Group Counseling - PSY 3221
Group counseling courses aim to introduce students to the basic concepts and approaches of group counseling, evaluate micro-skills and the role of group counseling facilitators, and critically analyze ethical issues in the form of case studies. In lectures, students are encouraged to critically reflect on their emotions, cognition, and behavior in undergoing group counseling processes. This is done through practical activities specifically designed to increase student awareness about the process and the competencies needed by a group counseling leader / facilitator. Hereby the learning materials:
- Introduction to group counseling
- Characteristics of group facilitators: characters & counseling skills
- Ethical and professional issues
- The initial stage of forming group counseling
- The final stage of forming group counseling f) Theory of Group Counseling Approaches
Students who take and pass exams in this course hopefully are capable to :
a) Able to explain, discuss, and summarize the understanding, goals, and basic
concepts of group counseling
b) Able to understand various group counseling approaches and analyze the
strengths and weaknesses of each approach.
c) Being able to identify the roles and skills needed by a facilitator in carrying
out a group counseling.
d) Able to understand and explain multicultural perspectives in the group
counseling process2
e) Able to explain and evaluate critically the issues of ethics and
professionalism in group counseling.
f) Able to carry out critical evaluations of current research and link it to
approaches in group counseling.