Counseling Theories & Approaches
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Introduction
Welcome to this work in progress, created by Ray A. White, Ed.S., LPC-MHSP. This blog is being developed as a learning resource for a Counseling Theories class at Tusculum College, and remains the sole property of the creator. Contents copyrighted by Ray A. White.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Reading Assignments
For Class #1: Chapters 01, 15
For Class #2: Chapters 02, 03, 04, 05
For Class #3: Chapters 06, 07
For Class #4: Chapters 08, 09
For Class #5: Chapters 10, 11
For Class #6: Chapters 12, 13, 14
For Class #2: Chapters 02, 03, 04, 05
For Class #3: Chapters 06, 07
For Class #4: Chapters 08, 09
For Class #5: Chapters 10, 11
For Class #6: Chapters 12, 13, 14
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Course Assignments
GRADUATE
AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
TUSCULUM
COLLEGE
PSYC223
Detailed
Instructions for Course Assignments
A) Create
An Electronic Course Notebook (Blog Site) = 50 Possible Points
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Go to www.blogger.com
and sign up for a free blog account.
·
Give a title to your blog and select a
design theme. Creativity is encouraged.
·
Provide me with the web address (URL) of
your blog site prior to completing the first post.
·
Design a post for each of the 11
counseling theories/approaches we will be studying. The post can utilize a
variety of mediums (video clips, articles, text, links, photos, etc). At minimum it must include data that
emphasizes the following: the theory’s key concepts, figures (people)
associated with the theory, and the goal(s) of the theory.
·
Due class #2: Psychoanalytic &
Adlerian (maximum 10 points)
·
Due class #3: Existential &
Person-Centered (maximum 10 points)
·
Due class #4: Gestalt & Behavior
(maximum 10 points)
·
Due class #5: Cognitive Behavior &
Reality (maximum 10 points)
·
Due class #6: Feminist, Postmodern &
Family Systems (maximum 10 points)
B) Two
Quizzes = 20 Possible Points (10 each)
·
There will be two multiple choice style quizzes.
·
QUIZ A will cover chapters two and
three, and will be administered during class #3
·
QUIZ B will cover chapter 15, and will
be administered during class #4
C) Team
Project = 10 Possible Points
·
You will be assigned to a team
consisting of fellow classmates. Each team will be assigned a particular counseling
theory. Together, the team will develop a 10 minute role play that illustrates
how a counseling session utilizing the particular approach might look and sound.
The role play can be delivered live or recorded in digital format.
Presentations will be made during class #6.
D) Comprehensive Final Exam = 20 Possible
Points
·
The final exam will be comprehensive by
design (covering the entire course content). You will be allowed one “open
resource” tool to aid you in the task. Further details will be provided during
class #5 regarding the open resource and test design.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Sample Blog Post
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The following is a sample for one possible way you might format your blog entry. It is
only a suggestion. There is no single correct way to do this. Develop it in a manner that
best helps you learn the content.
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Key Concepts:
The following is a sample for one possible way you might format your blog entry. It is
only a suggestion. There is no single correct way to do this. Develop it in a manner that
best helps you learn the content.
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Founder: Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Goals of therapy: To make the unconscious conscious. To reconstruct the basic personality. To assist clients in reliving earlier experiences and working through repressed conflicts. To achieve intellectual and emotional awareness.
Key Concepts:
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Techniques: Dream analysis, free association, analysis of resistance....
> Techniques are designed to help clients gain access to their
unconscious conflicts, which leads to insight and eventual
assimilation of new material by the ego.
unconscious conflicts, which leads to insight and eventual
assimilation of new material by the ego.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Qualities/Characteristics Of Effective Counselors
Effective counselors (Corey, 2009) ...
* Have an identity
* Respect & appreciate themselves
* Are open to change
* Make choices that are life oriented
* Are authentic, sincere, and honest
* Have a sense of humor
* Make mistakes and are willing to admit them
* Live in the present
* Appreciate the influence of culture
* Have a sincere interest in the welfare of others
* Possess effective interpersonal skills
* Become deeply involved in their work and derive meaning from it
* Are passionate
* Are able to maintain healthy boundaries
* Have an identity
* Respect & appreciate themselves
* Are open to change
* Make choices that are life oriented
* Are authentic, sincere, and honest
* Have a sense of humor
* Make mistakes and are willing to admit them
* Live in the present
* Appreciate the influence of culture
* Have a sincere interest in the welfare of others
* Possess effective interpersonal skills
* Become deeply involved in their work and derive meaning from it
* Are passionate
* Are able to maintain healthy boundaries
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