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ADE 524 - Contemporary Counseling Theories

Graduate Education Institute · Family Counseling and Education · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Doç. Dr. Besra TAŞ BOLAT

Course Objective

This course is aimed to help students begin thinking about specific approaches to treating a variety of clients and learning various psychotherapy theories.

Course Content

This course provides an overview of the major theoretical approaches to conducting psychotherapy. This course is aimed to help students begin thinking about specific approaches to treating a variety of clients. A variety of treatment approaches, theories, and therapeutic applications will be discussed (Psychodynamic, Client centered, Gestalt Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, Reality Therapy Cognitive behavioral and others).Although this course provides knowledge about applied procedures, it is a primarily theory course.

Required Resources

Işık Terzi. Ş, Ergüner Tekinalp. B, ( 2013) Psikolojik Danışmada Güncel Kuramlar. Ankara Pegem Akademi

Recommended Resources

  1. Murdock. N. L. (2016), Psikoloji Danışma ve Psikoterapi Kuramları, (Çev. Füsun Akkoyun) Nobel Yayın
  2. Samuel T. G., A., (2013)  Comprehensive Proffesion Counseling, Ceviri Editörü: Nilifer V. A., Psikoloji Danisma Kapsamli Bir Meslek, Npbel Yayin
  3. Serife I. T., Bengü E. T., (2013) Psikolojik Danismada Güncel Kuramlar, Pegem Akademi
  4. Gürses T., (2007), Psikolojik Yardim Hizmetleri Kuram ve Uygulamalar, Nobel Yayin

Explanations

The aim of the course is to provide students with a broad insight into the subjects.

Rules

For this course, a final  exam will be held about the subjects that are processed in the 14th week.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Consulting principles and techniques are applied according to different situations
  2. Using counseling principles and techniques, it develops awareness and sensitivity in society about the different needs of people.
  3. Counseling responds to social and emotional events using principles and techniques.
  4. Discuss current events related to consulting principles and techniques
  5. Understand basic work and turning points in counseling

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%50 (31) Social and Behavioural Science%50

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionProblem Solving

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkPerformance Assignment ( Lab / Workshop / Field Work / Seminar / Presentation / Completion Study / ThesisTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)17351
Out of Class Study Period17351
Midterm166
Quiz000
Assignment11444
Practice14228
Final188

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Psychological Counseling TheoriesPrereading
2Narrative TherapyPrereading
3Relational Cultural TheoryPrereading
4Adlerian TherapyPrereading
5Existential TherapyPrereading
6Rational Emotional Behavior TherapyPrereading
7An overview.
8Ara SınavAra Sınav
9Short-Term Solution- TherapyPrereading
10Relational Cultural TherapyPrereading
11Feminist TherapyPrereading
12Bowen Family TherapyPrereading
13Acceptance and Installation TheoryPrereading
14Expressive TherapyPrereading
15An Overview.
16Final SınavıFinal Sınavı