Unit Description
The development of the person of the psychotherapist is central to holistic psychotherapy education.
The Inner Work 2 unit develops greater self-awareness and understanding of students’ own interpersonal relationship styles and how their personal experiences have influenced their values, ethics and ways of being. Building on the content of Inner Work 1, students will deepen their awareness and access deeper levels of consciousness.
Students will attend five sessions of personal psychotherapy with an independent PACFA- registered psychotherapist. Assessment tasks in this unit encourage reflection on the learning about psychotherapeutic processes, self and interactions with others developing out of their psychotherapy.
Unit Code
204
Unit Type
Core Unit
Study Period
Year 2, Semester 2
Credit Points
3.0
Consultation Times
30 minutes before and after workshop intensives and by appointment during the semester
Topics Covered
- Psychotherapy from the clients’ perspective
- The formation of the self of the psychotherapist
- Reflective journaling on psychotherapy and professional identity
- Psychotherapeutic processes and levels of consciousness
Learning Outcomes
- Critically reflect on the experience of personal psychotherapy and develop awareness of their interpersonal relationship style and impact on others
- Critically evaluate their development as psychotherapists
- Articulate and reflect on links between their personal experience and their development of values, ethics and ways of being
- Develop access to deeper levels of consciousness and articulate their insights and learning about psychotherapeutic processes
- Demonstrate critical awareness of their strengths and limitations as psychotherapists, thereby knowing when to appropriately refer clients and seek their own therapy
Delivery Mode
Workshop intensives on-campus
Workshop Intensive 1:
9:00 am to 5:30 pm
3.25 hours of teaching and learning
Workshop Intensive 3:
9:00 am to 5:30 pm
3.25 hours of teaching and learning
Online delivery
1.5 hour Zoom discussion mid-semester
Student Workload
(add student work load)
Available in Courses
This unit is available in the following courses:
Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy (Holistic Practice)Created: April 28, 2021, 4:48 p.m. • Updated: June 2, 2022, 2:18 p.m.