| CODE | NUR1306 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Introduction to Counselling Skills in Mental Health | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mental Health | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit considers the processes at work within a counselling session, a counselling approach to interpersonal intervention and a daily relationship between patient and nurse. It covers the main areas of counselling theory and the following practical elements: - Addressing the client - Humanistic therapy - Behaviour therapies - Systemic desensitization therapy - Empathy and reflection - Learning desirable behaviour - Cognitive therapies - Behavioural assignments - Taking control - Interpersonal therapy - Family systems theory Study-unit Aims: To enable the student to develop insight into the science and theory of counselling the mentally disabled person. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe personal attitudes about individuals with mental illness and the influence these attitudes have on counselling provision; - Describe the models of counselling theory; - Discuss the indications for and the implementation of the various counselling modalities that can be implemented for the client/patient. 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Assess the cognitive and emotional status and plan the appropriate counselling theory; - Implement and evaluate the effects of counselling on the client/patient; - Develop strategies for the implementation of family group and individual therapies for the acutely mentally ill. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Egan G (1976) Interpersonal living: a skills/contract approach to human-relations training in groups. California USA. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8185-0189-8 - Egan G (1998) The skilled helper: a problem-management approach to helping (6th Ed). California USA. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company. ISBN 0-534-349848-X - Rogers, CR. (2003) Client centred therapy: its current practice, implications and theory. Constable. New York. ISBN 978-1841198408 |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE MNH1001 | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Michael Galea |
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