Required texts

Prescribed text:  

McLeod J, (2019). An Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy - Theory, Research and Practice. 6th Ed. Open University Press 

Please note that if you search on the library catalogue or databases for counselling references and articles, that there are two spellings to counselling. In Australia and in the UK, it is spelled as 鈥榗ounselling" with two 鈥榣's, whereas in the US it is spelt 鈥榗ounseling'. Take this into account in your literature searches.  

Some of the counselling journals sources available on the library database are: 

Psychotherapy in Australia  

Counseling Today 

Counseling and Values 

Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal 

European Journal of psychotherapy, counselling and health  

Australian Journal of guidance and counselling 

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research 

Counseling and Human Development 

Counseling Psychologist 

International Journal for the advancement of Counselling 

Journal of Mental Health Counselling 

In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice 

Psychotherapy 

Psychotherapy Networker 

Journal of multicultural counseling and development 

Journal of Professional Counselling, practice, theory and research  

Journal of Family Studies  

Australian Social Work 

Australian Psychologist

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Should the unit convenor approve an extension request, it is highly unorthodox that extensions will be granted for more than 5 days (RAPs included). It is important to realise that if an extension is approved and the assessment is submitted late, this will delay the marking process. This can result in an inability to commence following units and hinder your progress through your course.

Please note a blanket extension request for all assessment in this unit is not acceptable. Extension requests must be submitted using the "Assessment extension application form"  located under the Assignments tab in UCLearn. 

Assignments are graded. In order to pass this unit, all assignments must be submitted and an overall mark of 50% must be reached.

resubmissions are not avaiable in this unit

When you have allocated to a tutorial, this tutor is your contact person for feedback on assessments, however they may not mark all of your assessments as marking is completed by UC Counselling academics and is allocated to them depending on workloads.  

Special assessment requirements

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at 黑料网. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Participation requirements

Important: Attendance at tutorials is essential in this course. Students will be able to attain and demonstrate the required learning outcomes in their assessments if they attend and fully participate in the tutorials. Recordings will be made available for those who are unable to attend the tutorial sessions, however, sections of the video may be removed from the recording if sensitive information have been disclosed. Experience from past years indicates that students who do not participate in tutorials have a risk of failing the unit.  

Attendance at all tutorials during the intesive week is mandatory. You cannot pass this unit if you have not attended the intensive week.

Required IT skills

In order to engage in this unit, you are expected to have a reliable computer with the latest operating system. You will also need reliable internet connections and the latest version of Google Chrome (preferred browser) to access UCLearn. You are expected to have access to Microsoft Office applications: including Word, Excel and PowerPoint equivalent. In some units, you will be required to download specific software applications to complete the unit content and assessment successfully. 

In order to complete research, you will need to be able to search the library data bases for relevant journal articles. It is the individual student's responsibility to access appropriate help from the University IT services or the library if he or she does not have adequate skills. 

In-unit costs

For more information regarding fees, please speak to your Student Advisor. 

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

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