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Psychological Counselling
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:01
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUPK_159 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology; General Psychology | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Sandra Mihailova | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 20 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 40 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 56 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Professional activity and ethics of psychologist I, Personality psychology, Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To create an opportunity for students to acquire knowledge about the principles of counselling relationship with clients/patients and their peculiarities in different counselling approaches; to develop understanding and skills to create a safe counselling environment; to develop and train communication skills with clients/patients; to use therapeutic interventions and techniques in the context of the psychologist's work. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 2 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 3 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 4 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 5 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 6 | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 7 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 8 | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 9 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 10 | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 11 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 12 | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 13 | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 14 | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 2 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 3 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 4 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 5 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 6 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 7 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 8 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 9 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 10 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 11 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 12 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 13 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 14 | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independently reinforce lecture material by reading sources and preparing for seminars and mid-term tests. Conduct observation in communication outside the university to record non-compliance patterns. In small groups to train basic counseling skills outside the lecture hours. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. Active participation in lectures, workshops and seminars by asking questions and referring to sources read (20%). 2. Intermediate tests - tests (30%). Test topics: • Psychological counseling and psychotherapy - common and different. • Interpersonal neurobiology - mirror neurons, their role in psychotherapy. • Presence, tuning, resonance. • Micro-skills in counseling. • Therapeutic environment; presence factor. • Therapeutic interventions. • Planning / structuring the therapeutic process. • Contract - time, space, goals of cooperation, payment. • Customer / Patient Responsibility - The patient's right to information and confidentiality. • Topical ethical aspects in a therapeutic relationship with client/patient. • Psychohygiene. 3. Examination task - work in 3 stages: client, consultant, observer. In each role, perform specific tasks and answer questions from each role to the strengths and weaknesses of the consultant's work and the client's difficulties and resources (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Describe the differences between psychological counseling and psychotherapy, describe the principles of counseling relationship with client / patient and compare their characteristics in different counseling approaches, describe and explain the stages of the individual counseling process, identify therapeutic interventions and describe counseling environment. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Reflects on their skills and experience and is able to provide feedback to their classmates on their skills. Expresses an empathic attitude towards client/patient (classmate). | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Applies counseling micro-skills according to the context of the situation, is able to establish a counseling relationship with client/patient; make a deal. Recognize the counseling skills used in their own and others' work. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ivey, A.E., Ivey, M.B., & Zalaquett, C.P. (2009). Intentional Interviewing and Counseling: Facilitating Client Development in a Multicultural Society (with CD-ROM). | ||||||||
| 2 | Corey, G. (2012). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy. Australia. | ||||||||
| 3 | Corey, G. (2012). Student Manual for Corey's Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy, 9th ed. Australia. | ||||||||
| 4 | Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2012). Counseling and psychotherapy theories in context and practice: Skills, strategies, and techniques. John Wiley & Sons. | ||||||||
| 5 | Brummers, M., Enckells, H. (2011). Bērnu un jauniešu psihoterapija. Rīga: Jumava. | ||||||||
| 6 | Stricker, G. (2010). Psychotehrapy Integration. American Psychological Association. | ||||||||
| 7 | Cain, D.J. (2010). Person – centered psychotherapies. American Psychological Association. | ||||||||
| 8 | Pelham, G. (2007). Counselling skills for creative arts therapists. London: Worth. | ||||||||
| 9 | Cottone, R. Rocco. (2017). Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy : Individual and Relational Approaches. New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company. eBook., Database: eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Keisments, P. (2003). Psihoterapeits un viņa pacients. Rīga: RaKa. | ||||||||
| 2 | Коттлер, Дж., & Браун, Р. (2001). Психотерапевтическое консультирование. СПб: Питер. | ||||||||
| 3 | Кочюнас Р. (1999). Основы психологического консультирования. М.: Академический проект.Malans, D.H. (1997). Individuālā psihoterapija un psihodinamikas zinātne. Rīga: RaKa. | ||||||||
| 4 | Мак-Вильямс, Н. (2015). Психоаналитическая диагностика. – М.: Класс. | ||||||||
| 5 | Brady-Amoon, Peggy; Keefe-Coopermanb, Kathleen. (2017). European Journal of Counselling Psychology. Vol. 6 Issue 1, p41-62. 22p. , Database: Academic Search Complete | ||||||||
| 6 | Goss, David; Parnell, Tony. (2017). Counselling Psychology Review. Dec. Vol. 32 Issue 4, p4-17. 14p. 1 Chart. , Database: Academic Search Complete | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Journal of counsulting and clinical psychology | ||||||||
| 2 | European Journal of Counselling Psychology. | ||||||||
