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Counselling & Psychology

          intellectual assessment will also be taught in terms of their administration, interpretation and
          report writing. A few basic screening tools such as Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Beck
          Anxiety Inventory (BAI) will be introduced. Some projective tests will also be introduced, such
          as  House,  Tree,  Person:  Kinetic  Family  Drawing,  Sentence  Completion,  TAT  TAT,  etc.
          Students will also have a chance to practise in class. All of these will then prepare students for
          the subsequent internship and externship while encountering clients, or while there is a need
          of reading other professionals’ assessment reports.

          CP 522   Professional Practice and Ethical Issues in Counselling Psychology
                                                                           1 Term; 3 Credits
              This  course  takes  a  proactive  approach  to  the  ethical  development  of  counselling
          psychologists-in-training, and to prepare them mentally and psychologically for internship and
          externships. Unlike the traditional approach, students will be active participants, rather than
          passive recipients, to explore and cultivate a professional identity that integrates their personal
          identity (e.g. motivation, values, beliefs, vocational background) with the ethical dimensions of
          psychology in general and counselling psychology in specific. The course, therefore, aims at
          facilitating  students  to  develop  sensitivity  and  intention  to  reason  and  act  ethically  in  their
          professional activities, and to aspire to grow continuously in their professional journey.

          CP 524   Internship
                                                                           1 Term; 3 Credits
              This module provides students with the opportunity to work in a real clinical environment
          under close and intensive supervision. Students are required to practise as intern counselling
          psychologists  at  the  Counselling  and  Research  Centre  (CRC)  of  the  University,  and  to
          undertake  the  full  gamut  of  Counselling  Psychology  tasks,  including  conducting  clinical
          interviews, performing psychological assessment, writing intake assessment reports, preparing
          treatment  plans  and  group  counselling  proposals,  delivering  interventions,  and  evaluating
          treatment outcomes. Students will have ample opportunities to consolidate their clinical and
          conceptualisation skills and to become more familiarised with professional issues.

          CP 525-527   Externship I, II & III
                                                                          3 Terms; 9 Credits
              There are three externships components, each lasting 29 days, making up a total of 87
          days or 690 hours. Externship provides students with various opportunities to integrate and
          apply theories and approaches in Counselling Psychology in real life settings. Students will
          conduct  both  individual  and  group  counselling.  With  the  support  of  group  and  individual
          supervision throughout the externships, students are encouraged to develop their theoretical
          orientation  to  psychotherapy,  cultivate  their  professional  competence,  and  establish  their
          professional identities as counselling psychologists.





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