Skills & Techniques

Catalog description

This course provides students with a comprehensive foundation in essential counseling skills and techniques used across the helping professions. Emphasizing critical thinking and clinical reasoning, students will learn to apply developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive, and evidence-based strategies throughout the counseling process. The course focuses on building strong therapeutic alliances through effective interviewing, attending, and listening skills while fostering client empowerment and engagement. Students will engage in experiential learning to practice core counseling competencies, including assessment, intervention planning, consultation, and case management. Emphasis is placed on the integration of counselor characteristics, client preferences, and presenting concerns across diverse populations and service delivery settings. Students will also learn to use technology and outcome-based measures to monitor client progress, document services, and evaluate the effectiveness of counseling interventions.This is a hybrid course with a required in-person residency component.