Pre-requisites

CN8300 Ethical and Professional Practice;
CN8700 Personal Philosophy of Counselling Practice

Co-requisites

None.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• Construct personalised tools to facilitate the professional counselling relationship

• Defend conceptualisation of cases and selection of therapeutic approaches based on systematic feedback and evidence

• Critically evaluate theories of evidence in therapeutic practice

• Justify established counselling frameworks in diverse helping contexts

Unit Description

Counselling Frameworks and Evidence in Practice is a second-year unit that helps students synthesise what they have learned so far about counselling - approaches, techniques, theories, and ethics - into a practical whole. It provides a sense of the whole process of counselling as well as the processes that support that process. From intake and assessment, contracting, and hosting clients, through to winding up the therapeutic relationship, this unit is less concerned with the theories and practices that constitute therapy itself than it is the “containers” in which therapy is conducted.

The unit also serves as an introductory unit on research literacy. The role of evidence in counselling practice is explored - particularly the ideas of diagnosis and treatment selection that underpin what is called “evidence-based practice” in contrast to the client-oriented “feedback informed” or “practice-based evidence” approaches .

Topics

1. Counselling Contexts
2. Contracting and Informed Consent
3. Charging for Service
4. Introduction to Counselling Research
5. Evidence-Based Practice
6. Feedback Informed Treatment
7. Hosting Clients: In-person and Online
8. The Ethics of Place (environments for counselling)
9. The Therapeutic Relationship
10. The Process of Counselling (from intake and assessment to ending therapy and referral)
11. Working in Communities (dual relationships, working in churches or organisations, conflicts of interest, etc.)
12. Note-taking and Documentation
13. Supervision and Professional Credentials

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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.