COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5591 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Learning the relationship about health, stress and quality of life

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1.Obtaning health counseling skills
2   2.Learn about cognitive processes related to health psychology.
3   3.Learn about biopsychosocial approches to health counseling,
4   4.Learn about preventive health programs
5   5.Learn to establish psycho -educational groups about health behaviour

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1.Introduction to Health Psychology and Health Counseling
2 2.Theoretical Basis of Health Counseling
3 3.Stress, illness and Coping
4 4.Stress, illness and biopsychosocial factors
5 5.Depression and coping with stress
6 6.Healthy life styles and prevention of illness
7 7.Substance abuse and codepency issues
8 8.Psycho social intervention for people with chronic stress
9 9.Physical symptoms, pain,contolling pain
10 10.Eating Disorders and Treatment
11 11.Cognitive approaches to pain treatment
12 12.Chronic illness and health problems
13 13.Assessment in health counseling
14 14.Integrative approaches to health counseling
15 15.evaluation/final

Recomended or Required Reading

Blonna,R. And Watter,D.(2005). Health Counseling:A Microskills Approach.Jones,Barlett Pu.:MA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Seminars,
Homework, case study, discussion

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ferda.aysan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

monday 16.00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 8 8
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11115211111
LO.21115211111
LO.31115211111
LO.41115211111
LO.51115211111