COUN 540 Counseling Techniques

This course offers the student the opportunity to continue to investigate and practice some of the foundational and advanced counseling techniques used by professional counselors. Since instruction is both didactic and experiential, the course offers the student the opportunity for supervised practice of several different types of counseling techniques which will increase the student's skill and insight. Students will begin to develop an understanding of the relationship between the particular techniques chosen by professional counselors and the problems presented by clients. Students will also begin to develop a system of conceptualization that fosters an understanding of the client as a whole and an orientation towards wellness and prevention as desired counseling goals. In addition, basic supervision models practices, and processes will be discussed during this course.