COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GROUP COUNSELING: THEORY AND PRACTICE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5167 GROUP COUNSELING: THEORY AND PRACTICE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FERDA AYSAN

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

Students investigate group dynamics processes related to counseling theory and participate in group counseling demonstrations. Group counseling will be clearly differentiated from group guidance. Potential uses of group counseling in schools and methods of organizing group counseling sessions are addressed

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the dynamics of group activities
2   define the stages in the group process
3   develop an understanding of the roles of group leaders
4   expand problem solving and decision making styles in group counseling
5   enhance personal growth

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Intoduction to group counseling, Ethical issues in group counseling
2 Characteristics of group leaders, Professional issues in groupsco-leading,
3 Stages in group process,
4 Dealing with transferance and resistance
5 Psychoanalytical group processes
6 Adlerian group process
7 Experiential group process
8 Midterm
9 Person-centered approach in group counseling
10 Gestalt appraoch in group counseling
11 Transactional approach in group counseling
12 Behavioral approach in group counseling
13 Rationale motive group approach
14 Realistic group approach
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Corey, G. (1995).Student manual for theory and practice of group counseling (4th edition) Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.:CA.
Corey,G.,Corey,M.S.,Callagan,P.,Russel;J.M.(2004).Grouptechniques(3rd edition)ThomsonBrooks/Cole.CA.
Corey, M. S. &Corey, G. (2002). Groups: processandpractice. (5th. Ed.). Pacific Grove: Brooks/ Cole.
Corey, G. (2000). Theoryandpractice of groupcounseling. (5th Ed.). Pacific Grove: Brooks/ Cole

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Experiential group activities

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ferda.aysan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 162

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1111315511
LO.2111315511
LO.3111315511
LO.4111315511
LO.5111315511

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