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Group Counseling (COUN 2640)
Total Credits:
3
Lecture Credits:
3
Description:
This course teaches the theoretical and practical skills of group counseling for alcohol and drug-abuse treatment. You will learn about group stages, group leader skills, group rules and goals, types of group therapy and clinical record keeping. Must be taken A-F.
Topical Outline:
1. Group Counseling theory
2. Ethics
3. Group Counseling and facilitation skills
4. Writing and Clinical charting skills
5. Stage of group development
6. Group leadership
Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify personal characteristics of a counselor, counselor's values and ethics
2. Identify group theory and group practice
3. Demonstrate group counseling competencies and skills
4. Apply critical thought, ethics, and cross-cultural sensitivity to group counseling
Prerequisites:
COUN 2510 or Instructor Approval
Co-requisites:
COUN 2620,
COUN 2630, and
COUN 2650