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Springfield, Massachusetts

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COUN 625

Group Work: Theories and Practice

This course is a combination of didactic and experiential activities. Students are exposed to the basics of group counseling and therapy. Through the study of both content and process; students are exposed to the stages in the development of a group, theoretical approaches to group counseling and therapy and ethical issues involved in group counseling. The course entails supervised experience as a both a leader and co-leader of groups, with group supervision and discussion on the nature of the work of leading groups. The goal of this course is to integrate concepts and skills; theory is applied to the actual practice of group work. To accomplish this goal, the course provides: · Self-assessment inventory (screening) on the process and practice of groups · opportunities to lead groups with supervision and ongoing feedback · participation in demonstrations of various group models and theoretical approaches · reflections about the group process · readings on theory and practice of group counseling and therapy

Units: 3.0