Course Profile

sap course 1564741867

Course Code:

PCG 305

Course Title:

Principles and Techniques of Counseling

Course Level:

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits:

(2+0+0) 2 TEDU Credits, 3 ECTS Credits

Catalog Description:

Psychological counseling process and its stages, therapeutic conditions and to understand the importance and function of basic and advanced counseling skills, to create therapeutic conditions and to establish a relationship between counselor and client; to be able to use basic counseling skills, sample practice related to topics. Psychological counseling process and its stages, therapeutic conditions and to understand the importance and function of basic and advanced counseling skills, to create therapeutic conditions and to establish a relationship between counselor and client; to be able to use basic counseling skills, sample practice related to topics.

Pre-requisite:
Co-requisite:

Pre-requisites: NONE
Co-requisites: NONE
Course Coordinator: 
Onur Özmen, PhD
Semester: 
Fall
Type of Course: 
Compulsory
Mode of Delivery: 
Face-to-face
Language of Instruction: 
English
Course Objectives: 

The aim of this course is to introduce the student to interviewing skills, including basic listening and influencing skills and strategies, core conditions, building rapport and therapeutic relationship with the client(s), process and stages of counseling.

Course Learning Outcomes: 

1. identify the application of theory in the practice of counseling.

2. identify to the needs of clients on the basis of their presenting problems, culture, nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, education, SES, disability, and spiritual or religious affiliation,

3. identify the process and phases of counseling (e.g., intake, assessment, referral, intervention, evaluation, termination, and follow-up),

4. identify the counselor-client relationship (e.g., appropriate boundaries) and counselor characteristics, values, and behaviors that influence the helping processes,

5. demonstrate an understanding and application of essential interviewing and counseling skills.

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: 
Telling/Explaining
Discussion/Debate
Questioning
Reading
Peer Teaching
Problem Solving
Collaborating
Case Study/Scenarion Analysis
Video Presentations
Drama/Roleplaying
Others: self-assessments
Assessment Methods and Criteria: 
Test / Exam
Others: Assignment, attendance

Student Workload:

Lectures
28
hrs
Course Readings
21
hrs
Exams/Quizzes
22
hrs
Assignment (Preparation Duration)
8
hrs

Prepared By:

Begüm Serim Yıldız

Revised By:

Nergis Hazal Yilmaztürk