Semester 1
PSY8101M Professional Practice in Counselling Psychology (Semester 1)
PSY8102M Counselling and Psychotherapy Skills (Semester 1)
PSY8103M Psychological Assessment Theories and Practice (Semester 1)
PSY8101M – Professional Practicein Counselling Psychology
This module will emphasise professional development as a psychologist. Ethical awareness and professional competencieswill be developed. Topics include the practice of psychology in diverse settings, inter-and intra-professional relationships, risk assessment, case formulation, evaluation and professional practice issues.
PSY8102M – Counselling & Psychotherapy Skills
This module develops students’ core counselling and psychotherapy skills. The module takes a critical thinking approach to the primary philosophical paradigms underpinning counselling psychology and develops an evidence–informed approach to evaluation of therapy. Students undertake formal academic training in interviewing, counselling, developing the therapeutic alliance and explore the complex factors informing the therapeutic relationship.
PSY8103M – Psychological Assessment Theories & Practice
This module provides students with the skills to complete comprehensive psychological assessments within adult and child professional contexts. Students will acquire skills for the selection, interpretation, and integration of assessment findings for some of the most commonly used psychologicalassessment measures with adults and children/adolescents and will develop skills to write integrated psychological reports.
Semester 2
PSY8104M Research Methods in Counselling Psychology (Semester 2)
PSY8105M Individual Psychotherapy (Semester 2)
PSY8106M Psychological Interventions Over the Lifespan (Semester 2)
PSY8104M – Research Methods in Counselling Psychology
This module focuses on models of science that underpin research in counselling psychology, specifically, quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods design. Students will explore data collection, analysis and methodological approaches in the behavioural sciences. Students will examine the common flaws in quantitative researchapproach and develop appropriate solutions.
PSY8105M – Individual Psychotherapy
This module focuses on advanced individual psychotherapy, with particular emphasis on cognitive behavioural and humanistic therapies. Students will develop and refine professional skills in the multimodal assessment process. Students will explore current research on models of intervention. The emphasis is on the integration of theory, case formulation and the practice of psychotherapy.
PSY8106M – Psychological Interventions Over the Lifespan
This module provides theoretical knowledge in counselling psychology and psychotherapy. It integrates knowledge of developmental psychology across the lifespan with key theoretical perspectives. The unit develops knowledge and skills in planning interventions for a number of specific developmental issues that are addressed as exemplars of each stage ofthe lifespan.