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C5140C Counselling Practicum I

This unit provides students with an initial opportunity to practice counselling skills in a closely supervised context.
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Unit Overview

Qualification

Diploma

Unit Availability

Trimester 2 2027

Study Mode

Online Facilitation

Placement

N/A

Tuition

Diploma Counselling Practicum Fee

Prerequisite

N/A

Corequisite

C5102C Counselling Theory and Practice I

Notes

Trimester 2/3 unit. Attendance at facilitation sessions is compulsory for this unit. Facilitation sessions will not be recorded.

Schedule
Academic Period Facilitation Type Time Dates
Trimester 2/3 2027 Online Facilitation
Attendance at facilitation sessions is compulsory for this unit. No recordings will be available.		 4pm – 7pm (AEST/AEDT) Wednesday 2 June
Wednesday 21 July
Wednesday 8 September
Wednesday 20 October

Unit Details

This unit provides students with an initial opportunity to practice counselling skills in a closely supervised context. Students will evaluate their practice and skill development in counselling and grow in their understanding of the counselling task and the importance of managing connected relationships.

At the end of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Review their beginning counselling practices in the context of recognised approaches to integration
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of how counselling theory, knowledge and skills can be integrated through ongoing supervision, received counselling and client engagement
  3. Demonstrate a developing competence, cultural humility and respectful working relationships with clients, supervisors, colleagues and community members
  4. Understand the concept of the counsellor as a therapeutic instrument and is cognisant of the impact of one’s own beliefs, values and biases
  5. Apply integrated counselling skills to clients with low needs
  1. Integration and application of counselling skills in supervised counselling practice
  2. Information and record keeping in counselling practice
  3. Ethical practice and the integration of faith and counselling practice
  4. Personal and professional development and formation as a counselling practitioner
  5. Individual and group professional supervision in counselling practice
  6. Ethical issues arising in counselling practice
  7. Theological and spiritual reflections on issues arising in counselling practice

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