Academic Catalog 2024-2025

PY 749 Helping Relationship Skills

Explores the nature of the helping relationship. Attention is given to the potential impact of helper characteristics on the counseling interaction. The course is didactic and experiential. The following counseling skills are addressed: listening, reflection and clarification, interviewing, effective confrontation, goal setting and implementing basic change strategies. Issues related to working with other professionals to meet client needs are also discussed.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PY 750

Offered

Fall, Spring