Details for Counselling Practice II

Please note: This subject will be replaced by 'SSC221 Foundations of Professional Practice' from Semester 2 (2023) onwards (new code and name only).

This subject builds on the foundations of SSC112 Counselling Practice I by introducing advanced counselling techniques and a counselling framework. You will gain the ability to assess, understand specific client needs, and use counselling micro-skills and techniques in working with people in a counselling context. During the subject you will learn how to counsel clients with problems in the areas of anger, stress, self- esteem and other specific issues. This subject has been designed to comply with PACFA training requirement for which you must have completed a course where 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.

Awards offering Counselling Practice II

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

• Bachelor of Applied Social Science
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Applied Social Science
• Bachelor of Ministry
• Bachelor of Theology
• Diploma of Arts
• Diploma of Chaplaincy
• Undergraduate Certificate in Arts

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Integrate and use micro- skills with both cognitive and affective counselling techniques;
2. Intentionally apply counselling micro-skills within the counselling model to assist clients in addressing specific issues;
3. Assist clients to identify the dimensions of specific problems and identify client resources and assets to activate positive change;
4. Develop self–reflective and personal skills in the context of counselling practice.

Subject Content

• Nature of counselling
• Foundation skills, including micro-skills
• Identifying the client’s problem
• Helping clients tell their stories
• Using the basic listening sequence
• Reflecting meaning, utilising influencing skills and other strategies for change
• Using these skills to address common concerns/problems such as loneliness, low self-esteem, stress and anger

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

• Interview, Critique, and Client Folder (50%)
• Report and Resource for Practitioners (25%)
• 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 textbooks.