PCD101

Counselling as a Profession: Governance: This course introduces students to the role of the Professional Counsellor. Legislation and regulation that inform and guide counselling practice in British Columbia will be examined. The history and philosophy of counselling as a helping profession, scope of practice, and the underlying principles and conceptual underpinnings of the profession, and this program, will be thoroughly explored. Students will be introduced to the role of the practitioner, the roles of interdisciplinary mental healthcare teams, the scope of services delivered, and the organizational and functional structures employed by public and private providers. Students will become familiar with the purpose, principles and methodology of reflective practice.