PSY 530: Counseling Techniques and Theories

In this course you will examine broad landscape of counseling theory and techniques including social-cultural perspective, specific therapeutic skills and professional issues. You will examine the various theoretical approaches, the need to apply different therapeutic approaches with different client presenting problems and the areas of specialty that exist in the field of counseling.

Textbook:Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy. Colin Feltham& Ian Horton (ed.) Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publishing. 2006. ISBN # 9781412902755.