Details for Counselling Practice I

Please note: This subject will be replaced by 'SSC113 Interpersonal Communication Skills' from Semester 2 (2023) onwards (new code and name only).

On successfully completing this subject, you will be able to use practical skills for more effective interpersonal communication as well as basic counselling skills. This subject has been designed to comply with PACFA training requirement: Students must have completed a course of which at least 100 hours is experiential. Experiential activities refer to clinical training methods, such as modelling by clinicians, counsellor-client practice, clinical placements, role-plays, and concrete and specific feedback.

Quick Info

Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
Course code: SSC112
Credit points: 10

Awards offering Counselling Practice I

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

Unit Content

Outcomes

Integrate the principles for effective communication, active listening, observation and conflict management into your relational style;
Practice skills for effective expression and appropriate assertiveness from a range of styles;
Generate skills useful for managing counselling conversations including those that may not proceed as anticipated;
Apply cultural sensitivity to counselling practice and develop a methodology for continued professional development and effective self-monitoring.

Subject Content

Principles of communication
Blocks to communication
Active listening
Attending behaviours
Micro-skills of silence, minimal encouragers, paraphrasing and summarising
Self-awareness and self-disclosure
Assertiveness
Reflection of content, meaning, reflection of feeling, questioning, confrontation
Cultural contexts of counselling and cross-cultural communication

This course may be offered in the following formats

Onsite (face-to-face)
Online (eLearning)
Intensives
Extensives

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

Skill Demonstration (Video) and Analysis (50%)
Reflective Journal (30%)
Individual Presentation and Forum Discussions (20%)

Prescribed Text

Geldard, D., Geldard K. & Foo, R. (2021). Basic personal counselling (9th ed). Melbourne, VIC: Cengage Learning Australia.

Please consult your instructor before purchasing any textbooks