The basic concepts and skills of counseling individuals, and practice in applying those concepts in counseling situations in class. Emphasis is on conditions for an effective helping relationship, attending and interviewing skills, basic theoretical assumptions, social and cultural contexts, ethical principles , and professional orientation.
Emphasis is on philosophical understanding of the self , others and the profession.
Emphasis is on developing a broad view of carer as life-style and on practical application of theory and information in a professional counseling context. An overview of the issues faced by the curent generation of midlife women. General themes of midlife, drawn from the literature onl adult development, are considered as a theoretical backdrop to recent research on midlife women. Emphasis is on themes shown by recent reseasrch to be most significant to midlife women today. Students are encouraged to explore how the material applies to their personal or professiona lives.