PSYC20058 - Interventions 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will provide you with the opportunity to develop the theoretical knowledge and skills necessary to practice within a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) framework. You will explore the various cognitive and experiential components of CBT, and demonstrate your ability to critically reflect upon the needs of the client and the practitioner through CBT case conceptualisation/formulation. You will use technical, cognitive, and communication skills to engage in effective CBT practice, and investigate client needs, across a variety of client presentations (e.g. cultural diversity, across the lifespan, differing diagnoses).

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Students must be enrolled in CL68 Master of Professional Psychology or CG17 Master of Clinical Psychology.

Anti-req PSYC21003

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026

Term 1 - 2026 Profile
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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 92.31% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 43.33% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students reported more information about the video assessment would have helped the quality of their submission.
Recommendation
The teaching team will provide specific instructions for each separate video assessment to highlight the focus and goal of the assessment.
Action Taken
Students received specific instructions for their video assessments. These instructions provided a clear focus and goal for each part of the assessment.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students wanted to view examples of intervention techniques.
Recommendation
The teaching team will develop videos of intervention techniques.
Action Taken
Due to time constraints, the teaching team was unable to develop the video resources. The unit coordinator demonstrated intervention techniques in lectures.
Source: SUTE Unit comments
Feedback
Students commented that the unit coordinator's knowledge and enthusiasm increased their learning in this unit.
Recommendation
Staff teaching into the unit will continue to expand their knowledge and bring enthusiasm to their teaching.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE unit comments
Feedback
The feedback for the video assessments was not available, prior to their subsequent submission as students had to submit three video assessments whereby each assessment build upon the feedback of the previous assessment.
Recommendation
The teaching team will coontinue to provide feedback for the students for each assessments. This feedback will be returned to students prior to their subsequent assessment.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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