Each of you will be asked to select one topic from the course outline and serve as a discussion leader for the readings on that topic during the class for which they are assigned. As discussion leader, you will be expected to prepare a 4-5 page report on the readings and xerox it for seminar members. The report should conclude with 3-4 questions about the readings that might serve as the focus for class discussion. It might also include suggestions of additional readings on the topic that you would recommend. These writing assignments should be done based on your work with one or more of your clients at the Counseling Center.
Due dates are in the syllabus.
Plan to share these assignments with your clinical supervisors. A 20-25 page paper on the theoretical and empirical bases of one or more models of psychotherapy which you wish to explore in greater detail. Here are several forms that the paper might take. To make your task more managable and more interesting, you may want to focus on what each model has to say about the treatment of a particular problem. For example, you may want to compare the theoretical and research literature on cognitive behavioral vs. interpersonal approaches to the treatment of depression.