Social health and counselling course

• Institution:

  Macquarie University

• Type:

  Graduate Certificate courses, Graduate Diploma courses, Masters

• Reach:

  NSW

• Focus:

  Mainstream with Indigenous content

Overview

Target audience: Potential or current psychology students intending to work as a front line worker in the area of social health.

Course summary:This course provides participants with the theoretical knowledge and skills training to become social health workers. It is a multidisciplinary program that provides a socio-cultural analysis on physical and psychological health, including prevention, health promotion, identification/diagnosis, crisis intervention, counselling, community interventions and relapse prevention. Students can choose from three specialist strands:

• alcohol and other drugs
• child and family
• narrative approaches (only recommended for experienced counsellors/workers).

Course core units include:

• PSYS834 counselling and professional practice
• PSYS833 social health perspectives
• PSYS805 narrative approaches
• PSYS841 contemporary issues
• PSYS812 cognitive behavioural therapy
• PSYS831 advanced counselling and placement.

Three qualifications are available: PG Certificate, PG Diploma and Master of Social Health. Each qualification provides the opportunity to specialise in alcohol and other drugs, child and family or narrative approaches.

Fee payable: Yes

Delivery mode: On site

Financial support for Indigenous students: Not specified

Contacts

Department of Psychology
Building C3A, Room 427
Macquarie University NSW 2109
Ph: (02) 9850 7738
Email: Psychology.health@mq.edu.au

Links

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