Counseling Skills/Theories II

Catalog description

As continuation of CNSC631A Counseling Skills/Theories I, this course presents both essential skills and current theories. It utilizes experiential training and practice in clinical skills, and students are observed and given faculty and peer feedback. Counseling theories are presented including Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic, Jungian, Adlerian, Contemporary (Sexuality, Somatic), Behavioral (CBT/DBT), and Contemplative approaches. Skills included are the essential interviewing, counseling, and case conceptualization skills. The course emphasizes the professional practice of counseling as the joining of the personal discipline of mindfulness-awareness practice which enhances self-understanding with the interpersonal discipline of cultivating healing relationships.