COUN 602 - Counseling Skills II

Prerequisites
COUN 601 previously, COUN 604 previously or concurrently.

This course completes the students’ counseling immersion experience, which is grounded in humanistic psychology and a variety of other counseling theories. Using a structured, skills-based approach, students will continue to practice basic counseling skills (e.g., attending, rapport-building, observing, listening, and responding with interchangeable empathy). Students will further develop skills in appropriate confrontation, immediacy, and self-disclosure, as well as helping clients with meaning making, interpretation, and goal setting. Self-awareness, awareness of dynamics of power and privilege, and the development of multicultural competencies will be emphasized throughout the course. The course involves a lecture and discussion/activity component, as well as coordination and supervision of small training groups in which students work with a counseling skills trainer to practice and continue to develop their skills in effective listening, counseling, and communication.

Course credits: 3