COUN 5610 ELLEN TETLOW, LCSW

1. Course Description: 3 credit hours

The course emphasizes the stages of the helping relationship. Students practice basic attending and communication skills, including questioning, reflection of feeling and meaning, summarization, focusing and self-disclosure. Students learn to help clients identify the problem that provides the focus for counseling. Students practice skills in role-played situations staged in class.

a. Successful completion of COUN 5020.

b. An ability to perform graduate work.

3. A willingness to learn, practice and try new skills.
4. Students must be independent learners.

a. To explore a variety of listening and counseling techniques

b. To practice and develop effective counseling techniques

c. To become comfortable with supervision

4. Schedule of required readings, class preparations, and assignments, lectures, discussions, student presentations, and exams:

Course orientation and review of course requirements

Choosing Peer Supervision Groups

Introduction to basic counseling skills

Developing Counseling Skills

Practice Counseling Skills

Conducting Intake/Assessment Sessions

Review Informed Consent Material

Practice Counseling Skills

Practice Skills

Discuss middle stage of therapy issues

Peer Supervision

Termination issues

Referral issues

Peer supervision: Intake/Assessment

Peer Supervision

Time for taping client assignment

Peer Supervision

Time for taping client

DUE: At least one additional session with client beyond intake

Case Presentations

Peer Supervision

DUE: draft of written case presentation and analysis

Oral presentations

WEEK 9 Thursday, July 27

Oral Presentations

Course wrap-up/ goals for future

5. TEXTS USED:

M= Moursund, J. (1993). The Process of Counseling and Therapy. USA:Prentice-Hall.

M&D=Meier,S. & Davis,S. (2001). The Elements of Counseling. USA:Brooks/Cole.

H&L= Haney,J.H. & Leibsohn,J.(1999). Basic Counseling Responses.USA: Brooks/Cole.

The student will be responsible for reading in-depth on her/his client's problem.

8. Course Requirements: % of grade

a. Exercises 20-35

b. Written Case notes and analysis 40-60

c. Class participation: Expected 0-10

d. Class presentation of Case 20-40

Students will decide % for each assessment within above limits.

9. Research Requirements:Students will use research articles in a written case analysis.

1. Attendance: Students are expected to attend all classes.
2. Plagiarism: Students found plagiarizing will receive a grade of O for that assignment.

Course Assignments

Exercises from Haney and Leibsohn: Students have a variety of ways to complete these exercises. The options include:

1.Students may watch the video tape and handwrite answers in the workbook and bring to class for grading.

3.Students may use the CD-ROM to do the exercises. Students can then print out a copy of the answers and bring to class for feedback

Each student will work with a client for at least 4 sessions. Students must complete an "informed consent" with the client, an intake and assessment session, 2 "50 minute" sessions and a termination session. The client may be a classmate, colleague, acquaintance, your client may not be a family member or close friend.

Students will submit:

The informed consent

The intake and assessment form

Summaries of 3 journal articles suggesting counseling issues and techniques with the identified client's problem.

Case notes and summaries for each session and each peer supervision presentation.

A Termination Plan

A Counseling Summary Analysis including the presenting problem, other issues, client's blind spots, action plan and analysis of counseling skills. Each component must be substantiated with client or counselor quotes.

Students will present their clients. Each presentation should be between 30 and 45 minutes. Case presentations should be augmented with video or audiotape of the client. The organization of the case presentation will be similar to the counseling summary analysis.