Faculty Contact Information:
E-mail: Tina.Staik@t-online.de
Home Phone: 06222-938247 | |
Consultation:
| Before and after class or by appointment. | |
Required Texts and Readings:
Corey, G. (1996). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy. (5th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Egan, G. (1998). The Skilled Helper. (7th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
The accompanying Student Manuals for both texts are also required.
Additional materials will be provided by the Instructor. | |
Supplementary Readings:
| All graduate students should be prepared to utilize the UMUC online library. The library contains a large number of full text academic journals that are free of charge and immediately available. The library homepage also contains a number of links related to improving students’ research and writing skills. | |
Recommended Journals:
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Course Description:
| In this course several of the major approaches to counseling will be examined using a multicultural approach. Pragmatic interviewing approaches based on their major theoretical concepts will be analyzed. The theories studied include Psychoanalytic, Jungian, Adlerian, Existential, Person-Centered, Gestalt, Behavior, Family Systems, and Cognitive-Behavior approaches. Students will become familiar with on-line library search techniques and APA documentation styles. | |
Course Goals:
| This course is designed to enable students to become familiar with both the art and the science of counseling. It will assist students in continuing the process of integrating personal style and philosophy into an effective counseling approach. | |
Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Understand the personal and professional characteristics of effective counselors.
2. Know ethical standards and appreciate the complexity of ethical issues in the field of counseling.
3. Understand the therapeutic applications related to a variety of personality, learning, systems and eclectic/integrative theories in counseling and psychology, including multi-cultural counseling theory.
4. Integrate and synthesize across various therapeutic models as they are applied to the complexities of actual individuals, couples, families, and systems.
5. Understand and apply the several core counselor attributes that contribute to successful helping relationships, including values, observation, listening and communication skills, and empathy.
6. Understand and apply Egan's model in effectively helping the client define their present situation, conceptualize and commit to a preferred situation, and develop, implement and evaluate actions leading to valued outcomes.
7. Appreciate the importance of intentional personal growth through a commitment to continuing self-awareness activities. | |
Grading Information:
Grades for this course will be assigned as follows:
A 92%
B 80 – 91%
C 70 – 79%
F Below 70%
Please note that Bowie State University does not use "D" for graduate students. The grade F(a) is used to designate academic failure. F(n) is used to designate failure for non-completion. Grades of Incomplete or Withdrawal are governed by UMUC-Europe policies. For further details, please refer to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog. Hard copies of the catalog are available in your local Education Center. | |
Course Requirements:
Graduate school at the masters level focuses on helping students obtain the education needed for success as professionals in their chosen fields. Thus, UMUC-Europe Graduate Programs and Bowie State University share the common goals of promoting excellence in academic scholarship through thoughtful inquiry and the skillful application of knowledge and theory for the betterment of society. In order to maximize your graduate educational experience in general and this course in particular, you are required to:
15% Attendance and participation
40% Mid-term and Final Exams
15% Workbook Exercises
30% Research Project | |
Description of Course Requirements:
Attendance:
Because a significant part of the course consists of interactive participation in counseling exercises, attendance is mandatory for the student to benefit and contribute to the learning processes of the class. Arrangements for absences, late arrivals or early departures must be made in advance by notifying the instructor, and students will be expected to make-up assignments, possibly additional work assigned on an individual basis by the instructor. Excessive absences may lower grade or result in failure to complete the course.
Participation:
Students are expected to come to class having thoroughly read assigned readings and prepared to engage in discussions and activities in a professional and informed manner. This typically requires two to three hours of preparation for every hour of face-to-face time and about ten hours for a DE class.
Mid-term and Final Exams:
Both exams will consist of take-home essay questions pertaining to the material covered in the course. Students will be given two weeks to complete exams.
Workbook Exercises:
Students will be responsible for completing selected assignments in the manuals accompanying the course textbooks. These will be assigned the first day of class.
Research Project:
Students will write and orally present a paper integrating their own preferred theories and interventions alongside reflections of their experiences and growth over the course of the term. The paper will consist of eight to ten pages, double-spaced, must be written in APA format and include a minimum of three scholarly sources. As an aid to the quality and depth of the paper, students will be given guiding questions for maintaining sectioned journal notebooks in which they record observations and self-reflections during the term. Complete details of the project will be described on the first day of class.
Class format:
Instruction will consist of a combination of class lectures, discussions, role plays, simulated counseling experiences, and other interactive activities. Students are not expected to have previous counseling experience, however, the teaching modality is highly experiential and requires class participation.
Additional Requirements:
Assignments are due as indicated in the Course Schedule section and must be completed on time. Unexcused late assignments will result in lowering grade.
The instructor reserves the right to make minor changes in the course schedule and assignments in order to facilitate the student's learning in accordance with the stated course objectives. | |
Course Schedule:
This schedule presents 16 units or modules, with each unit corresponding to a regular three-hour weekday meeting, a half-day on weekends, or a full week of DE.
Initial meeting: August 28, 2004
Introductions
Review of syllabus
Clarification of goals, objectives and requirements
Orientation to subject
Second meeting:
Counselor as Person and Profession
Readings: Corey, Ch. 1, 2, 3; Egan, ch 1 - 7;
Third meeting:
Psychoanalytic Therapy
Readings: Corey, Ch. 4;
Fourth meeting:
Adlerian Therapy
Readings: Corey, Ch. 5;
Fifth meeting:
Existential Therapy
Readings: Corey, Ch. 6; Egan, ch 8 - 12;
Sixth meeting:
Person-Centered Therapy
Readings: Corey, Ch. 7;
Seventh meeting:
Gestalt Therapy
Readings: Corey, Ch. 8;
Eighth meeting:
Reality Therapy
Readings: Corey, Ch. 9;
Ninth meeting:
Behavior Therapy
Readings: Corey, Ch. 10; Egan, ch 13 - 18;
DUE - Take-home mid-term exam
Tenth meeting:
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Readings: Corey, Ch. 11;
Eleventh meeting:
Feminist Therapy
Readings: Corey, Ch. 12;
Twelfth meeting:
Family Systems
Readings: Corey, Ch. 13;
Thirteenth meeting:
Family Systems (con'd)
DUE - Take-home final exam
DUE - Research Project
Fourteenth meeting:
An Integrative Perspective
Readings: Corey, Ch. 14;
Fifteenth meeting:
Student presentations
Sixteenth meeting:
Student presentations
Course evaluations | |
Academic Policies:
Note: Any written assignment in this course may be submitted to TurnItIn.Com. This statement constitutes prior notice.
The official university policy on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty can be found at http://www.umuc.edu/policy/aa15025.shtml. Section I.C. states: "Faculty may determine if the resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC), partially or in its entirety, is acceptable when assigning a grade on that piece of course work. Faculty must provide this information in their written syllabi. If the resubmission of course work is deemed to be unacceptable, a charge may not be brought under this Policy and will be handled as indicated in the written syllabi."
Please refer to Description of Course Requirements for specific information on how resubmissions will be treated in this course and to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog for information on the following:
Academic Integrity
Course Load
Exception to Policy
Grade Appeal Process
Make-up Examinations
Nondiscrimination
Students with Disabilities
Hard copies of the catalog are available at your local Education Center. | |
Faculty Bio:
| Dr. Tina Staik holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in marriage and family therapy from Florida State University, a Master of Arts degree in psychology counseling from the University of West Florida and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of Maryland. She is a registered marriage and family therapy intern, an associate member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), an AAMFT supervisor in training, and a certified family life educator (CFLE) through the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). She has taught in the disciplines of psychology, sociology and family science for Florida State University, Troy State University and Saint Leo University. | |