Placement – Part B (CO3006Z)

Content

This unit represents a continuation of CO3001Z Placement – Part A. As done previously, you will participate in all aspects of being a professional counsellor, which will include working within an organisational structure, attending professional development events, undertaking supervision, as well as a variety of other workplace and client-focused activities. To do this unit well, you will be expected to show initiative and be organised. You will also be responsible to your clients, to your employer, and to the University. Not only will you be expected to work with greater competency than demonstrated in CO3001Z but also with additional knowledge. You will therefore be expected to take on more challenging clients. This unit is essentially your final test of professional skill before graduation. We wish you well and look forward to what the future holds.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

Offering: This unit is to be taught in year 3, semester 2 (terms 3 & 4).

Prerequisites: CO1001Z; CO1002Z; CO1003Z; CO1004Z; CO1005Z; CO1006Z; CO1007Z; CO1008Z; CO2001Z; CO2002Z; CO2003Z; CO2004Z OR CO2005Z; CO2006Z; CO2007Z; CO2008Z; CO2009Z OR CO2010Z; CO3001Z.

Prohibited combinations: NA

Pedagogy

Experiential learning In practice: Experiential learning dates back to Aristotle. It is learning by doing and incorporates elements of the other pedagogies favoured in this course (e.g., motivation, reflection, and problem-solving). Not only do learners improve their practice of counselling by engaging experiential learning, but they also make new meanings in the process thus developing as professionals. This is achieved by having students complete counselling-related tasks, often under the guidance of an Academic Associate or Clinical Supervisor. Assessments are designed to provide opportunities for students to demonstrate how action, reflection, and problem-solving, come together to create improved outcomes.

Indicative Bibliography

1. Axline, V. (1986). Dibs in search of self. Ballantine Books.
2. Bugental, J. (1987). The art of psychotherapy. Norton.
3. de Botton, A., & Armstrong, J. (2016). Art as therapy. Phaidon press Ltd.
   
4. Frankl, V. (2019). Yes to life: In spite of everything. Penguin.
5. Lang, T., & Lang, M. (1986). Corrupting the young: And other stories of a family therapist. Rene Gordon Pty. Ltd.
6. May, R. (1992). The art of counselling. Profile Books Ltd.
7. Perry, B. (2017). The boy who was raised as a dog: And other stories from a child psychiatrist's notebook. Little Brown.
8. Wickes, F. (1988). The inner world of man. Sigo Press.
9. Yalom, I. (2010). The gift of therapy: An open letter to a new generation of therapists and their patients. Little Brown.
10. Yalom, I. (2012). Love’s executioner: And other tales of psychotherapy. Penguin.

Assessment