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Professional Psychology Skills 1 (PSYC90113)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 18.75On Campus (Parkville)
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Semester 2
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This subject covers a range of fundamental skills and issues pertinent to practicing psychologists. Topics covered include counselling and interviewing techniques (building on content included in PSYC40006), history taking and diagnosis, an introduction to psychopharmacology as it relates to psychological practice, as well as the importance of self-care. The subject will include opportunities for students to practice newly acquired skills through role-plays and simulated client interactions.
Intended learning outcomes
Knowledge
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Understand basic counselling and interviewing techniques and their application in professional psychological practice;
- Understand the philosophy and primary techniques in diagnosis of psychopathology and personality disorder;
- Understand basic principles of psychopharmacology, and knowledge of the medications most likely to be encountered in general psychological practice;
- Develop an understanding of the importance of self-care in relation to working as a psychologist.
Skills
On completion of this subject, students should demonstrate competency in:
- Basic interviewing and counselling skills, particularly with respect to history taking and diagnosis of mental health difficulties;
- Identifying their own self-care needs and strategies to address these.
Application of skills and knowledge
On completion of this subject, students should demonstrate competency in:
- Integrating patient history with information derived from multiple sources (e.g. informants and standardized assessment) to determine a diagnosis of mental disorder and suggest basic counselling skills to address patient difficulties.
Generic skills
Students in this subject will be given appropriate opportunity and educational support to develop skills in:
- Analysis and construction of arguments
- Problem-identification and problem-solving in novel contexts
- Written communication in academic assignments and reports
- Workload planning and task management
- Interpersonal and communication skills
Last updated: 31 January 2024