Back to Find Units Page

Unit of Study WELF1003 - Counselling Theory and Practice (2025)

Show me unit information for year

Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    All students are required to meet compulsory participation requirements to pass the unit. Gold Coast students must attend weekly on-campus tutorials. Online students must attend a 3 day on-campus residential (8.30 am to 4.30 pm Friday to Sunday inclusive) at either the Coffs Harbour (week 2), Gold Coast (week 3) or Lismore (week 4) campus. A record of attendance will be kept at all tutorials and residentials.

Unit description

Overviews the use of counselling skills within human services work within an Australian context, and shows how research, personal self-awareness and skill development contribute to the development of the therapeutic relationship.

Unit content

  1. Listening deeply in human services
  2. Theories that inform human services practice
  3. Micro skills l
  4. Micro skills ll
  5. The ‘counselling’ process
  6. Access, ethics and critical self-reflection

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term4
Term4
Online
Term4
Term4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

discuss the use of counselling techniques in human services practice, addressing questions of ethical practice

describe basic principles of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural and humanistic-existential theories

demonstrate beginning counselling skills

reflect upon and evaluate the importance of self-awareness, their own values and beginning skill development.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Prescribed text information is not currently available.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.