UMUC-EUROPE GRADUATE PROGRAMS
BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY

PSYC534 Syllabus

Course Title Counseling Theory and Practice
Term TERM 3, 2004/2005
Education Center SIGONELLA-GRAD
Faculty Member Ralph Mora - rmora@faculty.ed.umuc.edu

Faculty Contact Information:

secondary email:  rmora@sig.med.navy.mil
Phone: 095-780-0737 (H);  DSN 624-4534 (O);  335-578-8079 (Cell)

Consultation:

Prior to class; after class, on day one or by appointment

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.

Additional materials will be provided by the Instructor.

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:

A variety of full-text, online, free-of-charge and pay-per-view academic journals are listed on the Counseling Webboard at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/graduate/webboards/

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:

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    92%
   B    80 – 91%
   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.

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             10%
Write graduate level papers or case studies      30%
Orally/visually present prepared material        20%
Complete one or more written examination(s)      40%

Description of Course Requirements:

During this course, one graduate level writing assignment will be required weekly. This will be based on the required readings and will focus on the discussion of a case study from different theoretical perspectives. The student is required to provide evidence of a thorough understanding of the theory in question via the application of its tenets in the analysis of a case study. For this course, for example, the case of Anna O. (in Breuer, J. & Freud, S., Studies On Hysteria. Strachey, J. translator, Basic Books: New York, 1957) will be used as well as others. The instructor will provide these. 

 

Additionally, students will be required to orally present and defend their ideas in a class forum. Those students not presenting will be required to participate openly and actively in the forum.

 

Two examinations will be provided at Mid-Term and End-Term. These will be comprehensive examinations spanning the full breadth of the material covered in class, through readings and assignments. The format will consist of 100 multiple choice questions.

Course Schedule:

This schedule presents 16 units or modules, with each unit corresponding to a regular three-hour weekday meeting, a half-day on weekends, or a full week of DE.

          20 January –

Introductions, Review of syllabus, Classification of goals, objectives and requirements, Orientation to subject

Counselor as Person & Profession

Readings: Overview Egan’s Model (Chapters 1-6)

          Corey Chapter 2, student manual pp 11-14.

Critical Thinking

Reading: “Gunfire at Sea: A Case Study of Innovation” from Elting E. Morrison MEN, NACHINES AND MODERN TIMES, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1966, pp 17-44.

Psychoanalytic therapy (Part 1)

Readings: Corey Chapter 4, pp 40-41, 43-44, 46-48

          Egan Chapter 3

Video: Freud – the Interpretation of Dreams

 

29 January –

Psychoanalytic therapy (Part II)

Exercise: Listening with the Third Ear

Adlerian therapy

Readings: Corey Chapter 5, pp 53-56, 57-61, 65-66

          Egan Chapter 4

Video: Adlerian therapy with Dr. Jon Carlson

Existential therapy

Readings: Corey Chapter 6, pp 71-76

          Egan Chapter 3???

 

03 February –

Person-Centered Therapy

Readings: Corey Chapter 7, pp 82, 85-88

Egan Chapter 4

Video: Person-Centered Therapy with Dr. Natalie Rogers

Gestalt Therapy (part 1)

Readings: Corey Chapter 8, pp 94-95

          Egan Chapter 5

Video: Three Approaches to Psychotherapy I (Carl Rogers, Fredrick Perls and Albert Ellis)

 

12 February –

Gestalt therapy (part II)

Reality therapy

Video: Reality Therapy with Dr. Robert Wubbolding

Readings: Corey Chapter 9, pp 99-100

          Egan Chapter 5

Mid-Term Exam (100 multiple choice questions)

Class Discussion: Q & A

 

17 February –

Behavior therapy

Readings: Corey Chapter 8, pp 123-126, 128

Cognitive Behavior therapy (part I)

Readings: Corey Chapter 11, pp 140-141, 143-146,148-150

Video: Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Dr. John Krumboltz

 

26 February –

Cognitive Behavior therapy (part II)

Feminist therapy

Video: Gender and Relationships / Men and Emotions: A Psycho- Educational Approach

Readings: Corey Chapter 12, pp 158, 160, 162-164, 166

An Integrative Perspective (part I)

Readings: Corey Chapter 13, pp 209-212, 214-217

Video: Integrative Therapy with Dr. Allen E. Ivey

 

03 March –

An Integrative approach (part II)

Video: Multimodal Therapy with Arnold Lazarus

Student presentations

 

12 March –

Video: One flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

Student presentations

Final Exam (100 multiple choice questions)

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

Code of Civility:

 *Treat all students, faculty, and staff with respect and in a professional and courteous manner at all times and in all communications, whether in person or in written communication (including e-mail).

*Refrain from using profanities, insults, or other disparaging remarks.

*Endeavor to cite only the truth and not knowingly misrepresent, mischaracterize, or misquote information received from others.

*Take responsibility for one’s own actions instead of blaming others.

*Work together with other students, faculty, and staff in a spirit of cooperation toward our common goals of seeking and providing quality education.

*Strive to uphold the right to privacy and not talk about others.

*Respect the differences in people and their ideas and opinions and reject bigotry.

 

Hard copies of the catalog are available at your local Education Center.

 

Faculty Bio:

Dr. Mora was born in New York City and is a combat veteran having served in the Army Airborne Infantry. He received his AA from Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College, BA cum laude from the City College of New York, Ph.D. from Adelphi University and is currently pursuing a masters degree in Strategic Studies from the US Army War College. He has taught in part-time adjunct faculty positions at several colleges and universities while engaged in a private clinical and forensic practice. Dr. Mora holds Advanced Certification in the treatment of addictions and has paticipated nationally and internationally in a variety of court cases. He currently serves as the Director of Educational & Developmental Intervention Services at US Naval Hospital Sigonella. He is a member of the APA College of Professional Psychology, a fellow of the American Orthopsychiatric Association, a member of the British Psychological Society and a participant in the Defense Leadership & Management Program.


Last updated by Ralph Mora: December 21, 2004, 3:59 pm
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