PY5013:03
Working With Clients
Townsville
39 hours workshops. First semester. Intensive block mode.
Available to MPsych students or other suitably qualified persons with the permission of the course coordinator.
Staff: Dr J Promnitz.
This subject explores the communication and counselling microskills necessary to work with a client. In addition, issues of client reluctance and resistance are addressed.
Learning Objectives:
- attain practical communication and counselling microskills;
- an understanding of client reluctance and resistance and professionally appropriate strategies;
- an awareness of the student’s own strengths and weaknesses in working with clients.
Assessment by video of microskills usage with peer as client (50%); class presentation and written paper (50%).