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C7140C Counselling Practicum I

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

Qualification

Bachelor

Unit Availability

Year Long 2025

Study Mode

Online Facilitation

Placement

N/A

Prerequisite

N/A

Notes

Counselling spinal unit. 80% attendance at the facilitation is required for this unit. No recordings will be available.

Schedule
Availability Facilitation Type Time Dates Facilitator
Year Long 2025 Online Facilitation 4pm – 7pm
(AEDT/AEST)
Wednesday 26 February
Wednesday 2 April
Wednesday 11 June
Wednesday 9 July
Wednesday 1 October
Wednesday 15 October
Tracey Milson

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. Evaluate 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. This unit enables students to apply and integrate their learning of counselling skills with their personal and professional development.
  2. A supportive structured environment is created for the students’ formation as counselling professionals during supervised counselling practice.
  3. In addition to requiring students to obtain the required individual professional supervision externally throughout the year, class meetings provide another level of group supervision.
  4. These meetings serve as a forum for engaging with emerging ethical, supervision, personal professional and theological questions encountered during their counselling practice.
  1. Notetaking (30%)
    Word Limit: 1000
    Due: Week 11, Trimester 1
  2. Reflective Essay (35%)
    Word Limit: 2000
    Due: Week 11, Trimester 2
  3. Case Presentation (35%)
    Word Limit: 2000
    Due: Week 10, Trimester 3

Not required

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