Emphasis on historical perspectives and practical application. An overview of the various theories of career counseling. Emphasis on incorporating an understanding of what is accomplished by career, vocational, and occupational counseling. The connection between career choice and life style development will be examined. A significant emphasis is placed on ethical and legal aspects of practice to include mastery of the process involved in ethical decision-making.
Ethical issues related to accountability are also highlighted.
The Texas Family Code will be reviewed. Description of the history, principles, theories, and techniques of group counseling. Emphasis on communication process, curative factors, stages of group development, and therapeutic leadership, to include techniques, skills, and styles unique to the group process. Restricted to Counseling majors. Focus on the development and effective use of skills and techniques basic to the process of individual counseling as derived from the major theories of counseling.