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Applied Psychology
Counselling Children and Youth
Develop skills and awareness around current challenges faced by children and youth.
Course summary
- Reflect on the effects of family break up, grief, trauma, sexual abuse, and bullying.
- Explore creative ways to effectively engage with children and young people in crisis.
- Apply meaningful counselling strategies to address issues that affect children and youth.
Applied Psychology
Fundamental Counselling Skills
Want to enhance your current skillset? Learn the basics of counselling and how to have effective helping conversations with others.
Course summary
- Sharpen your helping skills to better support others.
- Learn how to have effective helping relationships and conversations with others.
- Conceptualise and apply various counselling processes and skills on a weekly basis.
Applied Psychology
Deepening Your Counselling Skills
Want to further develop your counselling knowledge and skills? Apply frameworks and practical structure to deepen your helping conversations.
Course summary
- Further develop your counselling knowledge and application.
- Apply frameworks and practical structure to deepen your helping conversations.
- Learn how to work with clients who are resistant, challenging, or diverse.
Applied Psychology
Intro to Crisis & Trauma
Explore various concepts of crisis and trauma and develop a strategy for implementing a trauma-informed approach.
Course summary
- Explore principles and approaches of managing incidents of crisis and trauma.
- Develop a strategy for implementing a trauma-informed approach.
- Understand key assumptions and key principles that govern a Trauma-informed Care Approach.
Applied Psychology
Symptoms of Crisis & Trauma
Understand the differences between immediate and long-term effects of crisis and trauma and accompanying emotional and physical reactions.
Course summary
- Understand common experiences and responses to trauma.
- Explore trauma-related Psychological Disorders.
- Learn about cross-cultural interpretations of PTSD.
Applied Psychology
Crisis Interventions
Learn why specific crisis and trauma interventions are appropriate in addressing complex trauma.
Course summary
- Explore specialised Crisis and Trauma Counselling interventions.
- Understand the rationale behind appropriate methodologies.
- Apply intervention strategies in a Crisis and Trauma Counselling scenarios.
Applied Psychology
Effective Crisis & Trauma Management
Understand which treatments and approaches are most effective in managing post-traumatic stress syndrome.
Course summary
- Better understand of the effects of rape and partner violence.
- Recognise the importance of self-care as a counsellor and the risk of secondary trauma and chronic fatigue.
- Effectively manage situations of crisis and trauma.