COUNSELLING
| The Counselling program at Notre Dame offers an integrated and organised course of instruction leading to professional qualifications in Counselling.
The courses adopt a humanistic and existentialist orientation to theory and practice following a tradition in Psychology and Counselling developed by such people as Carl Rogers, Fritz Perls, William Glasser and Gerard Egan.
The programs seek to assist a holistic development of persons utilising their strengths, so that they can realise their potential as individuals in a process conceived of as lifelong and dynamic. To this end, one of the main goals of these courses is personal development through group experiential work. Personal growth for students is therefore a constant theme throughout the courses.
Students of Counselling are encouraged to value the privilege of being in service to others while at the same time nurturing themselves. |
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The program provide a flexible academic framework, which fulfils a range of needs from the introduction to counselling skills and practice, to a deepening of theoretical understandings and an increasing integration of theory and its application to the client-counsellor relationship.
The counselling program will be of particular interest to those working in areas of mental health, pastoral counsellors, teachers, nurses and others who as part of their work might require them to have counselling skills.
COUNSELLING DEGREES
Counselling is currently available on the Fremantle Campus and will also be available in a degree form in Sydney from 2010.
Degrees currently available in Fremantle include:
- Bachelor of Counselling
- Bachelor of Counselling/Bachelor if Behavioural Science
- Graduate Certificate in Mental Health (Counselling)
- Graduate Diploma in Counselling
- Masters of Counselling
COUNSELLING UNITS
Counselling Units include the following:
Compulsory Units
| CN100 |
Theories and Approaches to Counselling |
| CN102 |
Personal Growth Group |
| CN207 |
Mediation & Other Stress Reducing Techniques |
| CN101 |
Counselling Skills Training |
| CN104 |
Bereavement & Loss |
| CN201 |
Counselling Couples & Families |
| CN202 |
Personal Growth Group |
| CN204 |
Special Topics/Seminar Presentation |
| CN205 |
Counselling Skills Revision |
| CN208 |
Counselling in the Area of Drugs & Alcohol |
| CN211 |
Trauma Counselling |
| CN212 |
Counselling with Children |
| CN213 |
Depression and Counselling Workshop |
| CN302 |
Personal Growth Facilitation |
| CN303 |
Case Studies, Practicum, Supervision |
| CN304 |
Special Topics/Seminar Presentations |
| CN307 |
Psychosexual Therapy Workshop |
| CN329 |
Mediation & Dispute Resolution |
| CN314 |
Counselling the Adolescent |
| CN315 |
Counselling the Older Adult |
| CN400 |
Theories and Approaches to Counselling |
| CN407 |
Psychosexual Therapy |
| CN409 |
Narrative Therapy |
| CN410 |
Counselling Skills Revision |
| CN411 |
Trauma Counselling |
| CN412 |
Personal Growth |
| CN413 |
Counselling Couples & Families |
| CN414 |
Practicum, Case Studies, Placement |
| CN415 |
Seminar Presentations |
| CN500 |
Counselling Skills Revision |
| CN501 |
Experiential Group Facilitation |
| CN503 |
Counselling Couples & Families |
| CN505 |
Research Topic and Seminar Presentation |
| CN507 |
Psychosexual Therapy |
| CN509 |
Narrative Therapy |
| CN511 |
Trauma Counselling |
| CN512 |
Professional Practice in Mental Health Counselling |
| CN513 |
High Prevalence Mental Disorders |
| CN514 |
Treatments in Mental Health |
| CN515 |
Advanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy & Other Focussed Counselling Intervention |
| CN599 |
Theories & Approaches to Counselling |
| CN602 |
Placement, Case Studies, Supervision |
| CN606 |
Dissertation |
Please consult the majors and minors lists to determine which units are required for your degree. Not all units may be available on each campus.
UNIT DESCRIPTIONS AND AVAILABILITY, 2009 - 2010
To see what units are on offer when, please click here.
For a full list of all unit descriptions in Counselling and other School of Arts and Sciences disciplines, please click here.
DEGREE PLANNERS
To review the content of a Bachelor of Arts, Behavioural Science, Communications, Counselling or Science, or to download the official course planner for your degree, please click here.
PRACTICAL PLACEMENTS
Counselling experience/practice will be arranged by Notre Dame in conjunction with the Practicum Coordinator and will be closely supervised, by staff at Notre Dame. It is envisaged that some students may undertake their experience/practice at their place of employment eg: those pursuing the Graduate Diploma in Counselling, but that others will be able to gain counselling practice in locations approved by the University. Links have already been made with established training organisations who are willing to cooperate in the program by providing opportunities for students to practise their skills, and their participation is warmly welcomed.
Contact the Practicum Coordinator in your school for more information.
DOUBLE DEGREES
Notre Dame’s Bachelor of Counselling/Behavioural Science, unique in Western Australia, combines personal, spiritual and caring dimensions in a highly practical, skills-based program. Students complete a foundation year where they will study theories and approaches to counselling, personal growth and be introduced to counselling skills. A range of electives will provide opportunities to focus on special interest areas, which include depression, stress and anxiety.
