PY3104 - Principles of Counselling
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Psychology |
The objective of this subject is to provide students with a systematic introduction to the theory and practice of counselling. Students should appreciate its introductory nature and need to understand that counselling skills are largely acquired through advanced training, professional practice, supervision and experience.
Learning Outcomes
- appreciate how the students own values and beliefs affect the counselling process;
- appreciate the necessity for further training, supervision and professional development for counsellors/counselling psychologists;
- have an awareness of ethical and legal issues as they relate to professional counselling practice;
- have an awareness of the necessity of accurate record keeping and report writing relevant to a variety of counselling situations;
- have an understanding of philosophical and theoretical approaches to counselling;
- have gained knowledge and practice of the basic microskills necessary for counsellors.
| Prerequisites: | (PY1001 or PY1101) and (PY1002 or PY1102) and (PY2093 or PY2106) |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | PY3083 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Face to face teaching 12-Feb-2007 to 16-Feb-2007 (one week block mode lectures with tutorials during the semester) | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Barbara Kennedy |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); assignments (20%); in class activities (20%). |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Face to face teaching 19-Feb-2007 to 23-Feb-2007 (one week block mode lectures with tutorials during the semester) | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Barbara Kennedy |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); assignments (20%); in class activities (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 14-Dec-2007 | |
| Face to face teaching 05-Nov-2007 to 31-Jan-2008 | |
| Coord/Lect: | jc173111. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); assignments (20%); in class activities (20%). |
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