Information Package

Program of Guidance and Psychological Counselling (Turkish)

PDR301

COUNSELING THEORIES

Course Code
PDR301
Semester
Fifth Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
3
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study3
SemesterFifth Term (Fall)
ECTS3
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Understand the philosophical foundations of various psychological counseling approaches and techniques
  2. Learn how counselling approaches and counseling prosesses function.
  3. Recognize psychological counseling techniques used in different approaches
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThe main psychological counseling theories, the concepts, principles and techniques forming the basis of these theories; having informed about evaluating and conceptualizing client?s problems within the perspective of main counseling theories and good examples.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Relationship Between Psychological Counseling and Its Characteristics, General Characteristics of Psychological Counseling Theories
2nd Week Psychoanalysis
3rd Week Neoanalytic Approaches
4th Week Individual Psychology
5th Week Person-Centered Therapy
6th Week Existential Therapy
7th Week Gestalt Therapy
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Behavioral Therapy
10th Week Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy
11th Week Cognitive Therapy
12th Week Reality Therapy
13th Week Feminist Therapy
14th Week Postmodern Approaches
15th Week Evaluation
Recommended or Required ReadingBeck, J. S. (2014). Bilişsel Davranışcı Terapi: Temelleri ve Ötesi. (Çev. Muzaffer Şahin). Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
Burns, D. (2012). İyi Hissetmek-Yeni Duygudurum tedavisi. İstanbul: Psikonenet Yayınları.
Corey, G. (1995). Psikolojik Danışma, Psikoterapi Kuram ve Uygulamaları. (Çev. Tuncay Ergene). Ankara: Mentis Yayıncılık.
Daş, C. (2010). Gestalt Terapi. HYB Yayıncılık. Uygulama. Ankara: HYB Yayıncılık
Frankl, V. E. (2000). İnsanın Anlam Arayışı. Ankara: Öteki Yayınevi.
Murdock, N. L. (2012). Psikolojik Danışma ve Psikoterapi Kuramları- Olgu Sunumu Yaklaşımıyla. (Çev. Füsun Akkoyun). Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
Sharf, R. S. (2016). Psikoterapi ve Psikolojik Danışma Kuramları (Çev. Voltan Acar, N.). Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Questions/Answers
  • Discussion
  • Case Study
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Total(%) 40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 12 12
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 3 3
Homework 1 15 15
Total Work Load90
Total Work Load / 30 (h)3
ECTS Credit of the Course3
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
LO1 LO2 LO3
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K5
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K7 X
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K10 X X