Basic Skills for Interviewing and Consulting (VPUPK_425)
About Study Course
Objective
The purpose of the introductory course is to provide students with basic knowledge and to promote initial skills development in the field of professional interviewing and counselling in work with individuals, highlighting the specificities of different counselling approaches. The course promotes awareness of the importance of a secure professional environment, the structure of the professional interview and consultation, and the relevance of the types of interviews to different situations. Students develop basic professional communication and reflection skills within the framework of the professional activity of a psychologist. The course does not provide for the full acquisition of counselling and interviewing skills, but serves as an introduction to the basic principles, approaches, methods and techniques of counselling and interviewing, acting in the context of learning and simulated situations.
Prerequisites
Professional activity and ethics of psychologist I, personality Psychology, developmental Psychology, Clinical Psychology.
Learning outcomes
1.Defines and explains basic concepts and professional boundaries of psychological counselling by distinguishing counselling from psychotherapy.
1.Develop and implement a short structured simulated interview (introduction-goal-questions-aggregation-conclusion) in accordance with the basic principles of professional negotiation.
1.Maintain a professional conversation framework in simulated situations, observing ethical principles, conditions of a safe professional environment and professional boundaries, aware of the boundaries of their competence and the necessity of future professional development.
