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EDF6533 - Cognitive-behavioural approaches to crucial issues in living

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Education

Coordinator(s)

Mr Jeff Roberts

Offered

Not offered in 2016

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 provides students with background information on these issues and effective evidence-based methods for dealing with them. It focuses 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:

identify core problems raised by counselling clients and understand 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 covers analysis, discussion of theoretical background to treatment alternatives but majoring on cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and then illustrating possible intervention by setting out a CBT-based case plan in practical detail.

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 288 hours per semester/term comprising:

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

3 contact hours per week

(b.) Requirements for offshore Kaplan-based students:

intensive teaching sessions requiring student engagement prior to, during and after sessions

(c.) Additional requirements (all students)

independent study to make up the minimum required hours per week

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Brett Furlonger

Prerequisites

EDF6531 or corequisite