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Individual Counselling
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:14.08.2023 08:43:38
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_295 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ingūna Griškēviča | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppk rsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 12 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | General psychology, developmental psychology, personality psychology, clinical psychology, psychological assessment, psychological counselling. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide an opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge of individual counselling approaches its structure and a range of potential problems, and to develop individual counselling skills observing ethical principles (the skill to establish contact with the client, to initiate psychological counselling process; the skill to identify client needs and problems to plan the further professional activity; ability to agree with the client on the goals and conditions of psychological counselling; the ability to establish a psychological counselling strategy in accordance with the intended purpose of counselling; the skills to conduct psychological counselling; the ability to evaluate the result of the psychological counselling; the ability to provide feedback to the client on the psychological counselling). | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Goals and tasks of individual counseling. Counseling process. Phases of individual counseling. Counseling skills. | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||||
| 2 | Relationship building phase. Defining the problem and setting counselling goals. Starting the counselling process. Creation of agreement and cooperation plan. | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||||
| 3 | Exploratory phase. Customer research and understanding techniques. Defining the psychological problem in the context of the client's personality, cognitive characteristics and lifestyle. | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||||
| 4 | Interpretation phase. Objectives, application and techniques of confrontation. Purposes, application and techniques of encouragement. | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||||
| 5 | Reorientation and closing phase. Reorientation components and techniques. Implementation and implementation of changes in the client's life. Defining and using client resources. | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||||
| 6 | Case analysis. Analysis of goals, strategies and outcomes of a counselling case. The theoretical background of the counselling case. | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 1. Intervision in groups - in the roles of consultant, client and supervisor. 2. Independent literature studies on latest research in the field of counselling. 3. Case analysis – a report and a presentation on the practical work. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | In order to receive an assessment, students must send feedback on the progress of the course. 1. Intervision counseling phase and counseling skills assessment protocols (40%): 1.1. Establishing relationships and defining consulting goals; 1.2. Customer research - determination of personality, cognitive characteristics and lifestyle; 1.3. Interpretation, confrontation and encouragement phase; 1.4. Reorientation and closure phase and identification of client resources. 2. Case analysis – evaluation and description of the client's psychological problem, individual psychological counseling strategies, plan analysis (30%): 2. 1. The student describes one case, analyzes the course of counseling in four phases and the results; 2.2. The student prepares a presentation (Power Point) about the counseling case; 2.3. The student presents the case and answers clarifying questions about the course of the consultation. 3. Theoretical analysis of the case (30%). 3.1 The student performs a theoretical analysis of the case and formulates the client's psychological problem, justifies the counseling strategy and plan by referring to literature sources; 3. 2. The student prepares the work in writing (Word or PDF) and submits it in the form of a case description. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students list and describe the techniques of psychological counselling; they have good knowledge of the process, structure, and basic principles of psychological counselling. Students describe the basic principles of how to establish contact with a client, to find out the client's needs and problems in order to plan their future professional activities, and describe how to agree with the client on the goals of counselling. Students describe the basic principles of how to conduct psychological counselling and evaluate the result, as well as how to give the client feedback about the psychological counselling. Students describe the specific nature, functions, and limitations of the work of a counselling psychologist in different professional environments. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students have good knowledge of techniques of psychological counselling, they are able to use them appropriately. Students establish contact with the client to initiate the psychological counselling process and identify the client's needs and problems to plan their future professional activities, as well as agree with the client on the goals and conditions of counselling and develop a counselling strategy according to the stated goal. Students analyse the situation of the client. They are able to evaluate and define psychological problems, distinguish between the problems of different character, as well as to search the ways for problem solution depending on the particular situation and possibilities of the particular client. Conduct psychological counselling and evaluate the result, as well as provide feedback to the client on the psychological counselling. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students independently evaluate and formulate the psychological problems; they find the ways to solve the problem depending on the particular situation and possibilities of the client, while observing the code of ethics and develop the strategy and the plan for psychological counselling. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bite, I, Mārtinsone, A. Sudraba, V. (2016). Konsultēšanas un psihoterapijas teorija un prakse. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC | ||||||||
| 2 | Ļevina J., Mārtinsone K. (2016). Konsultēšana un konsultatīvā psiholoģija. Rīga: RSU. | ||||||||
| 3 | Jairo N. Fuertes, Arnold Spokane, & Elizabeth Holloway. (2013). Specialty Competencies in Counseling Psychology. Oxford University Press. | ||||||||
| 4 | McLeod, J., & McLeod, Julia. (2011). Counselling skills : A practical guide for counsellors and the helping professions / John McLeod, Julia McLeod. (2nd ed.). Maidenhead: Open University Press. | ||||||||
| 5 | Sharf, R.S. (2012). Theories of psychotherapy and counseling: Concepts and cases (5th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Beck, J. S. (2011). Cognitive behavior therapy: Basics and beyond. 2nd ed. New York: Guilford. | ||||||||
| 2 | Brown, S. D., & Lent, R. W. (Eds.) (2000). Handbook of counselling psychology (3rd edition). New York: Wiley. | ||||||||
| 3 | Corey, G. (2009). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy. Cengage Lerning. | ||||||||
| 4 | Kottler, J. A. & Brown, R. W. (2000). Introduction to therapeutic counselling. Wardsworth. | ||||||||
| 5 | McLeod, J., & British Association for Counselling Psychotherapy. (2010). Case study research in counselling and psychotherapy / John McLeod. Los Angeles ; London: SAGE. | ||||||||
| 6 | Remley, T., & Herlihy, B. (2010). Ethical, legal, and professional issues in counseling / Theodore P. Remley, Jr., B | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research | ||||||||
| 2 | European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counseling | ||||||||
| 3 | Journal of Counseling Psychology | ||||||||
