Counselling City University of Hong Kong

Overview

Upon completion of the Counselling programme at City University of Hong Kong, graduates will be able to:

• cultivate the ability to engage in reflective practice within the counselling profession, emphasizing the importance of personal qualities, attitudes, skills, and adherence to ethical standards;

• strengthen the ability to analyze cases by interpreting underlying meanings through the application of theoretical frameworks from diverse counselling perspectives, grounded in comprehensive counselling knowledge and theories;

• acquire the skills to design and implement effective counselling interventions, informed by ongoing assessments that verify theoretical formulations, and tailored to the unique backgrounds and individual needs of clients; and 

• develop the capacity to function as a social scientist who relies on evidence-based practices to complete a project or counselling practicum, ensuring that results or interventions are supported by empirical research and data. 

Key Features

• The programme is designed to provide postgraduate counsellor education covering:

• core concepts, major theories, professional and ethical issues, and contemporary development in the field of counselling;

• basic counselling skills and techniques, and major approaches to counselling;

• personal qualities and professional requirements of a counsellor;

• research skills, and the integration of scientific research and counselling practice; and

• reflexivity and cultural sensitivity in counselling.