PYC4809 Assignment
3 Portfolio 2025
(Answer Guide)
647028 – Due 25
September 2025
QUESTIONS WITH 100%
VERIFIED AND
CERTIFIED ANSWERS.
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PYC4809 Assignment 3 Portfolio 2025 (Answer Guide) 647028 – Due 25
September 2025
VERIFIED AND CERTIFIED ANSWERS. WRITTEN IN REQUIRED FORMAT AND WITHIN
GIVEN GUIDELINES. IT IS GOOD TO USE AS A GUIDE AND FOR REFERENCE, NEVER
PLAGARIZE. Thank you and success in your academics.
UNISA, 2025
Contents
Task 1 - Case study: Dudu (Person-centred approach) ............................................................3
Brief case summary ...................................................................................................................3
Presenting issues and immediate risks ..................................................................................3
Person-centred formulation ......................................................................................................3
1. My values, how they might influence practice, and how I would manage them ............4
2. If Dudu asks for my advice, what I would say, and degree of advice ..............................4
3. If I accepted Dudu as a client, ways I could be of most help ...........................................4
4. Feelings Dudu may be unwilling to accept .........................................................................5
5. How the person-centred approach helps with acceptance of feelings ...........................5
6. Advantages of working with Dudu in a person-centred framework ................................6
Clinical and ethical action plan ................................................................................................6
Concluding note .....................................................................................................................6
Task 2 - Self-reflection exercise: Reality Therapy .....................................................................7
Key concepts of Reality Therapy .............................................................................................7
Strengths and shortcomings from a multicultural perspective ...........................................7
Personal application of Reality Therapy .................................................................................8
Concluding note .........................................................................................................................9
Task 3 - Critical evaluation of a therapeutic approach .............................................................9
Overview of CBT ...................................................................................................................... 10
Strengths of CBT ...................................................................................................................... 10
Limitations of CBT from a multicultural perspective........................................................... 11
Contributions to multicultural counselling ........................................................................... 11
Conclusion ................................................................................................................................ 12
Task 4 - Ethical Policy Document for Counselling Practice ................................................... 12
1. Purpose and Scope.............................................................................................................. 12
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2. Core Values........................................................................................................................... 12
3. Informed Consent ................................................................................................................ 12
4. Confidentiality and its Limits .............................................................................................. 13
5. Cultural Competence ........................................................................................................... 13
6. Professional Competence and Referral ............................................................................ 13
7. Record Keeping and Data Protection ................................................................................ 13
8. Boundary Management ....................................................................................................... 14
9. Child Protection and Safeguarding ................................................................................... 14
10. Complaints and Policy Review ......................................................................................... 14
Concluding note ................................................................................................................... 14
References .................................................................................................................................... 15
3 Portfolio 2025
(Answer Guide)
647028 – Due 25
September 2025
QUESTIONS WITH 100%
VERIFIED AND
CERTIFIED ANSWERS.
, 1
PYC4809 Assignment 3 Portfolio 2025 (Answer Guide) 647028 – Due 25
September 2025
VERIFIED AND CERTIFIED ANSWERS. WRITTEN IN REQUIRED FORMAT AND WITHIN
GIVEN GUIDELINES. IT IS GOOD TO USE AS A GUIDE AND FOR REFERENCE, NEVER
PLAGARIZE. Thank you and success in your academics.
UNISA, 2025
Contents
Task 1 - Case study: Dudu (Person-centred approach) ............................................................3
Brief case summary ...................................................................................................................3
Presenting issues and immediate risks ..................................................................................3
Person-centred formulation ......................................................................................................3
1. My values, how they might influence practice, and how I would manage them ............4
2. If Dudu asks for my advice, what I would say, and degree of advice ..............................4
3. If I accepted Dudu as a client, ways I could be of most help ...........................................4
4. Feelings Dudu may be unwilling to accept .........................................................................5
5. How the person-centred approach helps with acceptance of feelings ...........................5
6. Advantages of working with Dudu in a person-centred framework ................................6
Clinical and ethical action plan ................................................................................................6
Concluding note .....................................................................................................................6
Task 2 - Self-reflection exercise: Reality Therapy .....................................................................7
Key concepts of Reality Therapy .............................................................................................7
Strengths and shortcomings from a multicultural perspective ...........................................7
Personal application of Reality Therapy .................................................................................8
Concluding note .........................................................................................................................9
Task 3 - Critical evaluation of a therapeutic approach .............................................................9
Overview of CBT ...................................................................................................................... 10
Strengths of CBT ...................................................................................................................... 10
Limitations of CBT from a multicultural perspective........................................................... 11
Contributions to multicultural counselling ........................................................................... 11
Conclusion ................................................................................................................................ 12
Task 4 - Ethical Policy Document for Counselling Practice ................................................... 12
1. Purpose and Scope.............................................................................................................. 12
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2. Core Values........................................................................................................................... 12
3. Informed Consent ................................................................................................................ 12
4. Confidentiality and its Limits .............................................................................................. 13
5. Cultural Competence ........................................................................................................... 13
6. Professional Competence and Referral ............................................................................ 13
7. Record Keeping and Data Protection ................................................................................ 13
8. Boundary Management ....................................................................................................... 14
9. Child Protection and Safeguarding ................................................................................... 14
10. Complaints and Policy Review ......................................................................................... 14
Concluding note ................................................................................................................... 14
References .................................................................................................................................... 15
