CN6600 Person-Centred Counselling Skills
Unit Description
Pre-requisites
CN5100
CN5200
Co-requisites
CN6500
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
Relate person-centred theories of counselling practice to diverse real-world contexts and situations
Develop competence in the use of a variety of person-centred skills in counselling
Appraise own use of person-centred skills and practices
Apply a person-centred approach with a client to develop a therapeutic relationship and inspire change
Unit Description
Person-Centred Counselling Skills is the companion unit to Person-Centred Therapies: Theory and Practice. It provides opportunity to both observe and practice a number of different person-centred approaches to therapy including those from Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems and more. As such, lessons will be largely comprised of practical learning activities like skill demonstrations, role-playing or practice counselling sessions.
This unit must be taken with CN8500 Person-Centred Therapies: Theory and Practice as the two units comprise a single learning entity.
Topics
- Introduction to person-centred skills
- Skills for building collaboration
- Unconditional positive regard
- Not-knowing skills
- Taking a solution-focused approach
- Externalising Problems and Deconstruction
- Re-Authoring
- Co-creating new meaning
- Identifying and talking about emotions
- Working with parts
- Evoking resources and building capacity
- Amplifying change and therapeutic tasks
Assessment and Indicative Load
Assessment types include Class Presentation, Interview, Attendance, and Journal. 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.