SS1111 - Introduction to Counselling

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Arts & Social Sciences

This subject is designed as an introduction to basic counselling concepts and skills. It is intended to provide students with basic communication skills and an awareness of some of the personal and professional issues facing the counsellor. A microskills approach to counselling has been chosen as it offers a foundation which will help students understand and work more effectively with many diverse approaches to facilitating client growth and development.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate knowledge of the issues involved in confidentiality and ethics;
• demonstrate knowledge of the nature of counselling, the counselling relationship, the effects of the counsellors values and beliefs on the counselling relationship and the counsellors own needs;
• incorporate these microskills in interviews;
• awareness of the basic microskills of attending, questioning, client observation, encouraging, paraphrasing and summarising and reflection of feeling.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

SS1105

Availabilities
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
Coordinator:	Dr David Mitchell
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	assignments (80%); multiple choice test: 20% (20%).
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Dr David Mitchell
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	assignments (80%); multiple choice test: 20% (20%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52
Census Date 21-Jul-2011
Coordinator:	Dr David Mitchell
Lecturer:	Ms Denise Dillon.
Contact hours:	12 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials
Assessment:	assignments (80%); multiple choice test: 20% (20%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.