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hours (i.e. individual and group supervision) and 20 group direct contact hours (i.e. counselling,
psychotherapy, psychoeducation), making a total of 100 direct contact hours.

CP 616 Clinical Supervision
1 Term; 3 Credits
This is a pre-requisite course for students to enrol in CP612-614(615) Clinical Practice I-
III(IV). The course aims at equipping students with the necessary awareness, knowledge, and
skills for the supervision of psychotherapy in Clinical Practice. Particularly, students will be
introduced to the theoretical frameworks and models, techniques, ethical and legal issues,
multicultural perspectives, crisis management, contemporary issues, and evaluation approaches in
the process and outcome of clinical supervision.

CP 617 Advanced Study in Psychotherapy Practice
1 Term; 3 Credits
The primary focus of this course is to equip students with advanced psychotherapy
knowledge and skills for Clinical Practice. Students will learn two psychotherapy approaches
they want to cultivate expertise in. Students will engage in dialectical and experiential learning
with the course instructor and between students on the historical, philosophical, theoretical,
empirical, and practical dimensions of each of the chosen psychotherapy modalities.

CP 618 Clinical Practice Seminar: Specific Populations and Settings
1 Term; 3 Credits
The focus of this course will be on equipping students during Clinical Practice with
knowledge to establish expertise with specific populations and settings. The course instructor
and students will develop an academic component (e.g. paper, reading list) that will pertain to
the specific populations and settings, and students will further connect knowledge with practice
through case presentation.

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