Bayburt University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
AE-RPD304	Psychological Counseling Skills	Compulsory	3	6	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to teach students how to practice psychological counseling by learning the steps, skills and conditions of psychological counseling.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Öğr. Gör. Emirhan AKTAŞ

Learning Outcomes

1	Students learn and use therapeutic conditions used in the psychological counseling process.
2	Students practice therapeutic skills used in the counseling process
3	Learns the steps of psychological counseling and plans a psychological counseling process.

Mode of Delivery

Normal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

none

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

In the psychological counseling process, managing the sessions, evaluating and conceptualizing the problems of the client, creating the aim, using the skills of advanced psychological counseling, choosing the strategy, selecting and ending the intervention, the necessary knowledge and skills, related applications.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Course Introduction
2	PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING - PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING STEPS AND SKILLS
3	ESTABLISHING THE FIRST RELATIONSHIP IN PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
4	PROBLEM ASSESSMENT IN PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
5	PROBLEM ASSESSMENT IN PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
6	CREATING A PURPOSE IN PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
7	CREATING A PURPOSE IN PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
8	MIDTERM EXAMS
9	DETERMINING A STRATEGY AND SELECTING AN INTERVENTION PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING SKILLS APPLICATIONS
10	PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING SKILLS APPLICATIONS
11	PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING SKILLS APPLICATIONS
12	PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING SKILLS APPLICATIONS
13	TERMINATION AND TRACKING EVALUATION
14	EVALUATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELOR
15	COURSE EVALUATION
16	END OF SEMESTER EXAMS

Recommended or Required Reading

Psychological Counseling Principles and Techniques-H. Hackney and S. Cormier, Mentis Publishing. 40 Techniques Psychological Counselors Should Know - Bradley T. Erford, Pegem. Therapeutic Communication Again - Prof. Dr. Nilüfer Voltan Acar, Nobel Publication.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

none

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	2	2
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	16	2	32
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	4	4
Individual Study for Final Examination	2	10	20
Reading	30	2	60
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14	PO 15
LO1	3		5			4	5	4	3	4	2	5	4	3	4
LO2	4		5			4	5	4	3	4	2	5	4	3	4
LO3	4		5			4	5	4	3	4	2	5	4	3	4

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High