HPY710 - Applied Counselling Skills (Advanced)
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong), Cloud (online) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Elizabeth Westrupp |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H650 Graduate Diploma of Psychology and H664 Graduate Diploma of Psychology (Pre-Practice) |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 3 hour seminar (campus) per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | 1 x 3 hour seminar (online) per week |
Content
This unit advances students' skills in working with clients across psychology and mental health settings. Students will learn skills in counselling and client-centred and ethical practice, and will learn knowledge and skills related to working with a variety of clients of different ages, cultural backgrounds, and presenting problems.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
| ULO1 | Demonstrate understanding of key concepts in relation to client-centred skills, reflective practice and cross-cultural psychology. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Demonstrate micro-counselling skills in a client-centred manner during a mock counselling scenario. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Critically reflect on own counselling practice using mock-counselling video, as well as self, peer and tutor evaluations. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Use a case formulation method to evaluate predisposing, precipitating, perpetuating, and protective factors in a case example. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Analyse a case study scenario to identify client treatment goals, plan progress review and design outcome assessment. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 2:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Video Presentation and Critical Reflection Assignment | Video: 10 minutes | 35% |
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| Assessment 2: Online quizzes | 2 quizzes, total 20 questions | 20% |
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| Assessment 3: Case Formulation and Review | 2500 words | 45% |
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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 focussed on micro counselling and case management skill development, including participation in role play activities, in at least 7 of the 9 three hour weekly seminars, to obtain a pass or above in the unit.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HPY710 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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