Postgraduate - UnitEDF6533 - Cognitive-behavioural approaches to crucial issues in living

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Clayton First semester 2014 (Off-campus) Clayton First semester 2014 (Evening) Hong Kong Term 3 2014 (Off-campus) Singapore Term 3 2014 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Mr Douglas Scott (First semester, Clayton evening, Hong Kong and Singapore); Ms Leesa Tinney (First semester, Clayton off-campus)

Synopsis

Research into the issues commonly raised by clients in a variety of counselling settings has shown that there is a core of problems which frequently occur. These can be divided into several areas; firstly, difficulties arising in relationships, including personal, family, work and community; secondly, conflicts within an individual's personal habits, and thirdly, challenges to do with maturation and ageing. This unit aims to provide students with background information on these issues and effective evidence based methods for dealing with them. This will focus on cognitive and behavioural techniques commonly used to help individuals cope with the stress caused by many of these problems.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

be introduced to a core of problems raised by counselling clients and be informed about the social contexts of these problems
provide information about the personality factors within individuals which contribute to these problems
describe the counselling techniques used to help people in these problematic settings
gain instruction in using ancillary techniques which help people cope in general.

Assessment

Case study 1 (4000 words, 50%)
Case study 2 (4000 words, 50%)
Each case study will cover analysis, discussion of theoretical background to treatment alternatives but majoring on CBT and then illustrating possible intervention by setting out a CBT based case plan in practical detail.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Brett Furlonger

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 24 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

3 contact hours per week

(b.) Additional requirements

independent study to make up the minimum required hours per week

Prerequisites

EDF6531 or corequisite