Foundations of Counseling: The Helping Relationship (Requisite Course)

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This course defines and examines the philosophic bases of counseling and the helping relationship, focusing on the foundational and theoretical concepts necessary for working with individuals, groups, children, and families in a multicultural context. Students also practice the development of basic counseling skills, professional identity, and related ethics. Students learn to define, generalize organize and critique the counseling process and profession including consultation theories, practice, and application in a multicultural society, as well as some crisis and disaster intervention. Self-growth experiential activities are associated with this course content.