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different theoretical orientations work more effectively as counselling psychologists.

CP 504 Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (Clinical Practicum)
1 Term; 3 Credits
The aim of this course is to equip students with basic skills in psychodynamic psycho-
therapy. After completion of the course, students would have built a foundation in psychody-
namic therapeutic skills such as dream analysis, free association, transference analysis,
acting-out, working-through and so on. More importantly, students will be able to describe the
etiology of neurosis and psychosis in psychodynamic perspective.

CP 505 Mental Health Counselling (Clinical Seminar)
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is one of four clinical seminars (CP505 Mental Health Counselling, CP507
School Psychology and Counselling, CP509 Vocational Psychology and Counselling, and
CP511 Couple and Family Counselling). Students are to choose two of the four settings, and
develop some expertise in their chosen areas. Students choosing the Mental Health Counsel-
ling sequence will be given the opportunity to integrate this course into their Internship and
Externship. Students will be provided with numerous clinical vignettes with different types of
clinical issues to enhance their knowledge and skills regarding diagnoses, differential
diagnoses, aetiology of the presenting issues, as well as conceptualization and treatment
intervention. Students must then apply what they have learned within the context of the course
to their Internship and Externship experiences. They are highly required to exercise their
critical thinking skills in the mental health counselling context. Within the class structure,
students will also be required to present and discuss about their own cases from the counsel-
ling experiences, and then they are expected to demonstrate the advanced skills outside the
classroom.

CP 507 School Psychology and Counselling (Clinical Seminar)
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is one of four clinical seminars (CP505 Mental Health Counselling, CP507
School Psychology and Counselling, CP509 Vocational Psychology and Counselling, and
CP511 Couple and Family Counselling). It is designed to introduce students to school
psychology and counselling, an area where the practice of counselling psychology is
considered to be of central importance to the integrated approach now commonly adopted in
most schools in Hong Kong. Students will be provided with content demonstrating clinical work
in the Hong Kong school system, and they are expected to translate what they have learnt and
integrate it into their Externship experiences.

CP 509 Vocational Psychology and Counselling (Clinical Seminar)
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is one of four clinical seminars (CP505 Mental Health Counselling, CP507
School Psychology and Counselling, CP509 Vocational Psychology and Counselling, and

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