Practicum 3: Advanced Counselling Skills

Singapore University of Social Sciences

Practicum 3: Advanced Counselling Skills (COU393)

Synopsis

In COU393 Practicum 3: Advanced Counselling Skills, it is expected of students to further hone their counselling skills, deepen their case conceptualisation and employ a few counselling modalities at a practicum site different from that in COU391 Practicum 2: General Counselling Skills. This would provide students with a greater exposure in counselling a wider clientele group presenting diverse issues. Like in COU391, students will receive 16 hours of clinical supervision of which 9 are individual, and 7 group supervision hours.

Level: 3
Credit Units: 10
Presentation Pattern: EVERY REGULAR SEMESTER

Topics

Preparation for Practicum
Desired Learning Outcomes - Learning Contract
Starting the Practicum
Nature and Scope of the Practicum
Micro-skills in Counselling
Advanced Counselling Skills
Case Formulation and Case Conceptualisation
Professional Conduct and Development Activities
9. Protocols at the Practicum Site – Forms for Writing Case-notes, Informed Consent, Video-recording, Making Referrals, etc
Ethical Guidelines for Professional Counsellors
Clinical supervision: Individual and Group - Roles and Responsibilities of Supervisors and Supervisees
Assessment of Practicum

Learning Outcome

Critique the contributions and shortcomings of counsellor and client factors in the development of the therapeutic alliance.
Analyse their personhood in the Peron-of-the-Therapist Model
Appraise the impact of transference and counter-transference on the counselling process
Apply strategies to manage transference and counter-transference
Deepen their understanding of ethical issues in counselling practice, how to navigate ethical dilemmas, and make ethical decisions
Demonstrate advanced counselling skills in relation to the different stages of the counselling process
Evaluate these skills and articulate areas of improvement in future counselling sessions
Employ a few counselling modalities that are aligned to their personal theory of counselling
Evaluate their competence in the use of these modalities vis-à-vis counselling processes and outcomes