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EXSC500 Lifestyle and Exercise Counselling
10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation 24 hours of lectures and 24 hours of laboratory per semester.
This unit is designed to provide the students with knowledge and practical experience in conducting individual and group lifestyle and exercise counselling sessions for a wide variety of clients. These may include both “lifestyle” [exercise for health and well-being] and “specific-needs” groups such as; newcomers to exercise, clients seeking physiological and/or psychological rehabilitation, The nature of the client’s needs requires the counsellor/leader/instructor to be cognisant of, and sensitive to a host of factors which may inhibit or enhance exercise adherence. Eliciting information in a non-threatening manner and assisting the client to make appropriate and considered decisions for change and action is a fundamental skill to be developed in this course.
