Module 1. Learning Specific Skills
Topic 1: Define counselling
Topic 2: Understand and discuss the theories of counselling
Topic 3: Examine and evaluate the effectiveness of therapies and counsellors
Topic 4: Review various methods of learning counselling skills
Topic 5: Identify microskills essential to counselling

Module 2. Listening and Bonding
Topic 1: Examine and develop skills to commence the counselling process
Topic 2: Develop active listening skills
Topic 3: Identify and review disaster counselling skills

Module 3. Reflection
Topic 1: Understand the concept of reflection
Topic 2: Examine and explain non-directive counselling
Topic 3: Understand the notion of feelings
Topic 4: Examine the relationship of content and feeling in the counselling process

Module 4. Questioning
Topic 1: Examine and develop various questioning techniques
Topic 2: Review questioning in crisis counselling

Module 5. Interview Techniques
Topic 1: Describe and develop the micro skill of summarising
Topic 2: Describe and develop the micro skill of confrontation
Topic 3: Describe and develop the micro skill of reframing
Topic 4: Review a case study

Module 6. Changing Beliefs and Normalising
Topic 1: Understand and describe self-destructive beliefs
Topic 2: Explain the approach of normalising in the counselling process
Topic 3: Review case studies of self-destructive beliefs

Module 7. Finding Solutions
Topic 1: Evaluate and discuss how a client can make choices
Topic 2: Understand and discuss how a client can overcome psychological blocks
Topic 3: Understand the process of facilitation to find solutions

Module 8. Ending the Counselling
Topic 1: Review effective ways to close a counselling session
Topic 2: Review the need for further meetings
Topic 3: Identify and understand dependency
Topic 4: Review a case study