Group Counseling & Group Work

Catalog description

This course provides for the understanding of leading, developing, evaluating the effectiveness of group counseling. The course will include development of various types of groups including group proposal, session development, group dynamics, group leadership and evaluation, treatment planning, group intervention, and counseling skills. This course involves student participation in a direct experience as a group member in an online synchronous small group activity, approved by the program, for a minimum of ten clock hours over the course of one academic term. Students will be required to attend a one-day, face-to-face residency experience as part of this course.