2023-2024 Catalog

PSYCH 285 Introduction to Counseling Techniques

Course acquaints students with the major current theories and techniques of individual, group, and family counseling and psychotherapy by means of lectures, readings, demonstrations, films, and experiential simulations of counseling processes. Attention will also be given to the contexts of practice, professionalism, and ethical problems. Topics include: Client-centered therapy, Existential/Humanistic therapy, Gestalt therapy, Rational Emotive therapy, Behavior therapy, Psycho-drama, Psychoanalytic therapies, Transactional Analysis, Marriage Counseling, Family therapies and Crisis Intervention. 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

WRIT 101 or WRIT 201 and PSYCH 101