<p>Three 20min online quizzes worth 5% each with total weighting of 15%</p>

<ul><li>Group (25%)</li><li>Individual (10%)</li></ul>

This subject is designed as an introduction to basic counselling concepts and skills. It is intended to provide students with basic communication skills and an awareness of some of the personal and professional issues facing the counsellor. A microskills approach to counselling has been chosen as it offers a foundation which will help students understand and work more effectively with many diverse approaches to facilitating client growth and development.

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Introduction to Counselling

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SS1111 - Introduction to Counselling

Build an understanding of the basic microskills of attending, questioning, client observation, encouraging, paraphrasing and summarising and reflection of feeling 

Demonstrate a working knowledge of the nature of counselling, the counselling relationship, the effects of the counsellors’ values and beliefs on the counselling relationship and the counsellors own needs

Identify the issues involved in confidentiality and ethics

Incorporate these microskills in interviews