This course will focus on the integration of counseling theory into practice. Candidates will be introduced to techniques, skills, and interventions of counseling applied to a variety of human problems. Using an intensive seminar format, candidates will learn and practice essential interviewing and counseling skills/techniques necessary to become effective counselors within a multicultural society. Candidates will receive instruction on the development of a therapeutic relationship, establishment of appropriate counseling goals, intervention strategies design, client outcomes evaluation, and appropriate termination of the counselor-client relationship. Particular emphasis will be on understanding and applying empathy. Candidates will practice the skills they are studying in simulated counseling sessions in the Counseling Laboratory where candidates are video recorded, observed and given feedback.
- Faculty: MOLLY WILSON