GPSY 541Foundtn Skills/Psychotherapy

Catalog

In this course, students refine the fundamental skills of therapeutic relationships. Covers skills in forming a therapeutic alliance; the mastery of empathic listening skills such as paraphrasing, reflecting, and the use of probes; the effective use of advanced relationship techniques such as confrontation, self-disclosure, and interpretation; the use of hypothesis testing in formulating treatment goals; and termination procedures and issues. Students are involved in role-play situations, as well as submitting audio taped and videotaped examples demonstrating mastery of skills. Ethical issues and the influence of factors such as gender, culture, age, and race on the therapy relationship are discussed.