COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BRIEF COUNSELING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OPD 5005 BRIEF COUNSELING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DIĞDEM MÜGE SIYEZ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

To provide learners with a framework for learning the models and history of brief therapies and solution focused approach and their stages also using solution focused counseling in schools.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explains the basic principles of solution-focused therapy
2   Explains the stages of solution-focused counseling approach.
3   Applies the techniques used in solution-focused counseling approach.
4   Evaluates the effectiveness of solution-focused therapy.
5   Integrate solution-focused therapy with other therapeutic approaches.
6   Develops a collaboration with clients that is appropriate to the nature of solution-focused therapy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Brief therapy models and history Basic concepts in solution focused counseling.
2 Basic concepts in solution focused counseling. Clarifying counselee goals in solution focused counseling
3 Clarifying counselee goals in solution focused counseling
4 Using miracle question and nightmare question
5 Discovering solutions
6 Post-session review
7 Rehearsal, Midterm exam, and evaluation
8 Second and other sessions
9 Terminate counseling sessions
10 Useful language skills in solution focused counseling
11 Using solution focused counseling with indecisive children and adolescents
12 Using solution focused counseling with mandated children and adolescents.
13 When there is no progress what counselor do
14 The stages of solution focused groupwork
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Berg, I.K, Szabo, P. (2005). Brief coaching for lasting solutions. USA: Norton.
de Shazer, S. (1994). Words were origanally magic. USA: Norton.
Sharry, Y. (2001). Solution focused group work. USA: Sage
Sklare, G.B. (2022). Çözüm odaklı kısa süreli piskolojik danışma. (Çev. D.Siyez). Ankara: Pegem akademi.
Güner O. (2018). Çözüm bende saklı. Çözüm odaklı terapi. Efil yayınevi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, Discussion and Role play

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

midterm, performance paper and final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

In order to be successful in the course, attendance to at least 70% of the courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

didem.siyez@deu.edu.tr
0 232 3012237

Office Hours

Office hours are included in the faculty member's door schedule; messages can be sent 24/7 via online deu.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 4 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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