HPY210 - Applied Counselling Skills (Introductory)
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Robbie Eres |
| Previously: | Coaching and Counselling Individuals for Behaviour Change |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HPY310 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1 hour lecture (pre-recorded) per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1 hour lecture (pre-recorded) per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit aims to enable students to develop understanding of, and practice in, current approaches in coaching, counselling, and group facilitation for behaviour change. This unit is applicable to a range of disciplines and is highly relevant for students wishing to develop skills as a coach, trainer/facilitator, supervisor, manager, tutor, presenter, and/or students aiming to progress into a career in psychology, counselling, and other people-focused healthcare professions. In this unit students will be exposed to a range of coaching and counselling theories and frameworks, and develop an understanding of human behaviour change. Students will learn and apply a range of skills and techniques involved in individual and group-based coaching and counselling.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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| ULO1 | Differentiate between counselling and other related disciplines. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Apply and integrate core micro counselling skills and techniques. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Critically evaluate, differentiate, explain, and apply theoretical models/approaches that underpin counselling across a range of contexts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Demonstrate the basic counselling micro-skills required to build a therapeutic relationship, including active listening, reflecting content and feelings, asking questions, and summarising. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Identify and consider relevant professional and ethical issues including but not limited to social responsibility, cultural diversity, and interpersonal communication, and their application to counselling. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Essay | 2500 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 2: Coaching session video and Reflective report | 30 minute video, 1000 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 3: End-of-Unit Assessment | 2 hours | 20% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
- Satisfactory completion of activities focused on micro-skills, including participation in roleplay activities, in at least 8 of the 10 two hour weekly seminars, to obtain a Pass or above in the unit.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for HPY210 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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