School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Personal Issues in Counselling
  • Unit Code

    COU5210
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit considers the processes that are influential in a counsellor's interaction with clients. It develops awareness of the interaction between the counsellor's personal issues and the client's issues, and aims to resolve major personal blocks to the counselling role. Opportunities will occur for self-exploration and formulation of personal goals.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from COU5110

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Articulate the interaction between the counsellor's personal issues and the issues of the client.
  2. Demonstrate awareness of personal areas of unresolved conflict which might interfere with the counselling role, and of strategies for resolving such conflicts.
  3. Demonstrate awareness of, and developing ability to deal with, personal blocks to the counselling role.
  4. Demonstrate the skills of deep empathy and supportiveness in assisting others to explore personal issues.

Unit Content

  1. The roles that are necessary to functioning successfully as a counsellor: identification of roles which are present and absent in self; goal-setting with regard to development of underdeveloped and absent roles.
  2. The interaction between the counsellor's personal issues and the client's issues: exploration of personal issues which interfere with the counselling process, identification of strengths and weaknesses in major life development areas, the use of action methods to explore and resolve personal issues that may interfere with counselling.
  3. The development of deep empathy and healthy support skills.
  4. Being a counsellor: the use of action methods to help explore and resolve personal blocks to the counsellor role, the integration of the individual person and the role of counsellor with an emphasis on being a counsellor "rather than" on "doing counselling.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit utilizes groupwork, action methods and discussion in order to assist the full development of the person as counsellor. Role theory, role training, psychodrama and sociodrama will be utilized.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
EssayJournal
JournalRole analysis

Text References

  • ^ Rose, C. (2012). The personal development group: The student's guide. London, United Kingdom: Karnac Books.
  • Welwood, J. (1983). Awakening the heart: East/west approaches to psychotherapy and the healing relationship. London, United Kingdom: New Science Library.
  • Shapiro, D., & Walsh, R. (1982). Beyond health and normality: Explorations in exceptional psychological well-being. New York, NY: Van Nostrand.
  • Oatley, K. (1984). Selves in relation: An Introduction to psychotherapy and groups. London, United Kingdom: Methuen.
  • Moreno, J. (1972). Psychochoma. New York, NY: Beacon House.
  • Klein, J. (1987). Our needs for others and its roots in infancy. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
  • Holmes, P. (1992). The inner world outside: Object relations and psychodrama. London, United KIngdom: Routledge.
  • Holmes, P., & Karp, M. (1990). Psychodrama: Inspiration and technique. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
  • Fox, J. (1987). The essential Moreno: Writings on psychodrama, group method and spontaneity. New York, NY: Springer.
  • Cox, M. (1989). Structuring the therapeutic process: Compromise with chaos - The therapists' response to the individual and the group. London, United Kingdom: Kingsley.
  • Blantner, H. A. (1989). Acting in: Practical applications of psycho-dramatic methods. New York, NY: Springer.
  • Armstrong, D., & Boas, P. (1980). Experiential psychotherapies in Australia. Australia: Pit.
  • Williams, A. (1989). The passionate technique: Strategic psychodrama with individuals, families and groups. London, United Kingdom: Tavistock/Routledge.
  • Kipper, D. A. (1986). Psychotherapy through clinical role-playing. New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel.

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Personal Issues in Counselling
  • Unit Code

    COU5210
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit considers the processes that are influential in a counsellor's interaction with clients. It develops awareness of the interaction between the counsellor's personal issues and the client's issues, and aims to resolve major personal blocks to the counselling role. Opportunities will occur for self-exploration and formulation of personal goals.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from COU5110

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Articulate the interaction between the counsellor's personal issues and the issues of the client.
  2. Demonstrate awareness of personal areas of unresolved conflict which might interfere with the counselling role, and of strategies for resolving such conflicts.
  3. Demonstrate awareness of, and developing ability to deal with, personal blocks to the counselling role.
  4. Demonstrate the skills of deep empathy and supportiveness in assisting others to explore personal issues.

Unit Content

  1. The roles that are necessary to functioning successfully as a counsellor: identification of roles which are present and absent in self; goal-setting with regard to development of underdeveloped and absent roles.
  2. The interaction between the counsellor's personal issues and the client's issues: exploration of personal issues which interfere with the counselling process, identification of strengths and weaknesses in major life development areas, the use of action methods to explore and resolve personal issues that may interfere with counselling.
  3. The development of deep empathy and healthy support skills.
  4. Being a counsellor: the use of action methods to help explore and resolve personal blocks to the counsellor role, the integration of the individual person and the role of counsellor with an emphasis on being a counsellor "rather than" on "doing counselling.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit utilizes groupwork, action methods and discussion in order to assist the full development of the person as counsellor. Role theory, role training, psychodrama and sociodrama will be utilized.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
EssayJournal
JournalRole analysis

Text References

  • ^ Rose, C. (2012). The personal development group: The student's guide. London, United Kingdom: Karnac Books.
  • Welwood, J. (1983). Awakening the heart: East/west approaches to psychotherapy and the healing relationship. London, United Kingdom: New Science Library.
  • Shapiro, D., & Walsh, R. (1982). Beyond health and normality: Explorations in exceptional psychological well-being. New York, NY: Van Nostrand.
  • Oatley, K. (1984). Selves in relation: An Introduction to psychotherapy and groups. London, United Kingdom: Methuen.
  • Moreno, J. (1972). Psychochoma. New York, NY: Beacon House.
  • Klein, J. (1987). Our needs for others and its roots in infancy. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
  • Holmes, P. (1992). The inner world outside: Object relations and psychodrama. London, United KIngdom: Routledge.
  • Holmes, P., & Karp, M. (1990). Psychodrama: Inspiration and technique. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
  • Fox, J. (1987). The essential Moreno: Writings on psychodrama, group method and spontaneity. New York, NY: Springer.
  • Cox, M. (1989). Structuring the therapeutic process: Compromise with chaos - The therapists' response to the individual and the group. London, United Kingdom: Kingsley.
  • Blantner, H. A. (1989). Acting in: Practical applications of psycho-dramatic methods. New York, NY: Springer.
  • Armstrong, D., & Boas, P. (1980). Experiential psychotherapies in Australia. Australia: Pit.
  • Williams, A. (1989). The passionate technique: Strategic psychodrama with individuals, families and groups. London, United Kingdom: Tavistock/Routledge.
  • Kipper, D. A. (1986). Psychotherapy through clinical role-playing. New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel.

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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