Culturally Responsive Counselling

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. discuss the meaning of, and elements involved in, culturally responsive counselling;
  2. describe the issues and barriers to receiving and practicing culturally responsive counselling from the perspectives of both the client and counsellor;
  3. gain an understanding of the skills required to engage in culturally responsive assessment and practice;
  4. engage in self-reflexivity to identify their own cultural identity and its impact on their professional identity as a counsellor; and
  5. integrate understanding of culturally responsive counselling by evaluating cultural case formulation and practice.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of New England

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• UNE-CRM-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Criminology

Others

Candidature in the Bachelor of Criminology.

Additional requirements

• Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media). Headset, including microphone (highly recommended). Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
• Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component. For additional information please visit UNE Hardware Requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware
• Other requirements -

  Textbook requirements:
  Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period.
  Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.
  Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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