PC 835 Counseling Practicum Provides students with practice in helping skills via activities such as written exercises, structured exercises, role-playing, verbatims and field exercises. Includes constructive feedback on student's practice of helping skills. This practicum focuses on the basic counseling skills, providing opportunities for observation and active practice of these behaviors. Constructive feedback is provided by the practicum supervisor through the use of role-playing and structured exercises. This course continues to build on the basic listening and speaking skills required for effective counseling.
Sessions focus on practical role-plays.
Feedback from practicum supervisor and peers is used to help in skill development. Continues the development of basic counseling skills. Students receive feedback on audio and videotaped material of their own counseling activities in field settings. This course is designed to help the student acquire an understanding of the basic issues in marriage counseling. A variety of tools and techniques for managing these issues are presented.