PUB HLTH 7024 - Counselling of Children and Adolescents

Counselling with children and adolescents is a specialist area that requires a particular child-centred perspective and creative, flexible application of skills and knowledge. This course will introduce advanced skills and approaches for responding to young clients from a dynamic, emotion-focused, and person-centred perspective. Presented as a series of workshops, the course equips counsellors to apply appropriate micro-skills, to synthesise theoretical frameworks and evaluate techniques that may be suitable for an individual client. Reviews of recent research and the essentials of trauma-informed practice will be integrated into a highly experiential program.