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COUNS543-23B (BLK)
Counselling Young People and Families
30 Points
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Convenor(s)
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Paul Flanagan
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TL.2.01
paul.flanagan@waikato.ac.nz
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Lecturer(s)
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Paul Flanagan
7728
TL.2.01
paul.flanagan@waikato.ac.nz
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What this paper is about
The paper builds upon the philosophies, theories and practices taught in COUNS544 Discourse and Counselling Psychologies and
COUNS541 Counselling Skills. COUNS543 further draws on and develops the narrative metaphor as it has been expounded in the
literature on narrative therapy with children, young people, couples and families.
The following core concepts underpin the paper:
- Discourses operate to structure people’s experience, offering positions from which to relate to each other.
- People differ not only in the real conditions and opportunities of their lives but in the stories they draw from to make sense of these
experiences.
- It is within language and discourse that we make meaning (or story our experience) through negotiation with others in our language
community.
Counselling provides us with opportunities to participate in the co-creation of new or different meanings, alternative identity claims, or new forms of relationship.
How this paper will be taught
Welcome to Counselling Young People and Families. The paper is taught with the support of a range of practitioners.
This paper includes online discussions and on campus workshops
10-13 July and
18-21 September
as well as online components through Moodle (see Moodle).
Please note that online group introductions on Moodle start 3 July 2023
We will be meeting in TC.2.27 (Rooms A & B), the Counsellor Education teaching space, Moemoeā.
Library support is available by contacting education.library@waikato.ac.nz
Required Readings
There is a book of readings for this paper. This is available for purchase from Waikato print:
E-mail: printsales@waikato.ac.nz
Phone: 07 8384302
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:
Assessments
How you will be assessed
In order to complete the paper you will need to:
- attend 100% of the on-campus block courses
- complete all learning and assessment tasks to a pass level (50%).
The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam.