Helping Skills

Three courses on first conversations with someone in distress. Suits UG Year 2 onwards.

Three ELEVATE Foundations courses on the core skills of helping. You learn psychological first aid, how to notice and respond to someone who may be at risk of suicide, and the basic micro-skills used in counselling conversations. Best suited to UG students from Year 2 onwards. Take the courses in the order listed.

Courses included

1
ELEVATE Foundations: Psychological First Aid: Supporting People in Distress
Best for: Best for: UG Year 2 onwards and PG Year 1, once students have taken an introductory abnormal or health psychology paper. For psychology students who volunteer, or plan to volunteer, with NGOs, helplines, campus wellness cells or disaster relief, and who want a clear, safe way to support people in the hours and days after a distressing event.
2
ELEVATE Foundations: Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training
Best for: Best for: any year from UG Year 1. No prerequisites. For psychology students at undergraduate and postgraduate level who want to know what to do when someone they know may be thinking about suicide. Students of other subjects who support peers, such as hostel volunteers and student wellness cell members, will also find it useful.
3
ELEVATE Foundations: Counselling Micro-Skills: Listening, Reflecting, Structuring a Session
Best for: Best for: UG Year 3 and 4 and PG Year 1, in the semester before practicum or a first counselling internship. For psychology students who have studied counselling theory and want to practise the core helping skills with a classmate before they meet real clients under supervision. You will need a practice partner from your course for the practice tasks and the portfolio.