SUPERVISION PROCESSES IN COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY
PSY6DSP
2014
Credit points: 20
Subject outline
This subject examines the processes of supervision within the counselling context. It provides practical, theoretical and experiential approaches which maximise individual professional development so that reflective practices are viewed as an essential component of the continued learning and development of the therapist. The ethics of the profession provide an underlying focus for examining these processes within the supervisor, supervisee and client relationship.
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences
Credit points: 20
Subject Co-ordinator: Melissa Monfries
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 6 - Doctoral
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: This unit is available to Doctor of Psychology in Counselling Psychology students only and will run subject to sufficient enrolment numbers.
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Casebook for clinical supervision: a competency based approach | Prescribed | Fallender, CA & Shafranske, EP (eds) | AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, WASHINGTON DC |
| Readings | Code of ethics | Prescribed | APS, 2007 | N/A |
| Readings | Guidelines for psychological assessment and the use of psychological tests | Prescribed | APS, 2010 | N/A |
| Readings | Guidelines for supervision | Prescribed | APS, 2010 | N/A |
| Readings | Handbook of counselling psychology | Prescribed | Woolfe, R, Strawbridge, S, Douglas, B, & Dryden, W (eds) 2010 | SAGE, LONDON; THOUSAND OAKS CA |
| Readings | The ethics of supervision and consultation: practical guidance for mental health professionals | Prescribed | Thomas, J 2010 | AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, WASHINGTON DC |
Melbourne, 2014, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: No
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Melissa Monfries
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 4.0 hours seminar per week from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
"One four-hour seminar per week during weeks 31 to 44 inclusive."
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| relections on personal professional development: the experience as supervisee and supervisor | 60 | |
| two case presentations in Group Supervision | 40 |