COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY (2 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Identify foundational concepts in counselling; explain foundational concepts in counselling; apply basic counseling skills, including therapeutic listening, empathy, structuring.

Topics:

1. Foundational concepts for counseling skills;
2. Therapeutic Listening – concepts;
3. Therapeutic Listening – skills;
4. Empathy – concepts;
5. Empathy – skills;
6. Unconditional Positive Regard;
7. Balancing Empathy and UPR;
8. Case conceptualization & Structuring therapeutic relationship;
9. Managing client’s struggle and crises;
10. Ending therapeutic relationship;
11. Cultural issues in counseling;
12. Major counseling/psychotherapy theories.