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Program of Guidance and Psychological Counselling (English 30%)

RPSD446

CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING

Course Code
RPSD446
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
2 + 0
ECTS
4
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Know basic concepts about culture.
  2. Acquire culturally sensitive counseling competencies.
  3. Describe the process and skills of culture-sensitive psychological counseling.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsTheories of Psychological Counseling, Principles and Technics of Psychological Counseling
Course DescriptionCulture, history of culturally sensitive psychological Counseling practices; justifications for the development of culturally sensitive Counseling practices, competencies for culturally sensitive psychological Counseling, culturally sensitive Counseling practices.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introducing the course and explaining the general purposes
2nd Week Culture, multiculturalism and cultural diversity in Turkey
3rd Week Culture and psychological counseling
4th Week Culture centered theories and applications.
5th Week Activities preparing counselor toward culturally sensitive counseling
6th Week Culturally sensitive basic attention skills
7th Week Culturally sensitive paraphrasing, summarizing and encouragement skills
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Ability to ask questions on cultural sensitive counseling
10th Week Ability to reflect emotions and content within context of cultural sensitive counseling
11th Week Facing, focusing and directing and interpreting skills
12th Week Culturally sensitive counseling practices
13th Week Culturally sensitive counseling practices
14th Week Culturally sensitive counseling practices
15th Week
Recommended or Required Reading1. Axelson, J. A. (1999). Counseling and development in a multicultural society (3rd Ed.). Pacific Grove: Brooks/Cole
2. Ivey, A. E., & Ivey, M. B. (2003). Intentional interviewing and counseling. Facilitating client development in a multicultural society (5th Ed.). Pacific Grove: Brooks/Cole.
3. Kurter, F ve Mattis, J. (2015). Türkiye?de uygulamacıların gözüyle psikolojik danışmada kültüre duyarlı olma içinde (s. 362-385) İstanbul: Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Yayınları.
4. Matsumoto, D. (2001). The handbook of culture and psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.
5. Pedersen, P. (1988). A handbook for developing multicultural awareness. Virginia: American Association for Counseling and Development
6. Pedersen, P. B., & Ivey, A. (1993). Culture-centered counseling and interviewing skills. A practice guide. London: Praeger Publishers.
7. Pope Davis D. B., Coleman, H. L., Liu, K W. M., & Toporek, R. L. (Eds) (2003). Handbook of multicultural competencies in counseling and psychology. California: Sage Publications
8. Sue, D. W., Ivey, A. E., & Pedersen, P. B. (1996). A theory of multicultural counseling and therapy. California: Brooks/Cole Publishing.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Case Study
  • Practice
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 1 1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 12 3 36
Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15
Course hours 13 2 26
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 15 15
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 1 1
Homework 1 10 10
Weekly Articles and Resource Research 10 2 20
Total Work Load124
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4.13
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of Instruction-
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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