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Counselling & Psychology

(CRC) at HKSYU for a nominal fee. This is one of the prerequisites for COUN 461-2 Internship
in Counselling.

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, understand the
counselling process, develop an acute sense about the types of counsellees that frequent the
different settings, and offer rudimentary counselling related service. This is one of the
prerequisites for COUN 461-2 Internship in Counselling.

COUN 310 Advanced Skills in Individual Counselling and Psychotherapy
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to build on the prerequisite skills and theory courses and provide a
forum for students to consolidate their skills in counselling and psychotherapy through
experiential and reflective development of an integrative model of counselling and
psychotherapy for their own counselling practice.

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

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, considering that although
codes of ethics provide a general standard, these guidelines are not sufficiently explicit to
address every situation. It is often challenging to interpret ethical codes, and opinions differ on
how to apply them in specific cases. Counsellors will, therefore, encounter many situations that
require the exercise of sound judgment to promote the best interests of their clients. The

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