PSYC 231 Basic Counselling Skills

This course explores theoretical and practical knowledge foundational to individual counselling. It facilitates experiential learning with a core set of counselling skills that includes attending, active empathic listening, empathic responding, probing, summarizing appropriate use of questions, and strength based challenging. It focuses on important counselling values, such as respect, empathy, genuineness, and appreciation of diversity and introduces important ethical issues within counselling psychology.

Notes: 3 credits, 1 in Fall, 1 in Winter
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 and PSYC 102 or 30 hours college credit
Elective Course