Practicum: Specialised Counselling Skills
About This Course
At the end of the course, participants will be able to assess client’s needs based on specialised knowledge and data collection, debate how counsellor and client factors can enhance or impede the therapeutic alliance, critique ethical issues that may emerge in the counselling process before making any ethical decision, formulate realistic counselling goals in collaboration with clients, select appropriate therapeutic tools to assess client’s needs and problems and modify intervention plans to address changing needs of clients. This course is for participants to upskill themselves and develop relevant competencies in the area of family counselling for the social service sector.
What You'll Learn
Entry Requirements
Undergraduate degree in any field from a recognised institution
- Need to be working with a Social Service Agency (SSA) at the point of application
- Must have attended the first 4 foundational modules (Theories and techniques in counselling, micro and advanced skills in counselling, counselling in a multicultural context, Human development: a psychosocial approach)
- applicant must seek employer’s approval and support such that the workplace can be used as the practicum site