Laboratory on Basic Counselling Skills
About This Course
This counselling skill-based course to be conducted in the training laboratory and classroom is to enable our students in the Foundation Studies to: • Acquire the theoretical framework and basic counselling skills in the stages of the counselling process. • Practise the micro-counselling skills through role-plays and live supervision. • Develop qualities of an effective counsellor through the training model of the Person-of-the-Therapist (POTT) • Show cultural sensitivity and adaption within the multicultural context of Singapore. • Demonstrate the skills needed to provide and receive feedback on counselling skills and interventions. • Critically examine and evaluate the impact of personal values and beliefs on the counselling process, including ethical issues in counselling.
What You'll Learn
2. Discuss factors that contribute to establishing a positive therapeutic relationship and cultural sensitivity of clients in local contexts.
3. Analyse the different micro-counselling skills that are appropriate at different stages of counselling, including the use of self in the counselling process in local contexts.
4. Deconstruct communication and counselling skills that facilitate the counselling process with specific populations.
5. Appraise the impact of poor communication and use of micro-counselling skills on clients in local contexts.
6. Evaluate the competency of using micro-counselling skills, and the person-of-the-therapist in the counselling process.