Counseling with College Students

Brooke completed this course in Summer II 2015 and earned an A for her final grade.

Course Outcomes

Demonstrate an understanding of:

• The commonly accepted goals of the counseling relationship.
• Counseling theories and theoretical approaches to working with others in a higher education setting.
• Multicultural competencies, which provide more efficiency as helpers to diverse populations.
• The ethical and legal standards that apply to student affairs practitioners who are in counseling and guidance roles, in order to avoid damage to self, students, or institution.

Demonstrate the ability to:

• Examine similarities and differences among the theoretical approaches.
• Express the role counseling plays in student development.
• Describe typical counseling issues and concerns with college students..
• Apply counseling theories and techniques to counseling situations with college students.

Demonstrate the development of a basic model for helping, including counseling techniques which can facilitate developmental change.

Demonstrate an assessment of personal qualities that potentially support or hinder attempts to be an effective helper for others.

Assignments

Case Study Applications

Purpose: This exercise will help students fully understand and apply theories to college student issues.

Guidelines: Students will choose from the theories studied that week and apply their chosen theory to the case study provided. Then, complete the questions that accompany the case study to complete the application.

Counseling Theory Chart

Purpose: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the essential characteristics of a counseling theory for future reference in their practice as Student Affairs professionals.

Guidelines: Choose a counseling theory presented in class this semester, and complete the chart provided.