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Overview
In this 6-week micro-credential, you will be introduced to counselling terminology, key concepts and the Relational Skills Model.
Gain practical skills needed for effective helping conversations, such as: attending skills, active listening skills, contracting skills, paraphrasing, summarising, identifying and reflecting feelings, asking questions, the skill of challenging, use of immediacy and self-disclosure, empathy, goal-setting and action planning.
Develop your capacity as a reflective practitioner and regularly reviewing your application of the processes and skills.
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate self-reflective evaluation of applied skills in setting up a helping relationship, developing a helping relationship, working with a helping relationship, deepening the established helping relationship and maintaining and ending a helping relationship.
- Design a development plan for improving your identified skills.
Accreditation
Credential Type
This course has been reviewed by the OpenLearning team to ensure quality academic content within the Malaysian and Australian credentialing framework.
An OpenLearning OpenCred is a type of credential that can stand-alone, or interact with a formal qualification. OpenCred courses are market-leading online courses that prepare learners for the future of work.
Programme Structure
Over the course of six (6) weeks, through videos, readings and discussions, you will explore the following topics:
Week 1: First phase of the Relational Skills Model: Getting to know the person and engage with them.
Week 2: Second phase of the Relational Skills Model: Creating a safe and comfortable environment for the client, as well as assessment and problem-identification.
Week 3: Third phase of the Relational Skills Model: Exploring the presenting issues in more depth.
Week 4: Fourth phase of the Relational Skills Model: Setting goals and evaluating possible strategies.
Week 5: Fifth phase of the Relational Skills Model: Ways to support and encourage the client to implement their goals, maintain change, and develop self-management strategies.
Week 6: Integration of all your observations, journaling and feedback received to date – creating your own development plan.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 42 days
- Flexible
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced, Semi-structured
- No Attendance
- Only feedback on assignments and exams, Continuous support with feedback on request
- Individual work/assignments (with online group discussions)
Disciplines
Psychology School Counselling Counselling Psychology View 16 other Short Courses in Counselling Psychology in South AfricaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
Technological requirements
- Access to Microsoft Word
- Google Chrome (recommended)
- Stable internet connection
Tuition Fee
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International
3500 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3500 ZAR for the full programme during 42 days. -
National
3500 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3500 ZAR for the full programme during 42 days.
Funding
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