THEORIES OF COUNSELING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Counseling Psychology or Counseling Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate an understanding of the history and the major theoretical foundations of the counseling profession Audience: Graduate 2. Assess theories of counseling regarding their current viability and applicability to various work settings Audience: Graduate 3. Articulate an awareness of the influence of clients’ and counselors’ beliefs, attitudes, and biases on the counseling process Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate an understanding of basic counseling skills and their relationship to different theoretical approaches Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate an understanding of ethical issues that should be considered while using each of the theoretical approaches Audience: Graduate 6. Articulate an understanding of multicultural issues that are embedded in the use of each theoretical approach and demonstrate how these issues might be adequately addressed Audience: Graduate 7. Articulate your emerging theoretical orientation and worldview and demonstrate a recognition that it is in development as part of an ongoing process Audience: Graduate 8. Demonstrate self-evaluation skills, writing skills, presentation skills, and critical thinking skills Audience: Graduate 9. Demonstrate theoretically-based counseling skills, knowledge, and strategies to practiced counseling situations Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate an understanding of the history and the major theoretical foundations of the counseling profession Audience: Graduate 2. Assess theories of counseling regarding their current viability and applicability to various work settings Audience: Graduate 3. Articulate an awareness of the influence of clients’ and counselors’ beliefs, attitudes, and biases on the counseling process Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate an understanding of basic counseling skills and their relationship to different theoretical approaches Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate an understanding of ethical issues that should be considered while using each of the theoretical approaches Audience: Graduate 6. Articulate an understanding of multicultural issues that are embedded in the use of each theoretical approach and demonstrate how these issues might be adequately addressed Audience: Graduate 7. Articulate your emerging theoretical orientation and worldview and demonstrate a recognition that it is in development as part of an ongoing process Audience: Graduate 8. Demonstrate self-evaluation skills, writing skills, presentation skills, and critical thinking skills Audience: Graduate 9. Demonstrate theoretically-based counseling skills, knowledge, and strategies to practiced counseling situations Audience: Graduate