COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COUNSELING SKILLS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 3024 COUNSELING SKILLS COMPULSORY 1 2 0 4

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ASLI UZ BAŞ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students to comprehend the importance and functions of therapeutic conditions and advanced counseling skills in the counseling process; to use basic counseling skills effectively; and also to provide therapeutic conditions in counseling.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehend counseling process and its stages
2   Comprehend advanced counseling skills in counseling process.
3   Provide therapeutic conditions in counseling process.
4   Use advanced counseling skills in counseling
5   Evaluate basic intervention strategies in counseling process.
6   Apply advanced intervention strategies in counseling process.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Content, Importance, Rules and Requisities
2 Counseling Process: Basic Stages, Counseling Skills ve Therapeutic Conditions
3 Advanced Counseling Skills
4 Solution focused intervention strategies
5 Psychodynamic intervention strategies
6 Gestalt and psychodrama based intervention strategies
7 Mindfulness based intervention strategies
8 General Review, Course Assessment, Midterm
9 Humanistic-existentialistic strategies Psychodynamic intervention strategies
10 Cognitive-behavioral intervention strategies
11 Intervention strategies based on social learning theory
12 Behavioral interventions Cognitive-behavioral intervention strategies
13 Counseling practices
14 Counseling practices
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Erford, B. (2019). Psikolojik Danışmanların Bilmesi Gereken 40 Teknik (Çev. Ed. A. Uz Baş). Ankara: Pegem Yayınevi.
Hackney, H. & Cormier, S. (2008). Psikolojik Danışma Ilke ve Teknikleri. (Çev. T. Ergene ve A. Aydemir Sevim). Ankara: Mentis Yayınları.
Voltan-Acar (2003). Terapötik iletişim. Kişilerarası ilişkiler (Geliştirilmiş 4. Baskı). Ankara: Nobel Yayınları.
Meier, S. T., & Davis, S. R. (2006). Psikolojik danışma: Temel öğeler. (S. Doğan (Ed.), D. Y. Bektaş, E. Ö. Kocabaş, S. Denizli, Çev.). Ankara: Pegem Yayıncılık.
Egan, G. (2011). Psikolojik Danışma Becerileri. (Çev. Özlem Yüksel). Istanbul: Kaknüs Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Direct instruction, question-answer, disscussion and role playing

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Examination

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

At least 70% attendance is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asli.uzbas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Always available via Sakai messages. According to the weekly course schedule, face -to -face conversations can be done in the office at the specified hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 94

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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