Unit of Study COUN2003 Addictions Counselling (2024)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

COUN1001 - Counselling Skills 1 AND WELF1003 - Counselling Theory and Practice

Enrolment information

All students are required to meet compulsory participation requirements to pass the unit. Online students must attend a 2 day on-campus residential.

Unit description

This unit focuses on theories and therapies in the area of substance-abuse counselling, and particularly to an understanding of the continuum between drug use, abuse, dependence and addiction.

Unit content

Introduction to addictions counselling
Theories of addiction
Motivational interviewing
Treatment strategies and relapse prevention
Counselling skills for working with clients
Counselling skills for working with clients (continued)

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2024

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

discuss co-occurring addictions and mental health issues

identify specific assessment and referral skills for counselling clients effectively within the context of addictions

analyse ethical and legal issues when working in the area of addictions including alcohol and other drugs

apply effective strategies for treatment and relapse prevention

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