Program Overview

Unit of Study: COUN2001 - Counselling Skills 2 (2026)

Unit Snapshot

The unit COUN2001 - Counselling Skills 2 is a UG Coursework Unit with 12 credit points, offered by the Faculty of Health. There is no placement required for this unit.

Pre-requisites

• COUN1001 - Counselling Skills 1
• WELF1003 - Counselling Theory and Practice

Enrolment Information

All students are required to meet compulsory participation requirements to pass the unit. Online students must attend a 2-day on-campus residential.

Unit Description

This unit introduces students to a specific cognitive-informed modality. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of key modality-specific principles and processes and to develop a capacity to apply a range of counselling skills related to the modality being taught, with knowledge and skills demonstrated within the classroom setting and through a range of assessment tasks.

Unit Content

• Introduction to counselling modality
• Micro skills I
• Micro skills II
• Micro skills III
• Structuring ongoing counselling sessions
• Skill consolidation and integration

Availabilities

The unit is available at the following locations and terms:

• Domestic: Gold Coast, Term 1
• International: Gold Coast, Term 1
• Online: Term 1

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

• Apply theoretical and clinical understanding to a specific contemporary modality
• Apply a range of introductory, modality-specific counselling skills, according to professional codes of conduct and ethical principles
• Demonstrate and appropriately apply a range of foundational counselling skills within counselling sessions
• Constructively critique and reflect on the process of counselling, including their own professional practice

Prescribed Learning Resources

For Term 1, there are no prescribed texts or resources/equipment. However, prescribed learning resources may change in future teaching periods.