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CCP540 Personality And Counseling Theory
DIR By: SMerther
Date: March 31, 2016, 8:27 pm
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Re: CCP540 Personality And Counseling Theory
DIR By: 94278
Date: April 13, 2016, 7:13 pm
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Course Objectives
1.
clinical practices of major contemporary counseling and
psychological theories.
2.
counseling theories.
3.
schools of thought.
4.
social, cultural and political context.
5.
counseling.
6.
behavior in counseling.
Additional Course Objectives:
1) To gain familiarity with the major theorists of counseling
psychology.
2) To understand the connection between different theories and
psychotherapy practices.
3) To contextualize the different theories in relationship to
when, how and by whom they were developed.
4) To help you to describe and understand your own theoretical
underpinnings.
Pedagogical Approach: Using lectures, discussion, role play,
videos, small group presentations, etc. we will explore what
theory is, why and how it is useful and important to counselors,
some of the more popular theories of psychotherapy, and help you
to develop your personal theory. I (with your help) will try to
create an environment of safety, ease and curiosity to enhance
this process.
To quote from a former students in the class (C. David Frese)
Irle, this is what I think you really want us to get out of the
class
. (PS I agree, IMG.)
“ Look, people. What I want you to do here is to think about who
you really are as an individual. I want you to learn about the
continuum of the psychotherapeutic tradition because you will
become part of this tradition, and the larger view is fun and
important and informative. To me, this is tremendously exciting,
and I’d like it to be exciting to you as well. I’d like to
expose you to some of the ways that people actually do therapy,
and to see which appeals to you and which doesn’t. I want you to
absorb the materials and form opinions about them. I don’t care
if your opinions differ from mine, as long as they are informed
opinions. I want you to feel the theories and put them together
in a framework that you feel like you own, rather than they
owning you. Understand that there is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way,
as long as you act responsibly and authentically… “
I am interested in using the study of theories of psychotherapy
to help each of you become the best clinicians you can become.
To do this, there will be three basic approaches to each
theoretical area.
A) What is the theory?
1)
2)
3)
content?
We will use lecture, video and discussion to convey this part
B) How does this theory affect you?
We will use exercises based on the techniques of that particular
theoretical school so that you can experience what the approach
is like. You will organize the products of these exercises into
a portfolio.
C) How can you use this theory clinically and critically, with
others?
The answer to this question will come both from your life/work
experiences incorporating what we have learned and from the ways
you will use the techniques with your fellow students in small
groups.
Course Assignments, Course Requirements and Evaluation:
1) Attendance and participation in class exercises is assumed
(20%)
Completion of the assigned reading is assumed.
2) Portfolios
I want each of you to create a Theories portfolio. This will be
the collection of your own creative responses/explorations to
the different theories as described and demonstrated in videos,
lecturettes, exercises, etc. You can use words, drawings,
videos, audios, etc. etc. etc. as you develop your own theory.
We will flesh this out extensively in class and in homework
3) Midterm assignment
The goal of this assignment is to get you to describe your own
theory of counseling and connect it to the readings. This is
basically a summary and integration of the work you will already
have done in your portfolio.
.
The purpose of this 3-5 page paper is to get you to think about,
understand and express what you believe about the counseling
experience and how your beliefs relate to the theorists and
theories we have studied. Start from your personal experience
about how you were helped or helped other with a problem you or
they were facing. Then relate your experience to the theories in
the book.
What helps and what doesn't help? What are the important
elements of the helping experience? What do you believe about
what works in counseling? What theory did your counselor use?
How do these relate to the different theories you read about?
Make at least 3 references to specific articles from the
readings.
Add to it a preface with the five most important things you have
learned in this class.
And end it with a half-page feedback sheet as to how this class
is working for you, what works and what doesn’t in terms of
readings, discussions, experiential exercises, presentation
groups, videos etc.
(30%)
FINAL: A longer paper (10-15 pages typewritten) incorporating
your portfolio in describing the impact of the course material
on how you do or would like to do therapy with a particular
client(s) and how it relates to the different approaches we have
studied. It will be a follow-up and expansion of the first
paper. This is an opportunity to reflect upon how the various
counseling theories as presented in class affect and relate to
your way of doing counseling.(50%)
End with Feedback about the class, small groups, presentations,
videos, lecturettes, books and articles, etc. (1/2 – 1 page)
Citations should be in APA format
Please make copies of all assignments for your security.
Late assignments will be penalized.
Required Texts:
Corey,G.,(2009)(Theory and Practice of Counseling and
Psychotherapy. EighthEdition. Brooks/Cole.
ISBN-13: 978-0-495-10808-3
This text is now in its ninth edition. You do NOT need to get
the more recent edition. It is expensive. Feel free to buy the
seventh or eighth editions. They are much cheaper. ($6 used on
Amazon).
Yalom,Irvin The Gift of Therapy. ($6-9 on amazon)
Readings ( I will send these to you).
1.
psychotherapeutic practice. Psychotherapy(4,3)303-313.
2.
Relationship On Becoming A Person. Houghton Mifflin Co.
a.
3.
psychotherapy. American Psychologist.
4.
i.
5.
Treatment. American Psychologist,62(8). Nov 2007
6.
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