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Counselling & Psychology

COUN 440 Family Therapy
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to provide the students an overview of the main theories and interven-
tion techniques of Family Therapy. It also introduces the ‘systemic’ way of thinking about
people’s behaviour and experiences, and how it is different from a traditional focus on the
individual in psychology. The course will focus on a number of different topics in the field of
family therapy. These include: the history and developments in the establishment of family
therapy as a field; system elements of families including family structure and patterns of
communication and interaction, as well as assessments within family therapy, and a focus on
working with families within the context of Hong Kong and Chinese culture.

COUN 450 Career and Employment Counselling
1 Term; 3 Credits
The course provides a holistic view of career exploration and career development. Spe-
cifically, students will explore career-related meanings and concepts with regard to their own
occupational growth and that of counselling clients. The course also discusses the funda-
mental decision-making and career intervention models in professional counselling settings. In
addition, students will examine several career assessment instruments. They will learn to write
a professional resume and cover letter and will practise strategies in job or education
programme interview.
Basic career development models discussed in this course include person-environment
fit approach, developmental approach, social learning career theory, and post-modern career
approaches. Cultural parameters will be integrated into the illustrations of the approaches.

COUN 460 Loss Grief and Bereavement
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims at enabling students to develop a theoretical understanding about loss,
grief and bereavement. They become more aware of the complex phenomena in managing
loss, grief and bereavement, identify grief as a process and not just an event. Students are
facilitated to acquire and develop diagnostic, assessment and intervention skills in grief and
bereavement counselling. Students are trained to be more sensitive to work with clients from
diverse cultural backgrounds with regard to loss, death and dying.

COUN 461-2 Internship in Counselling
2 Terms; 8 Credits
Internship training places students in real counselling situations under the dual supervi-
sion of agency and university supervisors. Internship provides the opportunity to apply
theories learnt in class, and skills practised both in class and during pre-internship training to
real-life situations. It allows students to test the boundaries of their knowledge and skills, and
is the formal opening to a career in counselling.

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