Counseling Techniques and Theories
ACS 530 (3 credit hours)
Instructor: Dr. George Gonzalez, Ph.D.
SYLLABUS
COURSE OVERVIEW: In this course you will examine broad landscape of counseling theory and techniques including social-cultural perspective, specific therapeutic skills and professional issues. You will examine the various theoretical approaches, the need to apply different therapeutic approaches with different client presenting problems and the areas of specialty that exist in the field of counseling.
TEXTBOOK: PowerPoint Presentation on Counseling Techniques and Theories, Lecture notes and reading pdf materials.
EXAMINATIONS: There is a multiple-choice examination of 40 questions.
GRADING: The grading scale for this course is as follows:
91-100% = A
81-90% = B
71-80% = C
Below 70% = Failed
COMMUNICATION: You are encouraged to communicate with me. I am available as a teacher, coach, and mentor to assist you in meeting your goals for this course. Please keep my email address handy so that you can contact me whenever necessary. If at any time during this course you change your email address, please be sure to notify me right away.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The student will have a greater understanding of counseling in the greater context of society, treatment settings, and it history.
The student will have a greater understanding of the socio-cultural implications of counseling.
The student will have a greater understanding of therapeutic skills including the development of the client-counselor relationship, assessment and case formation, and others.
The student will have a greater understanding of professional issues such as clinical supervision, insurance, codes of ethics, etc.
The student will gain a greater understanding of role law and competence plays in the practice of counseling.
The student will gain greater understanding of various therapeutic models including psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral approaches, humanistic-existential approaches.
The student will gain greater understanding of an eclectic-integrative approach to counseling.
The student will gain greater understanding of how counseling theory, concepts and techniques address client’s presenting problems including alcohol problems, anger control, anxiety, etc.
The student will gain greater understanding areas of specialty in counseling including assertiveness, brief counseling, career counseling, etc.
The student will gain greater understanding of various modalities including group counseling, family and systems therapy, etc.
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