COUN 540 - Counseling Techniques

Institution:

Messiah University

Subject:

Counseling

Description:

This course offers the student an opportunity to both investigate and practice some of the basic counseling techniques used by professional counselors. The purpose of the course is to provide students with supervised practice in several different types of counseling techniques in an effort to increase the student's skill and insight (e.g., Socratic questioning, Solution-focused interviewing, Empty Chair Technique, Family sculpting, WDEP, Systematic desensitization, etc.). Instruction will be both didactic and experiential. Students will begin to develop an understanding of the relationship between the particular techniques chosen by professional counselors and the problems presented by clients. Prerequisites: COUN 501; COUN 507, COUN 508 or COUN 509; and COUN 520.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.messiah.edu

Phone Number:

(717) 766-2511

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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