Courses & Units

Counselling Skills 2 KHA502

Introduction

This unit covers the skills needed for various components of the counselling process. KHA502 introduces counselling skills relevant to specific work situations such as conflict resolution, working with difficult clients and brief intervention strategies. Multicultural counselling will also be addressed.
This unit builds on the skills acquired in Counselling Skills 1 including a further exploration of the three steps of the Egan model. The unit emphasis is on skill acquisition and students are required to demonstrate that they have acquired both basic and advanced counselling skills. Students are required to demonstrate the ability to apply the counselling skills in a variety of simulated counselling situations.

Summary

Unit name	Counselling Skills 2
Unit code	KHA502
Credit points	12.5
College/School	College of Health and Medicine School of Psychological Sciences
Discipline	Psychology
Coordinator	Doctor Catherine Deans
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Postgraduate

Availability

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 2	On-Campus	Off-Campus	International International	Domestic Domestic

Key

: On-campus
: Off-Campus
: International students
: Domestic students

Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Semester 2	11/7/2022	9/8/2022	29/8/2022	16/10/2022

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2022 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2022 will be available from the 1st October 2021. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

Understand and demonstrate basic and advanced counselling skills.
Understand different models of counselling and the different stages of the Egan model of counselling.
Identify and demonstrate skills useful for managing counselling conversations that may not proceed as anticipated.
Demonstrate skills in conflict management.
Discuss how culture may affect communication and describe the skills and attitudes required of a culturally sensitive counsellor.
Demonstrate the ability to deal with different client presentations.
Reflect on Personal skills development and Present and constructively critique your own counselling performance.

Fee Information

Field of Education	Commencing Student Contribution ^1,3	Grandfathered Student Contribution ^1,3	Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution ^2,3	Domestic Full Fee ⁴
061700	$1,002.00	$1,002.00	not applicable	$2,402.00

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² Please refer to more information on eligibility and Approved Pathway courses.
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Requisites

Concurrent Prerequisites

KHA501

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	3 x 1 day (7hrs) workshops, 2hr Online Lecture materials fortnightly, Independent Learning Activities 2hrs weekly.
Assessment	Oral Presentation (15%)\|Skills Demonstration (50%)\|Paraprofessional Report card & Reflective Journal (35%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable \| View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.
Links	Booktopia textbook finder

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