Overview
This course, Counselling Psychology Skills Development is designed to prepare you for a role as a professional counselling psychology practitioner.
Counselling is a special kind of relationship and a helping process.Counselling is thus different from a friendly conversation and use of counselling skills.This is because the use of counselling skills does not necessarily make one a counsellor; instead, the use of counselling skills enhances communication and other interpersonal skills.The counsellor in the counselling relationship creates an enabling environment to enable the client explore their situation and circumstances.In the end the client is able to make appropriate and useful decisions, and subsquently make further adjustment in life.
The knowledge and skills you will derive from this course will enable you understand and appreciate counselling phychology as a profession that bestows value to human life.Such an understanding should help you offer invaluable professional support and service to all clients in need at both social and corporate settings.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, you should be able to to:-
- Define and explain the various terms and concepts that are used in counselling;
- Explain the counselling process;
- Adopt use of professional principles in counselling;
- Assist in client therapy;
- Monitor and evaluate the outcome of counselling; and
- Interpret professional standards to practice of counselling phychology by adhering to a code of ethics in professional practice.
Course Outline
- 1.1: Learning Outcomes
- 1.2: Study Skills and Course Orientation
- 1.3: Learning Aids Contained in this Course
- 2.1: Backgroung of Counselling
- 2.2: Definition of Counselling: Counselling Outcomes,Issues,Trends and Ethics
- 2.3: Therapeutic Intervention: Why Counselling and Benefits of Theraphy
- 2.4: Therapy and Therapeutic in Counselling
- 2.5: Mandated Therapy
- 2.6: Module Summary
- 2.7: Activity
- 3.1: The Client
- 3.2: Understanding the Client
- 3.3: The Counsellor
- 3.4: Potential Misunderstandings: Clarifying the Counsellor’s Role
- 3.5: Module Summary
- 3.6: Activity
- 4.1: The Counselling Process
- 4.2: Client - Counsellor: Therapeutic Alliance
- 4.3: Transference and Counter-Transference
- 4.4: Counselling Children
- 4.5: Termination of Therapy
- 4.6: Evaluating the Counselling Process and Outcome
- 4.7: Module Summary
- 4.8: Activity
- 5.1: Ethical Principles in Counselling
- 5.2: Ethical Issues in Counselling Practice
- 5.3: Confidentiality in Counselling
- 5.4: Maintaining Client’s Well-Being
- 5.5: Module Summary
- 5.6: Activity
- 6.1: Counsellor Training, Qualification and Accreditation
- 6.2: Code of Ethics: Guidance, Ethical Regulations and Behavioural Conduct
- 6.3: Counselling Liability Issues
- 6.4: Malpractice or Professional Negligence
- 6.5: Handling Complaints
- 6.6: Resolving Ethical Issues
- 6.7: Counselling Psychology and the Law
- 6.8: Module Summary
- 6.9: Activity
- 7.1: Role of Counselling in Public Health and Wellbeing
- 7.2: Role and Setting for Counsellors
- 7.3: The Counsellor’s Roles in Social Development
- 7.4: Life Skills and Life Skills Education
- 7.5: Counsellor Consumer Programmes
- 7.6: Caring for the Care Giver
- 7.7: Module Summary
- 7.8: Activity
- 8.1: Psychotherapeutic Approaches
- 8.2: Most at Risk Populations
- 8.3: Helping through Networks
- 8.4: Managers, Supervisors and Administrators in Counselling
- 8.5: Counselling by Non-Counsellors
- 8.6: Counselling Professional Development
- 8.7: Assessment and Diagnosis, Monitoring and Evaluation
- 8.8: Module Summary
- 8.9: Activity
- 9.1: The Art of Modern Therapy: Counselling Conceptual Framework
- 9.2: Referring a Client
- 9.3: Supportive Institutions
- 9.4: Challenges and Future Directions
- 9.5: Module Summary
- 9.6: Activity
- 10.1: Grief and Bereavement - An Introduction
- 10.2: Definitions of Grief and Bereavement
- 10.3: Models and Theories of Grief
- 10.4: Background Issues and Factors in Grief
- 10.5: Psychological Phases of Normal Grief
- 10.6: The Tasks of Grief and Mourning
- 10.7: Helping the Patient and Family Deal with Grief
- 10.8: Grief in Children
- 10.9: Module Summary
- 10.10: Activity
