Timetable for Bachelor of Counselling

Henderson campus

Semester 1, 2025

TIME	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Year One	(9:30 am - 12:30 pm) This foundational course introduces counselling as a therapeutic relational engagement that finds its context, and its goal, in knowledge of God and humanity drawn from the story of Christ. From this critical standpoint it engages with a broad range of counselling theories and models of practice. 906.515/715 Personhood, Relationality and Faith David Crawley Weka * (2 - 4:30 pm) Process Groups Yr 1 Group times may change	(9:30 am - 12:30 pm) This course aims to introduce the broad shape of the biblical story and show how the Christian gospel is integral to biblical theology. It explores the unity, diversity and central themes of the Bible to make sense of the relationships between the Bible, theology, and all of life. 115.515 Reading the Bible Joey Millington Kererū * (Week 18 only, and only for Education students) (1:30 - 4:30 pm) This course aims to introduce the broad shape of the biblical story and show how the Christian gospel is integral to biblical theology. It explores the unity, diversity and central themes of the Bible to make sense of the relationships between the Bible, theology, and all of life. 115.515 Reading the Bible Joey Millington Kererū *	(9:30 am - 12:30 pm) The conviction that people are best understood as "persons-in-relationship" has implications for the therapeutic approach adopted by the counsellor. This course is the first of six that form a core counselling practice development stream through the Bachelor of Counselling. The course combines theological and theoretical reflection with skill development and group-process workshops. It begins to develop a set of core person-centred practices aimed at I-Thou engagement that emphasise the restoration of self-awareness and the enriching of dialogical relationships. 900.515 Foundations A Jane Hepburn Weka (2 - 4:30 pm) Process Groups Yr 1 Group times may change		(9 am - 1 pm) People of all cultures draw their own self-knowledge from their engagement with other people and the world. In the Aotearoa New Zealand context this means an honouring of the covenantal spirit of the Treaty of Waitangi and an awareness of its relational intent. This course introduces Tikanga Maori on the basis of understanding people in their contexts, and combines theological, theoretical and historical reflection with the development of practices drawn from an integration of these. The course includes regular oral activities aimed at developing fluency in the use of te reo and tikanga in a range of settings. The culmination of this oral learning is participation in the Noho Marae, where an overnight stay on a marae provides an integrated opportunity to engage with Maori culture beyond the classroom. 907.515 Bicultural Relationships Brad Haami, Samuel Carpenter Kererū * Weeks 2-4,7-8,11-12,15-16. Noho marae week 12
Year Two	(9 - 11:30 am) Process Groups Yr 2 Group times may change (1:15 - 4:30 pm) Families/whanau, understood as unique and culturally-representative relational systems, provide a primary context for the formation of persons-in-relationship. This course combines theoretical and theological reflection in order to explore these family/whanau dynamics and develop strategies for therapeutically engaging with people within the context of their family/whanau relationships. 911.615 Relationships and Family Jocelyn Weber Weka *	(9 - 11:30 am) Process Groups Yr 2 Group times may change	(9 am - 4:30 pm) Key to a relational approach to counselling is the therapeutic relationship, or encounter, during which counsellor and client create a relational canvas upon which the change and growth can be sketched and explored. This third course in the core counselling practice development stream expands the student’s understanding of this encounter, and introduces narrative therapy as a means of assisting people to engage the social dimension of their lives. It explores the place of "story" in personal meaning-making, and advances skill development in a classroom and the group process workshop. 902.615 Relational Practice A Matt Judd Kiwi (26 Feb; 19 Mar; 30 Apr; 21 May) 21 May in Kereru (9 am - 4:30 pm) The aim of this course is to form professional counselling practices for working with children and young people in agency and school settings. The course is designed to complement Laidlaw’s broad counsellor education programme’s emphasis on relational personhood through providing a coherent understanding of child development, within family/whanau and wider social contexts. The course includes a strong practice development component in which different child counselling approaches such as skills in working with adolescents and families are taught and practiced. This course also gives an overview of ways of understanding and working with adolescents, and the professional and practice challenges and opportunities of school and agency settings. 913.615 Counselling Children and Young People Fung Chin Ruru (12 Mar; 2 Apr; 14 May; 11 Jun) 2 April in Kiwi (9 am - 4:30 pm) A well-integrated understanding of ethical counselling practice and the ability to reflect robustly on this is fundamental to offering clients the safety to encounter self and others. This course introduces professional practice and requires students to reflect on 30 hours of counselling practice in a practicum placement. 930.615 Prof Prac A Bex Smith, Fung Chin Kiwi (5 Mar; 9 Apr; 7 May; 28 May)
Year Three	(9 - 11:30 am) Process Groups Yr 3 Group times may change	(9:30 am - 12:30 pm) Understanding ourselves as "persons-in-relationship" requires us to view others as constituted by the interrelationships to which they contribute and by which they are formed. This course explores the impact of persons from different genders, cultures, ethnic and social groupings coming together, and the implications of these dynamics on people and their relationships, including the therapeutic encounter. It combines theological and theoretical reflection with a study of historical developments in New Zealand society, and an engagement with contemporary social issues that impact our sense of identity. 908.715 Counselling and Diversity Matt Judd Weka * (2 - 4:30 pm) Process Groups Yr 3 Group times may change	(9 am - 4:30 pm) Relational breakdown and dysfunction have psychological, social and theological foundations. The fifth course in the core counselling practice development stream develops the skills to identify where and how relationality has been damaged and where people have intentionally, or unintentionally, developed ways of relating that are damaging to themselves and others. It combines practice, theoretical, and theological reflection with group-based learning, and enriches the student’s ability to practice counselling in a personally and theoretically integrated way. 904.715 Integrated Practice A Gel Lim Ruru (26 Feb; 26 Mar; 30 Apr; 21 May) 26 March in Kiwi (9 am - 4:30 pm) Central to a relational approach to counselling is the therapeutic relationship. It is in the context of this relationship, and on the basis of the trust that has developed, that the counsellor is able to invite the client to an awareness of themselves and others as relationally-constituted and impacted persons. This course requires students to experience 60 hours of practicum placement (plus preparation, reading and reporting), in order to integrate theoretical, theological and personal reflections, as well as development of skills and process. 932.730 Practicum A Jocelyn Weber, Sam Forde Ruru (5 Mar; 2 Apr; 7 May; 28 May)

* These courses will involve video conferencing from either Auckland or Christchurch

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This timetable is correct at the time of publication; however the College reserves the right to cancel courses, or alter lecture times should circumstances arise. Up to date information is available at any time by contacting the College.