Introduction to counselling and health psychology
Dr N C Nettleton
Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisite: Completion of an approved major sequence in psychology
This subject will introduce students to counselling as a psychological intervention with the emphasis being on wellness as the paradigm for counselling and development, and will require the completion of practical exercises and participation in a weekend retreat. Prominent theoretical approaches to counselling and health psychology will be considered, and some basic skills training provided. Aspects of the counselling and health psychologist's work will be discussed, with an emphasis upon health and wellness issues. Students will be expected to examine and review recent research developments in counselling psychology and related areas of health psychology. While this subject will provide a theoretical introduction to the field and some basic training in the specific skills which are necessary for effective counselling, it should not be viewed as providing sufficient training to practise as a counselling psychologist. Those wishing to do so will need to undertake further subjects such as GED1826 in the Master of Psychology (Counselling). GED1826 and GED1833 both build on the foundation material offered in this subject.
Assessment
Practical work * Written work * Examination
Prescribed texts
Corsini R J and Wedding D Current psychotherapies 4th edn, Peacock, 1989
Evans D R and others Essential interviewing: A programmed approach to effective communication 4th edn, Brooks/Cole, 1993
Gatchel R J, Baum A and Krantz D Z An introduction to health psychology 2nd edn, Random, 1989
Recommended text
Gelso C H and Fretz B R Counselling psychology Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992