C7240C Counselling Practicum II

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

1. Evaluate own practice in the context of recognised approaches to integration.
2. Demonstrate the integration of counselling theory, knowledge and skills through ongoing supervision, received counselling and client engagement.
3. Demonstrate professional competence, cultural humility and respectful working relationships with clients, supervisors, colleagues and community members.
4. Apply the use of oneself as a therapeutic instrument with self- awareness, especially with reference to their own beliefs, values and biases.
5. Apply integrated counselling skills to clients with low to moderate needs.

1. This unit builds on the counselling skills learned through sequenced learning and scaffolding.
2. Knowledge and understanding of the purpose and application of counselling microskills is deepened in the context of a broader comprehension of the counselling process.
3. Students learn why particular skills are especially helpful in accomplishing specified purposes during the stages of counselling, such as establishing relationship and exploring, deepening, growing and consolidation, and ending.
4. Theological and spiritual considerations are ethically integrated with multicultural applications and empirical support.
5. There will also be a focus of critical reflection on the process of group practice.

1. Documentation and Learning Agreement (20%)
   Due: Trimester 1, Week 7
2. Portfolio, Logs and Supervisor Report (40%)
   Due: Trimester 3, Week 12
3. Reflective Essay (40%)
   Word Limit: 2000
   Due: Trimester 3, Week 2

• Sbanotto, E., Gingrich, H., & Gingrich, F. (2016). Skills for effective counseling: A faith-based integration. IVP Academic.