CONSULTATION IN PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING

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Instruction in this course is founded upon commitment to the beliefs that individuals are valuable, responsible and capable, and that all human service professionals should work to create the conditions in which people value themselves as human beings and behave accordingly. As reflective decision-makers, such professionals value human potential and purposefully design policies, processes and programs that facilitate the realization of that potential. The counselor learns that consultation and collaboration are first and foremost helping relationships that have as their foundation the dignity and respect of individuals/groups involved. Consultation and collaboration are characterized as problem-solving processes that involve a variety of key decision points. A generic model is provided for students as a "cognitive map" upon which they can reflect when attempting to determine effective practice.