COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING SKILLS AND TECNIQUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YAĞMUR SOYLU

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to learn the main elements of students' psychological problems; definition of psychological counseling, conditions, process [management of sessions; establishing a psychological counseling relationship, evaluating and defining client problems (conceptualization), goal setting, intervention, termination, monitoring]; to gain a holistic understanding and practice of the top ethical principles of counseling and basic and advanced counseling skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the main elements of psychological problems,
2   Illustrates the conditions of psychological counseling,
3   Uses basic and advanced counseling skills,
4   Plans the psychological counseling process

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Structuring the Course
2 Introduction to Counseling, Definition of Counseling, Main Elements of Psychological Problems, Conditions of Counseling
3 Psychological Counseling Process, High Ethical Principles of Counseling
4 Paying Attention, Asking Questions
5 Minimal Incentive, Content Reflection
6 Reflecting Emotion, Summarizing
7 Integrating Basic and Counseling Skills
8 General evaluation, examination
9 Conceptualization with Diagnostic Systems
10 Conceptualization Model
11 Confrontation, Self-Disclosure
12 Giving Feedback, Information
13 Instruction, Interpretation
14 Psychological Counseling Intervention Techniques
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Corey, G. (2013). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy (9th ed.). Brooks/Cole.
Cormier, S., & Hackney, H. (2012). Counseling strategies and interventions (8th ed.). Pearson.
Cormier, S., Nurius, P. S., & Osborn, C. J. (2009). Interviewing and change strategies for helpers: Fundamental skills and cognitive behavioral interventions (6th ed.). Brooks/Cole.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Seminar, brainstorming, group work, review and discussion the
practices, prepare a report.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 3 45
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 3 45
Preparation for midterm exam 3 15 45
Preparation for final exam 2 15 30
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.1554121141
LO.2554125111
LO.3554125151
LO.4554444455

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