HHS112 Healing Our People (Counselling 1) (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health (NRMIH)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject examines and focuses on the principles of basic counselling skills. The process of counselling as empowerment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is explored. The emphasis on self-awareness and the appropriate counselling knowledge, skills and attitude in developing positive therapeutic relationships with clients will also be examined.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2013.Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details prior to contacting their course coordinator: HHS112
Where differences exist between the handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Health Science (Mental Health) course, and Indigenous students enrolled in the welfare program
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
be able to define and discuss the term "the counselling process" within their own cultural context;
be able to apply the process and principles of "empowerment in counselling";
be aware and discuss their own life experiences and how they impact on the students own counselling skills;
be able to translate the knowledge and skills gained into practice;
be able to demonstrate basic counselling skills during an initial interview with their client;
be able to discuss and demonstrate an understanding of the process of confidentiality in the process of counselling;
be aware of 'occupational stress and burn out' in the counselling process and within their cultural context.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
becoming a counsellor ; the counselling process; basic counselling skills, micro and macro; counselling procedures and skills; the context of counselling; special cultural considerations in counselling.
Residential School
This subject contains a compulsory 4 day residential school.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.