Pre-requisites

CN901.512 Oppression, Liberation and Wellbeing
CN903.512 Community Counselling Interventions

Co-requisites

CN906.506 Reflective Counselling Practice on an Innovative Theorist/Practitioner

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• Demonstrate the significant developments of the thinking of a particular writer or theoretical school.

• Evaluate the contribution of a significant theorist or a particular school of integrative practitioners responsible for an emerging theory of community counselling.

• Assess the implications of their chosen theoretical topic of interest to new situations or those in need of a fresh approach to community counselling intervention.

Unit Description

This unit affords candidates the opportunity for indepth theoretical research of the kind that could produce a paper that, with editorial modification, would be suitable for publication in a professional journal. It also enables candidate to have a rich layer of theoretical insight to undergird their major research project in the final semester.

Candidates are to study (4,000-5,000 pages) a chosen author who has written extensively and/or or undertaken innovative and constructive research in relation to the development of personal, relational and social wellbeing. The candidate should be able to show how the work of this eminent practitioner contributes significantly to the shape of community counselling. Alternately, where a significant body of literature from one theorist is yet to be accessible, candidates may choose to study a number of different authors who have jointly contributed to an emerging field or share a common theoretical perspective. Judgments about the significance of this school’s contribution are based on what could be regarded as a paradigm change or assuming the status of a recognisable emerging counter-traditional movement with significant impact on theory and practice. Students would be advised to decide upon their chosen topic in the light of later research in their final unit.

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Unit offerings

Face to face: (Every Year, Semester 1)

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.