COU903/CHA903 Social Research [2025 S1]

This unit introduces students to quantitative and qualitative research methods in Counselling. Approaches covered will include, but not necessarily be limited to: experimental and non-experimental designs, case studies, surveys and questionnaires, grounded theory, discourse analysis, focus groups, action research and content analysis. Issues related to research ethics, validity and reliability will also be addressed. Students will appraise the value of research in counselling practice and how to use research to develop sound evidence-based clinical practice. They will evaluate research reports critically with special attention to the implications for counselling practice. Assumptions, beliefs and paradigms that are implicit in various approaches to counselling research are analysed.

Previously CO703/CHA703