Eastern Kentucky University

Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology

Department (CEP)

Syllabus for COU 840: Theories of Counseling

(3 credit hours)

Professor: Dr. Sue StrongOffice: Combs 429BE-mail: Sue.Strong @eku.eduPhone: 859.277.3119

Catalogue Course Description:COU 840 Counseling Theory and Practice. (3) I, II. Prerequisite/Corequisite: COU 813. Major theories of counseling. Attention is given to personality structure and individual behavior from which these are derived.

Text(s):Corey, G. Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy, (Latest Edition), Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishers.

Halbur & Halbur. Developing Your Theoretical Orientation in Counseling and Psychotherapy, Latest Edition, (The Merrill Counseling Series, Pearson publishers).

Student Learning Outcomes: HELPING RELATIONSHIPSSection II.G.5.bCounselor characteristics and behaviors that influence helping processes.

Assessment of SLO: Papers on Counselor Characteristics and various theories with scoring rubric Section II.G.5.d : Compare and contrast counseling theories that provide the student with models to conceptualize client presentation and that help the student select appropriate counseling interventions. Students will be exposed to models of counseling that are consistent with current professional research and practice in the field so they begin to develop a personal model of counseling.

Assessment of SLO: Papers on various classic and current theories of counseling, a Mentor Reflection paper, and a paper on a Personal Theoretical Orientation with scoring rubric

Course Requirements:1) Video RequirementsYou MUST review 3 classic tapes showing Rogers, Perls, and Ellis (Three Approaches to Psychotherapy) doing therapy with a client named Gloria. You MUST also review 5 tapes (Five Approaches to Linda) made in 1996 that show demonstrations by more modern therapists. All 8 videos have an external link in BB for viewing. All 8 sessions must be reviewed and commented on in your respective papers. Comment in depth on these 8 demonstrations in your papers and set your comments off as a separate section.

2) The assignments will require that you read the text, review the additional information provided on BlackBoard, and consult external resources to this class. It is a professional requirement of the class that you do your own work. Any use of anyone else’s work is considered plagiarism (see university policy).

3) The Reflection Papers: (Minimum 1500 words each) Must be posted in Blackboard by or before due date to be considered satisfactory and receive credit. There is no maximum length on these papers, you may write as much as you need to in order to answer all of the criteria for each paper. The purpose of these papers is to forge connections between important theoretical constructs and personal experiences and to communicate these connections clearly and succinctly. Include all criteria laid out for each assignment in your papers, plus anything else you care to write about. Lecture notes on these topics are found in Course Documents. Do not just list these questions and answer them, but weave them into a paper with a personal/professional viewpoint and story that you would want to read. The papers are to combine the personal with the professional concepts. The papers do not have to be overly edited or use APA style, instead explain the concepts through applying them to yourself and self disclosure NOTE: some papers require that you review and comment on 8 videos (Three Approaches to Psychotherapy and Five Approaches to Linda).

Evaluation Methods: (15) Reflection Papers (16 papers, 10 pts each=160 pts)(1) Structured Theoretical Orientation Paper (50 pts)Class Attendance, Preparedness, and Participation (40 pts)

250 Pts Possible90%=A (225-250 pts)80%=B (200-224 pts)70%=C (175-199 pts)Below 70%=F

Scoring Rubric for 16 Reflection Papers (160 pts)Each Satisfactory paper=10 pts:

1. Meets minimum 1500 word requirement and2. Adequately answers all criteria for each assignment and3. Reviews video required for select assignments and4. Posts paper in BlackBoard by or before due date

Each Unsatisfactory paper=0 pts:1. Does not meet minimum 1500 word requirement or2. Does not adequately answer all criteria for each assignment or3. Does not review video required for select assignments or4. Does not post paper in BlackBoard by or before due date

Scoring Rubric for Structured Theoretical Orientation Paper (50 pts)Satisfactory paper=50 pts:

1. Answers all Q specified in the workbook for the assignment and2. Posts paper in BlackBoard by or before due date

Unsatisfactory paper=0 pts:1. Does not answer or does not answer all Q specified in the workbook for the assignment or2. Does not post paper in BlackBoard by or before due date

Class Attendance and Participation (40 pts)1. Student receives 40 pts for class attendance and participation. For each student absence

(excused or unexcused), 10 pts is deducted from the 40 pt possible. Partial attendance of any class will be assessed on an individual basis. Student is expected to attend all classes, come to all classes prepared to discuss assignments, and participate in class discussion and/or role plays. Attendance, preparedness and participation are assumed acceptable unless the instructor notifies student and/or requests a conference to discuss problems with attendance, preparedness and/or participation.

Course Outline:All of the questions for each paper must be answered in sufficient depth, meet minimum word requirements, and be posted on or before the due date to be considered Satisfactory.#1. Counselor Characteristics

1. Discuss personal characteristics of effective counselors and how your characteristics match up to this list.

2. How did you choose to become a counselor?3. Discuss the issue of personal counseling for the counselor. What would be beneficial?

Do you think personal counseling should be required for counseling students prior to taking practicum, why or why not?

4. How do you think you would feel if an instructor suggested that you seek personal counseling in order to make you more effective as a counselor?

5. What values do you have about religion, sexual orientation, same-sex marriage, right to die, and termination of pregnancy that might conflict with counseling others who differ from you on these issues. How did you acquire these values? How have you struggled with these values? Considering you will have clients who will be struggling with any one of these issues at any time, how will you counsel someone whose values greatly differ from your own on these issues. Don’t just say that you will refer them, because a referral of a client to another counselor based on values differences also means a referral of yourself to supervision and/or personal therapy to uncover your own issues and conflicts. Also don’t just say you have no opinion, this course is about

doing some soul searching and discovering and/or articulating your values/opinions and bringing them to the light of day for reflection. We are all in process and changing and reworking our ideas.

6. Which issues faced by beginning counselors will create the most problems for you and how will you deal with them?

7. Have you ever experienced burnout in your life or job? What might you do to prevent counselor burnout? What will you do to prevent burn out as a counseling student?

8. If you have been to counseling discuss your experience(s) regarding rapport with the counselor, what you learned from the experience, how it changed your life, or any negative consequences of seeking counseling.

9. If you have not been to counseling, what issues do you think might be beneficial for you to discuss with a counselor? What keeps or has kept you from going to counseling? How will you reduce the barriers that have kept you from going to counseling this semester?

10. Describe in detail what type of counselor and what counseling approach(s) do you think might work best for you and your counseling concerns? What type of counselor or approach(s) do you think would not be beneficial?

#2. Freud1. Compare Freud’s view of human nature with yours and how did you form your view

of human nature? How has your view of human nature changed over time?2. Discuss Freud’s theory of personality and how do you see yourself fitting into this

theory, specifically discuss your Id, Ego, and Superego development and the role each plays in your current life.

3. Discuss Freud’s theory and role of the unconscious in human behavior and how past unconscious material has effected your life. Discuss the process of how you have grown more conscious and how it has changed your life. How do you think the counseling program can help you gain more conscious of your life?

4. Discuss Freud’s major ego defense mechanisms and which ones you regularly use or have used. Discuss how you might discontinue using these defense mechanisms and what would you have to change to do so.

5. Discuss Freud’s psychosexual stages and compare to your own development.6. Practice the technique of free association on yourself and comment on your insights.

(Take a topic that you are conflicted on (hold different thoughts/feelings/behaviors that conflict with each other), go to a private place, just begin to talk out loud about the conflicted topic without screening your thoughts/feelings, and see what revelations come to you regarding the conflicted area. Discuss the process and your insights.

7. Analyze your past and present dreams and comment on your insights. Try keeping a dream journal for the remainder of this course, keep it by your bed, record your dreams upon awakening, look for themes in the dreams of fears and wishes.

8. What did you learn about Freud’s theory in doing this paper that you did not know before doing the paper?

9. Discuss the limitations of psychoanalytic therapy.

#3. Jung

1. Jung focused on human development at midlife and his own midlife crisis. The midlife crisis is often described as a crisis of regret (coulda, woulda, shoulda). The younger you are the more you regret things you have done; older people regret things they have not done. What regrets do you have/have you had? And, how did you/are you dealing with your regrets? What changes (if you don’t make these changes now), do you think you will regret in the future?

2. Discuss Jung’s key archetypes of the persona as revealed in your personality. How does your public and private persona differ? Is the gap between them large or small? How will you begin to narrow this gap to become a more authentic counselor/person (Jung refers to this process as individuation)? When did the gap between your private and public persona appear and what causes or reinforces the gap? What process have you used to individuate yourself as a unique person? How will the counseling program help you with your individuation?

3. Discuss Jung’s key archetypes of the anima/animus as revealed in your personality. Jung says that the younger we are the more distinct our masculine and feminine sides, but the healthy personality integrates our masculine and feminine sides. Where are you in the process of integrating your anima/animus? Do you see generational changes with integration of our masculine and feminine sides with your grandparents, parents, yourself, and your children/or the generation younger than you? What does it mean to be masculine or feminine? How does our culture structure masculinity and femininity? What are the penalties or lack of rewards for not fulfilling the masculine and feminine stereotypes? What penalties or rewards do you reap by fulfilling or not fulfilling masculine and feminine stereotypes? How is your sexual orientation and gender identity reflected in the concepts of masculinity and femininity?

4. Discuss Jung’s key archetypes of the shadow or wolf as revealed in your personality. Jung says that the healthy personality acknowledges and works with the shadow and the unhealthy personality refuses to acknowledge, denies, suppresses, and represses the shadow. Describe your shadow. How is your shadow triggered? What good does your shadow serve for you? How do you try to manage your shadow? Draw a picture or draw a mental picture (develop a metaphor) for your shadow. What does it look like, where does it reside, how do you control it, how does it control you? Discuss your pictorial or metaphorical representation of your shadow and how you would like to change it this semester. Spend some time developing and explaining this metaphor for your shadow in your paper, make it as concrete and real as possible by developing your metaphor as an object or animal, etc. You cannot say that you don’t have a shadow in order to avoid learning about/reflecting on this hidden side of your personality. Spend some time alone in meditation or ask trusted others what they think your darker side is to your personality. How will the counseling program get you more in touch with your shadow?

5. Discuss the role of spirituality (as defined by Jung) in your own mental health. Religion is often seen as an external force and spirituality as an internal force. Discuss the role (or lack thereof of) of both religion and spirituality in your life and how it has affected you both positively and negatively. Did you choose your religion/spirituality or does it mimic your family roots? Discuss how your spiritual path evolved over time? How do you think it will continue to evolve?

6. Jung talks about “conscious suffering” stating that we each have our “cross to bear” and only we can bear our own cross; we cannot avoid it, nor have someone else bear it for us. He states that there will be times that we will think that we can no longer bear our cross, but we must bear it and go on. What cross have you had to bear (or do you expect to have to bear)? How will you bear it and how will you go on when you feel you can no longer bear it? (See notes in BB under Jung on Wounded Healer of the Soul and Dark Night of the Soul)

7. Jung states that the purpose of counseling is not happiness, but the purpose of counseling is to develop a philosophical stance toward suffering. Describe what you think the purpose of counseling is and what philosophical stances have you developed or wish to develop to better cope with suffering.

#4. Adler 1. Compare your views of personality with Adler’s views of personality.2. Compare Adler’s views of social interest with your philosophy of life.3. Adler states that our mental health is dependent on our ability to form interpersonal

relationships (friendship; making a contribution like work; love and family; self acceptance; and meaning in life). Discuss your progress in these 5 areas and where are you now and where would you like to be in the future in these areas?

4. Discuss how your birth order has affected your adult relationships (both chronological and psychological birth order).

5. Analyze your early recollections and what do they reflect about your current view of life (list 6 early childhood memories that occurred before age 8, describe them in detail, describe how you felt in each, state whether you played an active or passive role, etc. and analyze them for themes). Based on these reflections, what would you like to change this semester about your current view of the world. Set these early reflections and analysis off as a separate section in your paper. You cannot just say that you have no early recollections. Spend some time thinking about your past, sitting quietly and meditating, interviewing family members, looking at picture albums, visiting places from childhood, etc. to help jog your memories. Also spend some time learning how to analyze and interpret these early recollections as metaphors for your current world view. How would you use this techniques with a future client?

6. Adler lists 4 personality priorities that people tend toward under stress. Discuss which one(s) best fit you and why. Has your personality priority changed or do you expect that it will change? How did you develop this personality priority? How will you change it?

7. Adler sees us as the actor, creator, and artist of our life. How does this description fit your own life experience? What kind of life have you created and what role do you plan in this life you have created? He says we write a play called “Our Life”, then we write a character in the play for “Our self”. Describe the play you have written for your life and the character that you play. If you could write a new play and a new character, how would it be different? What keeps you from writing this new play and new character? How will you begin to write a new play and character this semester? Do not take a passive stance for this question and say that you are not the author of

your life and that you have turned your life over to a higher power and therefore have no control over it. Sit quietly and ponder the play called “Your Life”.

#5. Existentialism 1. Compare the existentialist view of human nature with your view.2. Discuss the concept of “courage to be” and explain how it relates to how you have

chosen to live your life. Have you had the courage to live your life minimizing regrets, the courage to try new things, the courage to redefine yourself? What has hindered you in developing this courage?

3. Existentialist focus on death to give meaning to life. Discuss your thoughts on your own eventual death and the death of those you love. Imagine attending your memorial service and the service of those you love the most. Describe what others will be saying/feeling about your death and any regrets you will have about the passing of your loved ones.

4. What do you want to be your legacy when you die?5. Discuss your own existential angst/anxiety and how it affects your life. What parts of

your angst is normal existential anxiety and what part is neurotic anxiety? If anxiety is fear, what are you afraid of? If fear is combated by being fearless, how have you been fearless in your life, in what areas have you not been fearless, what has kept you from being fearless?

6. What thing(s) would you like to change about yourself today that you know would have a significant positive effect on your life in the future. What keeps you from changing it? What are you going to do to make these changes?

#6. Rogers 1. Discuss Rogers “core conditions of therapy” and how do they relate to your personal

and professional view of life. Would others describe you as congruent, transparent, and genuine? How have you developed these traits, or what has kept you from fully developing these traits? How real, transparent, genuine, and congruent are you living your life and what are the barriers to living this type of life? With whom do you tend to be the most and least transparent, genuine and congruent?

2. Rogers states that counseling focuses on the gap between our ideal selves and real selves. Discuss both your ideal and your real self, then discuss the gap between your ideal and real selves. How will you begin to close that gap and what has kept you from closing that gap?

3. Rogers states that it is the therapeutic relationship that is curative and that the counselor is the instrument of therapeutic change. Discuss your ability to establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship with clients. What would this therapeutic relationship with a client look like? How do you use these ideas to establish therapeutic relationships with your loved ones? Discuss other healthy personal relationships that you have been able to establish and maintain or what has kept you from developing and maintaining healthy personal relationships?

4. Discuss the limitations of person centered counseling.5. Review the Carl Rogers and Gloria tape and comment. How would you have counseled Gloria differently? What did you like about Roger’s style? Would you like to have Rogers as a counselor? What was annoying about Gloria? What was annoying about

Rogers? What was Gloria’s problem and was it different from her stated problem? Set this question off as a separate paragraph in your paper and spend some time on this question to show that you have thoroughly reviewed and reflected on the Gloria tape.

#7. Gestalt 1. Discuss the concept of “the here and now” and how do you apply it to your life. What

percentage of time do you live in the here and now? What percentage of time would you like to live in the here and now? (The Now is often described as the time of the no-mind or non thinking mind so that you are in the moment, experiencing joy, beauty, and peace.) For some pondering nature is a means of entering the Now, what is your means of entering the Now? How do you stop the chattering mind or what keeps you from stopping the chattering mind?

2. Discuss the concept of “unfinished business” and discuss the unfinished business in your life (the stuff from the past that still causes us angst/conflict/pain/suffering in the present). Perls says that the past is not in the past, the past is in the present. We carry the past with us and it affects everything we do in the present. What kind of angst/conflict/pain/suffering has your unfinished business caused? How can you finish your unfinished business?

3. Discuss “peeling the onion” relative to your personality. What layers have you removed and what layers are you afraid to remove? What keeps you from removing these layers? How would your life be different if you were not afraid to remove these layers? With whom do you/would you remove these layers?

4. Perls states that we use words to avoid the here and now. Change your word usage of “I can’t” to “I won’t” for one week and comment on your insights. What is it that you won’t do? How can you increase your assertiveness in this area? (Some people initially find “I won’t” a harsh statement and it probably brings back memories of disobeying as a child, but making an honest statement of why “I won’t be able to do xyz” is powerful without having to think up the excuses that usually follow an “I can’t do xyz”).

5. Confrontation is a focus in Gestalt therapy. Discuss your comfort level with confrontation techniques. Has anyone every confronted you and pointed out the discrepancies in your behaviors and how did you react? What discrepancies do you currently have in your behavior and how will you resolve them? (conflicts within you between thoughts/feelings/behaviors and any combination of these things)

6. Apply Perls’ reversal technique to yourself for one day and comment on your insights. Engage someone you are in a relationship with to do this with you and comment on the results.

7. Perls’ philosophy of life was found in the “Gestalt Prayer”, how does this compare to your philosophy of life? How could this philosophy revolutionalize relationship and breakups?

8. Perls talks about chicken shit, bull shit and elephant shit, are you good at sorting out the chicken shit from the elephant shit in your life? Describe the things in your life that are chicken shit and elephant shit, what if you looked at everything in your life as merely chicken shit (meaning don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill)?

9. Discuss the limitations of Gestalt therapy.

10. Review the Fritz Perls and Gloria tape and comment. How would you have counseled Gloria differently? What did you like about Perls’ style? Would you like to have Perls as a counselor? What about Gloria was annoying? What about Perls was annoying? What was Gloria’s problem and was it different from her stated problem? Set this question off as a separate paragraph in your paper and spend some time on this question to show that you have thoroughly reviewed and reflected on the Gloria tape.

#8. Glasser’s Reality Therapy 1. Glasser focuses on the client’s “quality world”. Discuss what and who is in your quality world and how they got there. How has your quality world changed over time? How do you anticipate it changing in the future?2. Glasser states that frustrating relationships=anger and we cope with the anger through

choosing to depress. Choosing to depress is the most common way to ask for help without begging and allows us to avoid doing what we are afraid to do. How have you chosen to depress in your life? What people/events have you chosen to depress over in the past and how have you tried to deal with it?

3. Discuss in detail how you would apply the WDEP system to a problem in your life and comment on your insights.

4. Review the Glasser and Linda tape and comment. How would you have counseled Linda differently? What did you like about Glasser’s style? Would you like to have Glasser as a counselor, why or why not? What about Linda was annoying? What about Glasser was annoying? What was Linda’s problem and was it different from her stated problem? Set this question off as a separate paragraph in your paper and spend some time on this question to show that you have thoroughly reviewed and reflected on the Linda tape.

#9. Lazarus’ Multimodal/Behavioral Therapy 1. Apply relaxation techniques to yourself for 10 minutes a day for one week and comment on your insights and which relaxation techniques you used. What made this hard to do, or what made it easy to do?2. Apply systematic desensitization or exposure therapy to a problem/fear you have and

explain your insights. (Systematic desensitization is for fears/phobias, you have to build a hierarchy of fears that you expose yourself to, from lowest to highest, use relaxation therapy and get comfortable with each level of the hierarchy before you proceed to the next level. If you rush this treatment, it can actually ingrain the fear further and deepen the phobia. But the only way to get over a fear is to face it, (some techniques face all and a lot of the fear at once such as flooding, other do it slowly, bit by bit such as systematic desensitization). Again, don’t rush this experiment by trying to move too much too fast, go slow and use baby steps to make the most gain.

3. Problems involve the whole person, there is no line between the mind-body connection. Apply Lazarus’ Basic ID assessment system to a problem you have and discuss your insights in detail.

4. Lazarus’ approach to counseling involves the whole person. How can you engage your whole person to improving your mental/physical/emotional self?

5. Review the Lazarus and Linda tape and comment. How would you have counseled Linda differently? What did you like about Lazarus’ style? Would you like to have Lazarus as a counselor, why or why not? What about Linda was annoying? What

about Lazarus was annoying? What was Linda’s problem and was it different from her stated problem? Set this question off as a separate paragraph in your paper and spend some time on this question to show that you have thoroughly reviewed and reflected on the Linda tape.

#10. Ellis’ Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) 1. Discuss Ellis’ ABCDE theory of personality, apply it to a problem in your life and

discuss your insights.2. On July 24, 2007, Albert Ellis died at age 93, what legacy did he leave?3. What does Ellis mean by “Musturbation” and “I will not should on myself today”,

and how do these ideas play out in your life?4. Beck is the father of cognitive therapy and Ellis is the grandfather. Apply Beck’s

“logical errors” concept to your life and discuss your insights.5. Using the constructivist approach, retell any negatives in your life story and

significant events by only focusing on the positive. (These specific techniques are also call Cognitive Reframing and Cognitive Restructuring, in other words if you change your story and your self talk, you will change your life). Look at an event in your life that you have always deemed negative, now look deeper at this event to see if there were any positives in it or did it have any positive outcomes. Now re-tell the story focusing on the positive aspects of the event instead of the negative.

6. Review the Albert Ellis and Gloria tape and comment. How would you have counseled Gloria differently? What did you like about Ellis’ style? Would you like to have Ellis as a counselor? What was annoying about Gloria? What was annoying about Ellis? What was Gloria’s problem and was it different from her stated problem? Set this question off as a separate paragraph in your paper and spend some time on this question to show that you have thoroughly reviewed and reflected on the Gloria tape.

7. Review the Dattilio and Linda tape and comment. How would you have counseled Linda differently? What did you like about Datillio’s style? Would you like to have Datillio as a counselor, why or why not? What was annoying about Linda? What was annoying about Dattilio? What was Linda’s problem and was it different from her stated problem? Set this question off as a separate paragraph in your paper and spend some time on this question to show that you have thoroughly reviewed and reflected on the Linda tape.

8. Review the Goldfried and Linda tape and comment. How would you have counseled Linda differently? What did you like about Goldfried’s style? Would you like to have Goldfried as a counselor, why or why not? What was annoying about Linda? What was annoying about Goldfried? What was Linda’s problem and was it different from her stated problem? Set this question off as a separate paragraph in your paper and spend some time on this question to show that you have thoroughly reviewed and reflected on the Linda tape.

9. How would you compare these three different brands of the same category of therapy (Ellis, Dattilio and Goldfried)? Set this question off as a separate paragraph in your paper and spend some time on this question to show that you have thoroughly reviewed and reflected on the Linda tape.

#11. Feminist TherapyDiscuss the key concepts of feminist theory and reflect on your thoughts on these key concepts. I realize that feminism has been stereotyped and increasingly discounted since about 1980. Many people are feminists today but do not want to identify with the label that is often seen as negative. Some men may not want to identify as feminist because they see it as a woman thing; however it’s about sexism which affects both men and women. An analogy might be that many people are gay or lesbian but do not want to identify with the negative stereotype of homosexual. Feminism is often discounted because it is stereotyped with not fulfilling the social gender role of femininity and masculinity; however, it’s about basic human rights.1. How has your gender role, gender identity and sexual orientation effected your

personality development. Reminder that each of these is different concepts. Gender role is a cultural construction related to femininity and masculinity; gender identity is related to biological and psychological concepts of male and female; sexual orientation is a continuum from heterosexual to bisexual to homosexual.

2. “The personal is political” is a key concept in feminist therapy. Discuss what it means to you and how it is reflected in your life.

3. Discuss the effect that your and/or others oppression has had in your life.4. The counselor/client relationship is viewed as equalitarian in feminist therapy.

Discuss the equalitarian relationships you have in your life and how would you use the equalitarian concepts as a counselor.

5. Do you/would you identify as a feminist, why or why not? How do you think the journey of identifying as a feminist or not identifying as a feminist differs for men and women?

#12. Satir’s Family Systems Therapy1. Discuss the “family atmosphere” in your present and past families. What is your ideal

“family atmosphere”? How could you create more of this ideal family atmosphere?2. Discuss Satir’s defensive stances in coping with stress and which do you tend toward

when under stress. How did you learn this defensive stance, how does it serve you, what problems does it give you, and how can you change this defensive stance?

3. Sculpt your present and past families on paper and reflect on your insights. Sculpt on paper your ideal family dynamics. This is a projective technique and quality of drawing is not related to this task, stick figures are fine. Actually draw out these 3 families (past, present, ideal future) and analyze/interpret your drawings after completed. (who is near whom, who is doing what, etc). Set this off as a separate section in your paper, use stick figures and simple representations for your family dynamics, then reflect and interpret the drawings of your family.

4. Discuss the “rules” (spoken and unspoken) that governed your family of origin. How have you complied with and/or challenged these rules? What has been the impact of these rules on your own life (e.g. self worth, relationships, career)?

5. Review the Masterson and Linda tape and comment. How would you have counseled Linda differently? What did you like about Masterson’s style? Would you like to have Masterson as a counselor, why or why not? What was annoying about Linda? What was annoying about Masterson? What was Linda’s problem and was it different from her stated problem? Set this question off as a separate paragraph in your paper

and spend some time on this question to show that you have thoroughly reviewed and reflected on the Linda tape.

#13. Multicultural/Diversity Counseling and Competencies1. Why was multiculturalism once considered the “fourth force” in counseling2. How does it differ from a phenomenological view of the world?3. What are the criticisms of this approach?4. What are some of the significant features of your own culture that have influenced

your personal approach to counseling?5. How would you use these ideas in your own practice of counseling?6. What is the difference between the terms multiculture and diversity?7. Review the code and discuss how diversity is addressed in the ACA code of ethics

and standards of practice?8. What are your thoughts about racial, cultural, sexual orientation “identity models”

and how has/will this knowledge increase(d) your competency as a counselor?9. Review these competencies online and discuss your thoughts on counseling

competencies produced by the American Counseling Association (Multicultural Competencies by AMCD and Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Competencies by AGLBTIC) and those produced by American Psychological Association on Multiculture; Older Adults; and Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexuals? LOOK THESE UP ONLINE AT THESE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION WEBSITE, READ THEM, AND REFLECT ON THEM IN THIS PAPER. Set this off as a separate section of your paper and spend some time commenting on the material from each professional association.

10. What personal experiences and travel experiences have you had that have most increased your cultural awareness, sensitivity, and ability to be a better counselor to all clients regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disability, etc.?

#14. Any Other Current Counseling Theory. You may write on any current theory that is not fully explained in Corey’s text, which means any theory that has less than one page devoted to its explanation in the text. If a theory has one page or more of information about it provided in the text then you need to choose some other theory. The goal of this paper is for you to be able to explore theories outside the text that interest you and are commonly used in your field of either mental health or school counseling.

a. What interests you about this theory?b. What are the strengths and limitations of this theory?c. Do you imagine yourself using this theory in your counseling practice?

Why or why not?d. What is the history of this theory?e. Give your complete references you consulted on this theory so others may

review it if interested

#15. Choose one video to review from the External Link titled “Counseling and Therapy in Video”. This is a collection of 352 videos and 402 hours of counseling and therapy

demonstrations for a wide range of practitioners, from multiple perspectives, with diverse clients and client problems. Focus your paper on:

a. What video did you choose (counselor, perspective, client problem)?b. Why did you choose this video?c. How does it relate to your life?d. How does it relate to your career as a counselor?e. What theories were demonstrated?f. What techniques were demonstrated?g. What did you like and not like about this demonstration?

#16 Mentor Paper. Please select a counseling mentor of your choosing (someone in your degree area, with a Master’s degree in school or mental health counseling, who is certified/licensed, and a current practicing counselor). Meet face to face with this mentor for a minimum of 3 meetings, 30 minutes minimum for each meeting. Write a 1500 word minimum reflection paper including: a) the name and credentials of your mentor; b) the dates you met; c) a summary of your discussions. You may discuss any theories or techniques of counseling; the mentor’s personal theoretical orientation; how these theories are applied in their work setting; how these theories are applied to any special/minority populations in their work setting; what are the best and most challenging aspects of their counseling job; what general advice would they give to a new school or mental health counselor; or any other ideas that they two of you wish to discuss related to the counseling profession.

Structured Theoretical Orientation Paper: Read and provide a complete answer to all questions in this workbook to help develop your theoretical orientation.

1. Answer Reflection Q 1-5, Chapter 1 page 92. Answer Reflection Q 1-6, Chapter 2, page 223. Complete Values Assessment, Chapter 3, pages 25-26. Answer bulleted Q, page

264. Complete the Selective Theory Sorter-Revised, pages 27-31. Score and interpret,

pages 31-32, Chapter 35. Answer Reflection Q 1-6, Chapter 3, page 37 (NOTE: Q 5 asks you to evaluate a

video tape to answer. Get together with a class peer, video tape a simulated 30 minutes counseling session with a real or role played topic, and review the tape to answer Q 5. If you are currently taking COU 846 Techniques class you could use a video from that class to review)

6. Answer Reflection Q 1-5, Chapter 4, page 877. Answer Evan Case Study Q 1-4, Chapter 5, page 918. Answer Jill Case Study Q 1-5, Chapter 5, page 939. Answer Garrett Case Study Q 1-5, Chapter 5, pages 95-9610. Answer Tony Case Study Q 1-6, Chapter 5, page 9711. Answer Nancy Case Study Q 1-5, Chapter 5, page 9812. Answer Brenda Case Study Q 1-6, Chapter 5, page 98-9913. Answer Grace Case Study Q 1-3, Chapter 5, page 9914. Answer Casey Case Study Q 1-4, Chapter 5, page 10015. Answer Dominic Case Study Q 1-3, Chapter 5, page 10116. Provide a summary statement about your current personal theoretical orientation

Additional guiding questions to ponder as you organize your Theoretical Orientation paper. You are not required to answer these questions, but you might use these questions in summarizing your personal theoretical orientation: What do you consider the most important therapeutic goals? Which theoretical orientation would

most guide you in formulating your goals? What do you see as your major responsibility as a helping agent? What would you expect of your

clients? How do you view the relationship between you and your clients? Which theories are compatible with your answers to these questions?

What are your basic assumptions about human nature? Which approach to therapy comes the closest to your beliefs?

Given your basic assumptions, what procedures will you use with clients to achieve the therapeutic goals?

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