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
Prerequisites: PSYC 101 Intro to Psychology I & PSYC 102 Intro to Psychology II or CHRM 212 Philosophy of Ministry for Church Ministry Majors/Minors