UED 354 - Counseling Skills and Techniques

3 Credit(s)

This course introduces the requisite knowledge base and counseling skills necessary to establish an effective counseling/coaching relationship with students/clients characterized by warmth, engagement, respect, genuineness, and empathy. Didactic presentation, reflection, and experiential learning best describe the instructional strategies. Students have opportunities to apply counseling techniques in a supportive setting to promote their development and acquisition of counseling skills vital to counseling practice before entering practicum in clinical and K–12 school settings. This course includes small group and full class discussions to facilitate critical thinking about the content presented, as well as experiential role-play demonstrations of core counseling techniques in a laboratory setting. Student cannot earn credit for both UED 354 and ED 554.