PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
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Course Title:
PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
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Course Code:
MDR5101
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Type of Course:
Optional
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Level of Course:
Second Cycle
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Year of Study:
1
6
Semester:
1
7
ECTS Credits Allocated:
8
8
Theoretical (hour/week):
3
9
Practice (hour/week) :
0
10
Laboratory (hour/week) :
0
11
Prerequisites:
None
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Recommended optional programme components:
None
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Language:
Turkish
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Mode of Delivery:
Face to face
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Course Coordinator:
Prof. Dr. İBRAHİM GÜRSES
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Course Lecturers:
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Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:
igurses@uludag.edu.tr 2431066 – 60417
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Website:
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Objective of the Course:
Psychological counseling course aims to identify the problems of the client, to guide her/him, to provide the client with the ability to solve her/him problems on her/him own, and to contribute to the treatment of the client's problems by using effective consultant capacities.
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
Students learn about the principles and techniques of psychological counseling. They make emotional, cognitive and behavioral interventions to individuals who will receive psychological counseling.
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Learning Outcomes:
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Students understand the importance of psychological counseling.;
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Students learn the relationship between the counseling process and other areas.;
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Students gain the necessary experience to be an effective counselor.;
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Students follow the steps of the psychological counseling process step- wise;
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Students successfully apply counselor traits such as empathy, transparency, and communication skills.;
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Students learn to give consistent, open, unconditional respect, supportive responses as a counselor.;
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Students perform a pre-interview with the client, get a autobiography and define the client's problem.;
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Students learn to make emotional interventions. Apply the empty chair technique successfully.;
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Students perform cognitive restructuring as a type of intervention.;
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Students perform behavioral interventions.;
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Course Content:
Week
Theoretical
Practical
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What is Psychological Counseling?
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Psychological Counseling and Its Relations with Other Fields
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Psychological Counseling and Philosophy and Culture
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Psychological Counseling Conditions and Effects
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Features of Effective Psychological Counselors
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Steps of the Psychological Counseling Process
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The life of the Client in the Counseling Process
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Establishing the First Relationship and Communication with the Client
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Communication Skills
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Conditions that Convey the Sincerity of the Psychological Counselor
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Evaluating the Problems of the Client
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Emotional Interventions
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Cognitive Interventions
14
Behavioral Interventions and Desistence
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
- Sheery Cormier-Harold Hackney, Psikolojik Danışma İlke ve Teknikleri, Psikolojik Yardım Süreci El Kitabı, çev. T. Ergene-S. Aydemir Sevim, Mentis Yay., Ankara 2008. - Richard Nelson-Jones, Temel Psikolojik Danışma Becerileri, çev. Gamze Sart, Nobel Akademik Yay., 2020.
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Assesment
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
PERCENT
Midterm Exam
0
0
Quiz
0
0
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
Final Exam
1
100
Total
1
100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade
0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade
100
Total
100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
A written exam
Information
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
14
3
42
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
14
13
182
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
0
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
0
0
0
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
20
20
Total WorkLoad
244
Total workload/ 30 hr
8,13
ECTS Credit of the Course
8
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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
