The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge on basic concepts and principles of group counseling, group counseling process, group counseling skills and techniques, group counseling stages, groups for different problems and populations.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Professor Süleyman Doğan
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture, Discussion, Question-answer, Case study, Practice
Principle Sources
Acar, N. V. (2004). Grupla psikolojik danışma. Ankara: Nobel Yay.
Other Sources
-Acar, N. V. 2002. Grupla Psikolojik Danışmada Alıştırmalar Deneyler. Ankara: Nobel Yayınları
-Demir, A., Koydemir,S. (2011). Grupla psikolojik Danışma. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
-Nar, R. 1987. Grup Psikoterapilerine İlk Adım, Erdem Kitapevi Yayınları. İzmir
-Yalom, I.D. (1992). Grup Psikoterapistinin Teori ve Pratiği. İstanbul: Nobel Tıp Kitapevi
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
What is psychological counselling in groups?
2. Week
What is the purpose of psychological counselling in groups?
3. Week
The principles of psychological counselling in groups.
4. Week
The types of groups in psychological counselling
5. Week
Ethics in psychological counselling in groups.
6. Week
The formation of group
7. Week
Group processes
8. Week
Midterm
9. Week
Observation and study of group members
10. Week
Stages of group
11. Week
Problems in working with groups
12. Week
Interaction in groups
13. Week
Methods in group study
14. Week
Ending the group study
15. Week
Practices in group counseling
16. Week
General Review
17. Week
Final exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Possess knowledge about the theories on children’s, adolescent’s and adults’ physical, emotional, cognitive and ethical development characteristics and applies the methods to solve problems that appear within that domain.
PO-2
Design, develop and apply plans and activities on psychological counseling and guidance targeted to rehabilitate teachers, administrators, parents and individuals to accord with their corresponding institutions.
PO-3
Understand the assessment criteria and the methods in the field of Psychological Counseling and Guidance and can apply these purposefully and evaluate their outcomes.
PO-4
Possess the knowledge of professional ethics and the legal obligations while providing guidance service and follows the progress and performs within its limits.
PO-5
Respect all who wants to benefit from the guidance services without discriminating on the grounds of religion, language, race, social class, belief and ideas and tries to support them by paying close attention to the cultural differences.
PO-6
Put their skills on research, inquiry, critical thinking, entrepreneurship and creativity into use for solving problems faced both in professional life and the daily life.
PO-7
Distinguish the pathological cases from the regular cases and correctly identify behavioral and pathological problems and redirects the cases to the related institutions when necessary.
PO-8
Form joint work, run projects and plan activities with colleagues, teachers, administrators, families, social organizations, diverse group of individuals and institutions to help support students’ development and learning.
PO-9
Make use of their technological knowledge and cognitive abilities in following the professional advancements, in literature review, in research and data analysis, in creating plans and various other professional activities.
PO-10
Possess knowledge on learning theories, on the ways in which learning is initiated, on what the effective learning strategies are, and on how these strategies are applied inside and outside the classroom settings and facilitates appropriate environments and organizes programs to this end to support effective individual and group learning.
PO-11
Gain practical skills to perform individual and group psychological counseling to the counselees in the process of identifying individual specific goals, in helping problem solving, in understanding self and developing character.
PO-12
Possess knowledge on special education and identifies individuals in need of special education, and creates individualized educational programs and redirects related cases to the relevant institutions.
PO-13
Help students in their career plans, possesses skills in doing the necessary research for helping students understand the nature of various professions and making the right choices for themselves.
PO-14
Possess the technical information for gathering data about the student, for getting to know the student and in helping the students get to know themselves, and possesses the knowledge of putting their skills on effective communication into use such as listening, posing questions and supporting the case.
PO-15
Take charge in social service efforts with an understanding of the social responsibilities.
PO-16
Present the knowledge and skills acquired within the academic framework of the Psychological Counseling and Guidance program by making links to the interdisciplinary themes and the information on research and inquiry techniques.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To understand the commonly accepted goals and purposes of group counseling
LO-2
To know the similarities and differences between individual and group counseling
LO-3
To comprehend the process and stages of group counseling.
LO-4
To understand the advantages and disadvantages of group counseling.
LO-5
To develop a repertoire of group counseling techniques that can be implemented in the practice of counseling.
LO-6
To understand and appreciate the ethical and professional issues in group counseling.
