COU 520 Skills in Helping Relationship - Residency I

This course facilitates the development of individual counseling skills in clinical mental health counseling students. It serves to introduce students to the basic microskills/helping skills and assist them learn how to utilize and apply these counseling skills. The goal of this course is to present the basic skills and techniques that form the foundation of the counseling process. A focus of the course is the development of counselors that will become effective agents of change through therapeutic relationships. This course facilitates self-development related to one's ability to relate to and connect with others and we will emphasize personal growth and self-care throughout the course. The course will involve live, online skills practice, submission of recorded sessions of skills' practice for peer and instructor feedback, and a 1-week, on-ground live component.