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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
RPD 3001	THE PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASLI UZ BAŞ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students to comprehend the importance and functions of therapeutic conditions and basic/advanced counseling skills in the counseling process; to use basic counseling skills effectively; and also to provide therapeutic conditions in counseling.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Explain counseling process and its stages
2	Describe therapeutic conditions.
3	Comprehend the importance and function of therapeutic conditions in counseling process.
4	Describe basic and advenced counseling skills in counseling process.
5	Provide therapeutic conditions in counseling process.
6	Use basic counseling skills in counseling
7	Describe basic intervention strategies in counseling process.
8	Describe specific techniques in counseling process.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction: Content, Importance, Rules and Requisities
2	Counseling Process: Basic Stages, Counseling Skills ve Therapeutic Conditions
3	Basic Counseling Skills: Attending
4	Basic Counseling Skills: Questions
5	Basic Counseling Skills: Encouragement
6	Basic Counseling Skills: Reflection of Content
7	Basic Counseling Skills: Reflection of Feelings
8	Midterm
9	Basic Counseling Skills: Summarization
10	Advanced Counseling Skills: Confrontation
11	Advanced Counseling Skills: Self-Disclosure and Immediacy
12	Advanced Counseling Skills: Focusing, Interpretation, Feedback and Information Giving
13	Affective intervention strategies
14	Behavioral and cognitive intervention strategies
15	Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Hackney, H. & Cormier, S. (2008). Psikolojik Danışma Ilke ve Teknikleri. (Çev. T. Ergene ve A. Aydemir Sevim). Ankara: Mentis Yayınları.
Voltan-Acar (2003). Terapötik iletişim. Kişilerarası ilişkiler (Geliştirilmiş 4. Baskı). Ankara: Nobel Yayınları.
Meier, S. T., & Davis, S. R. (2006). Psikolojik danışma: Temel öğeler. (S. Doğan (Ed.), D. Y. Bektaş, E. Ö. Kocabaş, S. Denizli, Çev.). Ankara: Pegem Yayıncılık.
Egan, G. (2011). Psikolojik Danışma Becerileri. (Çev. Özlem Yüksel). Istanbul: Kaknüs Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Direct instruction, question-answer and disscussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FINS	FINAL EXAM
3	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Examination

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

asliuzbas@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	4	52
Preparation for midterm exam	1	20	20
Preparation for final exam	1	25	25
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11
LO.1	1	1	1	2	2	5	2	1	1	1	5
LO.2	1	1	1	2	2	5	2	1	1	1	5
LO.3	1	1	1	2	2	5	2	1	1	1	5
LO.4	1	1	1	2	2	5	2	1	1	1	5
LO.5	1	1	1	2	2	5	2	1	1	1	5
LO.6	1	1	1	2	2	5	2	1	1	1	5
LO.7	1	1	1	2	2	5	2	1	1	1	5
LO.8	1	1	1	2	2	5	2	1	1	1	5

COURSE UNIT TITLE

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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