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Florida Atlantic University
College of Education
Department of Counselor Education

 
Processes in Counseling
MHS 5005
 


COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is an introduction to the principles and procedures utilized in providing human services through the helping relationship. Experiential components will focus on facilitative skill building.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. To provide students with a conceptual frame work from which to understand client behavior and affect.
2. To provide an understanding of the counseling process from intake through termination stages.
3. To develop student's basic knowledge and skills in the techniques of counseling.
4. To develop student's ability to understand a client's presenting concerns, set treatment goals, and utilize strategies and techniques appropriate to both the stage of counseling and the particular needs of the client.


TEXTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

1. Egan, G. (1998). The skilled helper: A problem managementapproach to helping (6th Ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

2. Egan, G. (1998) Exercises in helping skills: A manual to accompany the skilled helper 6th Ed). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

3. Carkhuff, R. R. (2000) The art of helping in the 21st century. Amherst, MA: Human Resource Development Press.

4. VHS videotape


COURSE REQUIREMENTS

1. Complete all assigned readings. Each reading is to be done in advance of the classroom experience.

2. Attend ALL class sessions. Since this course will provide students time in class to practice counseling skills and to demonstrate progress in the acquisition of them, class attendance is fundamental to the successful completion of this course. Attendance at all classes is mandatory. Only one class absence is allowed. Each absence beyond the first will result in a 20-point reduction.

3. Complete 25 Workbook exercises in coordination with the Stage/Step of the model being discussed in class. These exercises are for the personal growth and development of the student so that she/he can individually react to the material. Exercises 1, 2, 3, & 4 are required of all students. 21 additional exercises are to be selected by the student. These exercises will be processed in class.

4. 2 Videotapes are to be completed showing the student's counseling abilities. Tape I should focus on the basic counseling skills: attending, listening, and empathic responding. The tape's function is for the STUDENT COUNSELOR to demonstrate the ability to use these skills. Tape II should focus on an advanced session and needs to reach a Carkhuff level of 3.0. Skills should included understanding, empathy, probing and summarizing. Further the tape should show goal setting and action plan facilitating. EACH TAPE MUST BE TRANSCRIBED AND BE 20 MINUTES IN LENGTH. Late tapes will result in a 20-point reduction.

5. 2 examinations will be given ¾ one mid term and one final. These will consist of multiple-choice questions and/or questions that require short answers. This latter type will require the synthesis of text material, classroom experiences, and lecture material.

 

SYLLABUS

The instructor reserves the right to make adjustments to this schedule, the topics covered, the assignments made, the evaluations required, or otherwise as may be need to effectively teach the material to be covered. Such adjustments will be made and announced at the beginning of the class or prior to the affected session if possible.

Week Class Content and Activities Student Preparation Evaluation
Week 1 1.Overview of Course
2. Course Requirements
3. Overview of the Helping Process		 Egan 1 & 2
Carkhuff 1, 2, & 3		  
Week 2 1. Attending and Listening Skills
2. Skills Practice		 Egan 3 & 4
Carkhuff 4 & 5 		 
Week 3 1. Empathy and Probing Skills
2. Skills Practice		 Egan 5 & 6
Carkhuff 6 & 7 		 
Week 4 1. Stage I & Step 1A
2. Skills Practice 		Egan 7 & 8  
Week 5 1. Step 1B
2. Skills Practice		 Egan 9,10 & 11  
Week 6 1. Step 1C
2. Skills Practice 		Egan 12  
Week 7 1. Stage II & Step II A Egan 13 Tape I
Week 8 1. Step II B
2. Skills Practice		 Egan 14 Exam I
Egan Ch. 1-6
Carkhuff Ch. 1-4
Week 9 1. Step II C
2. Skills Practice 		Egan 15  
Week 10 1. Stage III Step IIIA
2. Skills Practice 		Egan 16  
Week 11 1. Step III B
2. Skills Practice 		Egan 17  
Week 12 1. Step IIIC
2. Skills Practice 		Egan 18-19
Carkhuff 8		 TAPE II DUE
Week 13 View Tapes    
Week 14 View Tapes    
Week 15 View Tapes   EXAM II
EGAN Ch. 7-19
Carkhuff 5-8

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Carkhuff, R. R. (1993). The art of helping VIII. Amherst, MA: Human Resource Development Press.

Carkhuff, R. R. (2000). Human possibilities. Amherst, MA Possibilities Publishing

Cormier, S. & Cormier, B. (1998) Interviewing strategies for helpers: Fundamental skills cognitive behavioral interventions (4th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.

Egan, G. (1998). The skilled helper: A systematic approach to effective helping (6th Ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Egan, G. (1998) Exercises in helping skills: A manual to accompany the skilled helper 6th Ed). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Ivey, A. E. (1994) Intentional interviewing and counseling (3rd ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.