Unit Content
Outcomes
- Develop an understanding of foundations of communication and counselling, including wellness, socio-cultural competence and ethical practice;
- Develop an understanding of core competencies of counselling and people helping for individuals and groups;
- Generate and combine the principles for effective communication, active listening, micro-skills and conflict management into your relational style;
- Formulate an approach to ongoing professional development and wellbeing, including critial engagement with peers.
Subject Content
- Introduction
- The Nature and Purpose of Counselling
- Transcultural Issues
- Foundational Skills: Core Components
- Foundational Skills: Micro-skills
- Further Foundational Skills
- Counselling with Emotions in Mind
- Skills for Promoting Change
- Clarifying the Emotional Life of the Client
- The Wellness Approach to Transcultural Counselling
- Dealing with Challenging Client Issues
- Conflict Situations
- Counselling and Christian Ministry
- Termination/ Closure
- Self-Care
This course may be offered in the following formats
- Onsite (face-to-face)
- Online (e-Learning)
- Intensives
- Extensive
This subject typically has both online pre-recorded lectures AND mandatory online-live components.
Please check the timetable to see when this subject will next be offered at Alphacrucis University College.
Assessment Methods
- Minor Essay (25%)
- Skills Demonstration and Critical Reflection (50%)
- Critical Reflection (25%)
Prescribed Text
- Geldard, D., Geldard K. & Foo, R. (2021). Basic personal counselling (9th ed). Melbourne, VIC: Cengage Learning Australia.
Please consult your instructor prior to purchasing any texts.