CN5300 The Process of Counselling
Unit Description
Pre-requisites
None.Co-requisites
None.Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
Summarise the whole counselling process in a variety of practice contexts
Discuss conceptualisations of burnout and articulate approaches to self-care
Describe the use of established counselling frameworks in helping contexts
Compare tools used to facilitate the professional counselling relationship
Unit Description
The Process of Counselling introduces students to the contexts and frameworks that support the therapeutic relationship. From intake and contracting, to hosting clients and record-keeping, to ending therapy, this unit covers the “skeleton” that supports the process we call counselling. Students will also explore ideas about counselling as a vocation (rather than just a career), the contexts in which counselling can take place and ways to care for self as a protection against burnout. In-person and online modalities are discussed along with the complexities associated with working in communities where you also live.
This unit forms part of the suit of counselling, sociology and psychology units that make up the first year foundational material.
Topics
- Introduction: What does the counselling process do?
- Counselling: Vocation or Career? What Motivates a Counsellor?
- Counselling Contexts
- Contracting and Informed Consent
- Intake and Assessment
- Charging for Service
- Hosting Clients: In-person and Online
- The Therapeutic Relationship - Offering Safety
- Burnout, Self-care and Being Safe for Oneself
- Working in Communities (dual relationships, working in churches or organisations, conflicts of interest, etc.)
- Note-taking and Documentation
- Supervision and Professional Credentials
- Ending Therapy and Referral
Assessment and Indicative Load
Assessment types include Case Study, Portfolio, and Major Essay. Indicative study load is 150 hours.
Unit offerings
Face to face: (Demand based)Please note
The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.
This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.