COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF GROUP COUNSELING

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

It is aimed to understand the process of group counseling end the basic practical information in the field of group counseling.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To understand the group process.
2   2. To understand the therapeutic factors in the groups.
3   3. To comprehend group leader's competences, personal characteristics and roles.
4   4. To have group stages knowledge.
5   5. To manage a group session.
6   6. To use counseling skills in group counseling
7   7. To compherend ethnical issues about group counseling

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and Course Content
2 Nature and Structure of the Group
3 Group Leadership
4 Group Composition
5 Group Counseling Stages: Initial Stage
6 Group Counseling Stages: Initial Stage
7 Group Counseling Stages: Transition Stage
8 Group Counseling Stages: Transition Stage
9 Group Counseling Stages: Working Stage
10 Group Counseling Stages: Working Stage
11 Group Counseling Stages: Ending Stage
12 Group Counseling Stages: Ending Stage
13 Group Counseling with Children and Adolescents
14 Group Counseling with Older People
15 Evaluation of Course

Recomended or Required Reading

Corey, M. S. & Corey, G. (2006). Groups: process and practice (7th Ed.). South Bank: Brooks/ Cole.
Demir, A. ve Koydemir, S. (2011). Grupla Psikolojik danışma. Ankara: Pegem Yayıncılık
Carroll, M. R.& Wiggins, J. D. (2008). Grupla psikolojik danışmanın temel öğeleri: Kavramlar, ilkeler ve uygulamalar. (S. Doğan (Ed.), I. Başaran, M. Aladağ, B. Yaka, Çev.). Ankara: Pegem Yayıncılık.
Berg, Robert. C., Landreth, G. L., & Fall, K. A. (2006). Group counseling: Concepts and procedures. Philadelphia, PA : Accelerated Development.
Chen, M., & Rybak, C. J. (2004). Group leadership skills: Interpersonal process in group counseling and therapy. Belmont, CA: Brooks-Cole.
Corey, G., Corey, M. S., Callanan, P., & Russell, J. M. (2004). Group techniques. Pacific Grove: Brooks & Cole.
Voltan-Acar, N. (2001). Grupla psikolojik danışma ilke ve teknikleri. (3. Baskı). Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
Voltan-Acar, N. (2002). Grupla psikolojik danışmada alıştırmalar-deneyler. Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, practice, reading

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.40 + ASG * 0.40 + PRS * 0.20


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)

yagmur.soylu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 3 45
Tutorials 15 2 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 3 45
Preparation for midterm exam 2 15 30
Preparation for final exam 2 15 30
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1124115511
LO.2124115511
LO.3124115511
LO.4124115511
LO.5124115511
LO.6124115511
LO.7124115511

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