HSE 125 Counseling

Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Clinic: 0 Credits: 3

This course covers the major approaches to psychotherapy and counseling, including theory, characteristics, and techniques. Emphasis is placed on facilitation of self-exploration, problem solving, decision making, and personal growth. Upon completion, students should be able to understand various theories of counseling and demonstrate counseling techniques.

Pre-requisite(s): HSE 110 and PSY 150.
Course is typically offered in Spring.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
At the completion of the course, the students should be able to do the following:

Differentiate between major models of counseling theory.
Compose a professional disclosure statement that summarizes one’s personal theoretical approach to counseling according to the grading rubric.
Decide how to resolve ethical dilemmas within counseling case studies according to the grading rubric.
Identify the needs of diverse racial and ethnic cultures, including their distinct patterns of interpreting reality, world view, adaptation, and communication.
Explain how to incorporate the special needs of minority groups and the differently abled into clinical practice.
Describe the importance of self-awareness in one’s personal, professional, and cultural life.
Design counseling strategies to the individual characteristics of the client, including (but not limited to): disability, gender, sexual orientation, developmental level, acculturation, ethnicity, age, and health status.