Overview

Designed within a workshop context, students will examine cognitive behavioural interventions with children, adolescents and adults. Students will also explore skills of cognitive restructuring and associated cognitive interventions, alongside behavioural intervention strategies. In addition, students will develop their own theoretical understanding of cognitive behavioural therapy and conduct evaluations of treatment outcomes arising from these interventions.

Requisites

Prerequisites
PSC70015 Specific Approaches to Counselling
PSC60014 Counselling Processes and Interventions
PSC60013 Theories and Foundations of Counselling
PSC60012 Specific Skills in Counselling
PSC60011 Professional Ethics and Supervision

Rules

Pre-requisite
PSC70015 Specific Approaches to Counselling
AND
PSC60014 Counselling Processes and Interventions
AND
PSC60013 Theories and Foundations of Counselling
AND
PSC60012 Specific Skills in Counselling
AND
PSC60011 Professional Ethics and Supervision

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Identify and evaluate the cognitive behavioural therapy model, including associated therapeutic techniques, as it relates to a range of client groups and presenting issues
  • Apply the cognitive behavioural therapy model in counselling practice for a range of client groups and presenting issues
  • Integrate an understanding of the cognitive behavioural therapy with knowledge regarding psychological disorders, in order to formulate and evaluate treatment plans

Teaching methods

Singapore

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture		24.00 3 weeks 72
Specified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Various		10.00 12 weeks 120
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning		9.00 12 weeks 108
TOTAL300

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssessmentIndividual 50% 1,2 
ReportIndividual 50% 1,3 

Content

  • Application of counselling techniques to selected client problems such as depression, anxiety, anger, post-traumatic stress, interpersonal-skill deficits
  • Introduction to crisis counselling
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) models for counselling
  • Mindfulness and the comparison to CBT
  • Schema Therapy

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.