COUN 612L - Counseling Techniques

3 Credits

This course provides clinical instruction in the fundamental counseling skills necessary for initiating, maintaining, and terminating psychotherapy. These fundamental skills include: relationship-building, the counseling process, conceptualization, intervention skills; and multicultural considerations. The course facilitates students’ development of the counselor characteristics and behaviors that positively influence the helping process. Experiential training, role-playing, and recording of mock counseling sessions will be required.