Counsellors see clients in every stage of life. Be they children, adolescents, adults, or elderly persons. Counsellors also see clients with altered developmental trajectories. Therefore, to have a comprehensive and multi-facetted knowledge of human lifespan development is essential for professional practice. Issues of personality development and expression will also be explored in detail leading to an understanding of identity. Ultimately, students will come to see how the practice of counselling provides an environment in which a client’s identity may become more integrated leading to an adaptive way of being.
Unit code: CO2001Z
Unit status: Approved (New unit)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Undergraduate Level 2
Unit discipline: Counselling
Proposing College: School of Professional Practice - Counselling
Show when this unit is running1. | Identify normal vs. abnormal development across the lifespan. |
2. | Describe and evaluate multiple perspectives used to understand personality. |
3. | Describe healthy identity formation and expression. |
4. | Name ways to positively influence a client’s development, personality, and identity. |
Offering: This unit is to be taught in year 2, semester 1 (term 1).
Prerequisites: CO1007Z Introduction To Psychology
Prohibited combinations: NA
Scaffolded learning. Seminar and tutorial format over 8 weeks. All weeks will utilise asynchronous on-line learning, 2 hours of synchronous on-line learning (i.e., compulsory seminar) and 1 hour of synchronous on-line learning (i.e., non-compulsory tutorial).
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Skeleton Argument | For 5 different module “Activities” across the unit provide a forum response. |
500 | 5.0 |
Personal Reflection | For 5 different module “Reflection questions” across the unit provide a forum response. |
500 | 5.0 |
Personal Reflection | Consideration of Eriksonian stages. |
500 | 20.0 |
Essay | Analysing personality structure using accepted frameworks. |
2000 | 40.0 |
Essay | Counselling interventions to support identity formation. |
1000 | 30.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 31 Oct, 2023
Unit record last updated: 2023-10-31 11:24:39 +1100