice sessions to facilitate students both deepening and broadening the skill-base from which they work.
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Kathleen Gregory
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in HMCOUN - Master of Counselling.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: Only available to students enrolled in the Master of Counselling.
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | The Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy (2nd edn) | Prescribed | Feltham, C & Horton, I (Eds) (2006) | SAGE: LONDON |
| Readings | Building motivational interviewing skills: a practitioner workbook | Recommended | Rosengren, D 2009 | GUILDFORD PRESS, NY |
| Readings | Intentional interviewing and counselling: facilitating client development in a multicultural society | Recommended | Ivey, A & Ivey, M 2007 | 6TH EDN, THOMSON BROOKS/COLE, BELMONT CA. |
| Readings | Interviewing and change strategies for helpers: fundamental skills and cognitive behavioural interventions | Recommended | Cormier, S, Nurius, P & Osborn, C 2009 | 6TH EDN, BROOKS/COLE, BELMONT CA. |
| Readings | The skilled helper | Recommended | Egan, G 2007 | 8TH EDN, THOMSON BROOKS/COLE, BELMONT CA. |
| Readings | Helping skills: facilitaing insight, exploration and action | Preliminary | Hill, C 2009 | 3RD EDN, APA, WASHINGTON DC. |
City, 2014, Semester 1, Night
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Kathleen Gregory
Class requirements
Seminar
One 2.0 hours seminar per week and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| counselling tape, transcript and critical review (equiv to 1,500 words) | 50 | |
| counselling tape, transcript and critical review (equiv to 1,500 words) | 50 |