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Counselling & Psychology

COUN 240 Pre-internship in Counselling
Non-Credit Bearing
Counselling takes place in a myriad of situations, and students, while choosing an area
of concentration, would like to know what is most suitable for them. The 120 hours of “Pre-
internship” experience allows students to gain access, observe and participate in a number of
counselling-related situations in the counselling process as low-level operatives. This is a
chance for students to become familiarized with the counselling environment, to understand
the counselling process, to develop an acute sense about the types of counsellees that
frequent the different settings, and to offer rudimentary counselling related service.

COUN 310 Advanced Skills in Individual Counselling and Psychotherapy
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course involves intensive advanced level training of counselling skills in a structured
and experimental environment. Its focus is twofold: first, in consolidating and building on basic
listening skills while integrating these with techniques from various counselling theories through
experiential and reflective practice; second, on guiding students to take responsibility for their
own assumptions, values, beliefs and attitudes in the relationship building process. Students
learn the process of counselling through a variety of activities such as small interactive
exercises, peer feedback, reading with personal reflection, systematic case practice with audio
or video recordings, writing case notes and case reports, and individual as well as small group
supervision.

COUN 320 School Counselling
1 Term; 3 Credits
The purpose of this course is to get students acquainted with knowledge and skills
essential to the counselling of children and adolescents in a school setting. The course
provides an overview of relevant theories, concepts, techniques, as well as practical concerns
for students who are interested in becoming practitioners of school counselling. Major areas
covered include understanding school counselling as a profession, expected roles and work of
school counsellors, programmes and services in schools, school environment in Hong Kong
as well as special topics commonly encountered in school setting.

COUN 330 Ethics: Professional Issues and Personal Awareness
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to introduce the process and models of ethical decision-making. Self-
awareness in relation to ethical and legal issues is emphasized, in view of the fact that although
codes of ethics provide a general standard, these guidelines are not sufficiently explicit to deal
with every situation. It is often difficult to interpret ethical codes, and opinions differ over how
to apply them in specific cases. Counsellors will therefore encounter many situations that
demand the exercise of sound judgment to further the best interest of their clients. The
definition and refinement of ethical issues is regarded as an evolutionary process that requires
an open and self-critical attitude. Various codes of conduct published by local and overseas

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