Faculty Contact Information:
| e-mail: tsommerfield@faculty.ed.umuc.edu | |
Consultation:
| Office Hours: Before and after class on Saturdays and Sundays | |
Required Texts and Readings:
Corey, G. (2004). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy. (7th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Egan, G. (1998). The Skilled Helper. (7th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
The accompanying Student Manuals for both texts are also required.
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Supplementary Readings:
| All graduate students should be prepared to utilize the UMUC online library. The library contains a large number of full text academic journals that are free of charge and immediately available. The library homepage also contains a number of links related to improving students’ research and writing skills. | |
Recommended Journals:
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Course Description:
| In this course several of the major approaches to counseling will be examined using a multicultural approach. Pragmatic interviewing approaches based on their major theoretical concepts will be analyzed. The theories studied include Psychoanalytic, Jungian, Adlerian, Existential, Person-Centered, Gestalt, Behavior, Family Systems, and Cognitive-Behavior approaches. Students will become familiar with on-line library search techniques and APA documentation styles. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: PSYC 514 or EDCP 614. | |
Course Goals:
| This course is designed to enable students to become familiar with both the art and the science of counseling. It will assist students in continuing the process of integrating personal style and philosophy into an effective counseling approach. | |
Course Objectives:
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At the conclusion of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Understand the personal and professional characteristics of effective counselors.
2. Know ethical standards and appreciate the complexity of ethical issues in the field of counseling.
3. Understand the therapeutic applications related to a variety of personality, learning, systems and eclectic/integrative theories in counseling and psychology, including multi-cultural counseling theory.
4. Integrate and synthesize across various therapeutic models as they are applied to the complexities of actual individuals, couples, families, and systems.
5. Understand and apply the several core counselor attributes that contribute to successful helping relationships, including values, observation, listening and communication skills, and empathy.
6. Understand and apply Egan's model in effectively helping the client define their present situation, conceptualize and commit to a preferred situation, and develop, implement and evaluate actions leading to valued outcomes.
7. Appreciate the importance of intentional personal growth through a commitment to continuing self-awareness activities. | |
Grading Information:
Grades for this course will be assigned as follows:
A 90%
B 80 – 89%
C 70 – 79%
F Below 70%
Please note that Bowie State University does not use "D" for graduate students. The grade F(a) is used to designate academic failure. F(n) is used to designate failure for non-completion. Grades of Incomplete or Withdrawal are governed by UMUC-Europe policies. For further details, please refer to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog. Hard copies of the catalog are available in your local Education Center.
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Course Requirements:
Graduate school at the masters level focuses on helping students obtain the education needed for success as professionals in their chosen fields. Thus, UMUC-Europe Graduate Programs and Bowie State University share the common goals of promoting excellence in academic scholarship through thoughtful inquiry and the skillful application of knowledge and theory for the betterment of society. In order to maximize your graduate educational experience in general and this course in particular, you are required to:
Participate in classroom discussions 15%
Written/Oral Presentation 30%
Complete exercises in the Corey/Egan Manuals relevant to each chapter 25%
Complete midterm & final written examination(s) 30%
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Description of Course Requirements:
Participation in classroom discussions and exercises (worth 15% of final grade). Students will be graded on the quality and not the quantity of their participation in class discussions. As counselors, we need to get involved...
Written/oral presentation (worth 30% of final grade). Students will be assigned a counseling theory or approach from the Corey text and will be required to:
1. Write a paper (8 to 10 pages) with at least two other references (besides Corey) on the theory using APA format.
2. Present the theory to the class, facilitate discussion about why you would or would not use this theory in the future, what you like most and least about the theory, and what would you change – why or why not. The most important aspect is to share the theory given in the text and facilitate a fruitful discussion with fellow classmates.
Complete exercises assigned each weekend using both the Corey & Egan manuals. We will decide together which exercises might have most meaning for you. I will review these assignments each Saturday and return them by Sunday to enable you to complete the manual assignments before the next weekend session.
Two exams (15% for each). The midterm and final exam will cover the material in the Egan text. The exams are designed to assess students understanding of and ability to apply the material.
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Course Schedule:
The following is an outline to the content of the course and suggested readings in the primary textbooks. It is subject to slight modification.
Saturday, 29 January 2005
Introductions
Review of syllabus
Clarification of goals, objectives and requirements
Orientation to subject
Egan Chapters 1-4; Corey Chapters 1- 2.
Sunday, 30 January 2005
Egan Chapter 5 – 8; Corey Chapters 4 – 5.
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Saturday, 12 February 2005
Egan chapters 9 - 11; Corey chapters 6 – 7.
Sunday, 13 February 2005
Egan chapters 12 – 14; Corey chapters 8 – 9.
Film & Discussion
Midterm exam review
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Saturday, 26 February 2005
Midterm exam (Egan text chapters 1 – 10)
Egan chapters 15 - 18; Corey chapters 10 - 11.
Sunday, 27 February 2005
Film & Discussion:
Egan chapters 19 – 21; Corey chapters 12 – 14.
Final Exam review
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Saturday, 12 March 2005
Course Evaluations
Morning Final exam
Begin Oral presentations (paper due directly after presenting).
Sunday, 13 March 2005
Finish Oral presentations
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Academic Policies:
Note: Any written assignment in this course may be submitted to TurnItIn.Com. This statement constitutes prior notice.
The official university policy on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty can be found at http://www.umuc.edu/policy/aa15025.shtml. Section I.C. states: "Faculty may determine if the resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC), partially or in its entirety, is acceptable when assigning a grade on that piece of course work. Faculty must provide this information in their written syllabi. If the resubmission of course work is deemed to be unacceptable, a charge may not be brought under this Policy and will be handled as indicated in the written syllabi."
Please refer to Description of Course Requirements for specific information on how resubmissions will be treated in this course and to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog for information on the following:
Academic Integrity
Course Load
Exception to Policy
Grade Appeal Process
Make-up Examinations
Nondiscrimination
Students with Disabilities
Hard copies of the catalog are available at your local Education Center. | |
Faculty Bio:
Dr. Tom Sommerfield earned his A.A. in General Studies, a B.S. in Psychology, and a M.Ed. in Counseling & Personnel Services all through University of Maryland programs. He earned his Ph.D. in Psychology with a specialization in Family Psychology with Capella University. His primary interests are with parenting styles, divorce issues, and children’s exposure to media and/or domestic violence.
Dr. Sommerfield has lived in the Heidelberg, Germany area for about 16 years since leaving high school and joining the U.S. Army. After four successful years as a soldier working in a psychiatric department, he has been working as a "civilian" in the Heidelberg military community since 1990. He is married and has a beautiful little family. His son Jerome Thomas is five and his daughter Sydney Joy is three.
When not working, he has "another side of life" while drumming in a very successful music project in the Heidelberg/Karlsruhe area. If interested in surprising him at a show, please visit their site to check the "termine" or schedule at: www.sammy-goes-nuts.de
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