COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY COGNITIVE THERAPY AND ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN COUNSELING

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

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FATMA EBRU IKIZ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

Teaching the principles of cognitive therapies, applying advanced cognitive therapy techniques, developing a cognitive perspective, enhance skill repertoire

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand and explain the fundamentals of cognitive therapies,
2   Understand and explain the fundamentals of cognitive therapy techniques
3   Develop a cognitive perspective
4   Distinguish cognitive therapy ethics
5   Enhance advanced counseling techniques repertoire
6   Develop curriculum and applications in line with cognitive perspective

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Historical and philosophical bases of cognitive therapies
2 Conceptual foundations of cognitive therapies
3 Basic principles and rationality of rational emotional behavioral therapy
4 Basic musts, disturbance and distinction between healthy and unhealthy negative emotions
5 Eliciting thoughts and assumptions
6 Evaluating and challenging thoughts and worries
7 Information processing and logical errors
8 Midterm
9 Putting things into perspective
10 Examining irrational beliefs
11 Emotional processing techniques
12 Examining and challenging cognitive distortions
13 Modifying need of approval
14 Challenging self-criticism
15 final

Recomended or Required Reading

'Cognitive Therapy Techniques: A Practitioners Guide, Robert L. Leahy
Rational Emotive Behavioral Counselling In Action, Windy Dryden
Handbook of cognitive-behavioral therapies, Keith S. Dobson

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and seminar

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

research, discussion and presentation

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

research, presentation

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ebru.ikiz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

determined according to curriculum

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Project Assignment 1 2 2
Project Final Presentation 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 143

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.1121534151
LO.2121534151
LO.3121534151
LO.4121534151
LO.5121534151
LO.6121534151