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2017-2018 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook with Summer Addendum
Saybrook University
   
 
  Mar 28, 2024
 
2017-2018 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook with Summer Addendum 
    
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2017-2018 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook with Summer Addendum [Archived Catalog]

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COUN 2500S - Basic Counseling Skills


This course develops foundational clinical skills for professional work with individuals, couples, families, and groups. The course integrates humanistic theories and techniques with emphasis on self-exploration toward cultivating professional development of the counselor and psychotherapist. The course introduces foundations in clinical theory including stages of therapy, diagnostic assessment, and therapeutic intervention. The course focuses therapeutic practices including skills in developing the therapeutic container and alliance, empathic listening and reflection, unconditional positive regard, recognition of boundaries and therapeutic frame, exploration of self, sensitivity to diversity and multicultural issues, and capacity to embody an authentic sense of self as a counselor and psychotherapist. 3.0 credit(s)




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