Aubyn Fulton, Ph.D.

Principles of Counseling

Winter, 2000

·      Lecture Notes

·     Syllabus

·     Schedule

·     Student Manual Assignments

 

 

 

Principles of Counseling

Winter, 2000

 

Course Number: PSYC/SOWK 368

Day & Time: 11:00 ‑ 11:50 MWTHF

Instructor: Aubyn Fulton, Ph.D.

Phone: 6536      EMAIL: afulton@puc.edu

HOMEPAGE: www.puc.edu/Faculty/Aubyn_Fulton/fulton/.htm

Office Hours: As posted (or see www.puc.edu/Faculty/Aubyn_Fulton/fulton/sched.htm)

 

Required Texts:

Corey, G. Theory & Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy, 5th ed. 1996.  (C)

Corey, G. Manual for Theory & Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy, 5th ed. 1996.

Yalom, I. Love's Executioner, 1989. (Y)

Sue, D. W. & Sue, D. Counseling the Culturally Different, 3rd ed. 1999. (S)

 

Course Objectives:

The purpose of this course is to provide students with a theoretical overview of some of the major contemporary models of individual and group psychotherapy, and to help prepare students for later training as psychotherapists. Specifically, by the end of this course students will:

  1. Be able to identify the central figures and key concepts in, and describe the process, techniques and procedures of, nine different models of psychotherapy.
  2. Be able to critically evaluate therapy models from a clinical and empirical perspective, and make tentative choices about their personal clinical orientation.
  3. Be familiar with the basic ethical standards of the counseling professions, and have struggled with some of the more important ethical dilemmas.
  4. Practiced applying insights from each of the models to case material and film narratives.
  5. Have thought through the implications of the therapy models from the perspective of various "racial", ethnic, gender, sexual orientation and religious groups.
  6. Have identified personal qualities that serve as strengths and weaknesses for the potential therapist.

 

Course Requirements

Examinations: There will be two exams (mid‑term and a comprehensive final) administered in this class. The exams will be over assigned reading, lecture and class discussion. Exam items will be multiple‑choice, identification, and short essay.

 

Unless arrangements are made IN ADVANCE with the instructor, midterm examinations taken at a time other than their scheduled date will be assessed a significant penalty (10% for each day taken late). Modifications to the Final examination schedule can only be made through the Dean’s office.  Students will be expected to take care of all bathroom and other personal needs before sitting down to take their exams. Students will not be allowed to leave the room for any reason once exams have been distributed. Students with special needs should consult with the instructor at least 24 hours prior to an exam.

 

Student Manual: Each student will complete and turn in 14 assignments from the Student Manual accompanying the Corey text. Students should purchase a 1/2" three‑ring binder, with inside pockets, to store these assignments. Assignments are due at 11:00 sharp on the day indicated in the syllabus. Each assignment will be worth 5 points, and will be penalized 1 point for each weekday they are late. A detailed list and description of these assignments will be found at the end of this syllabus.

 

Students are strongly advised to make use of the parts of the Student Manual not required by the instructor. An overview of each chapter, a glossary of key terms, a pre‑chapter self‑inventory and a practice multiple‑choice quiz are provided for each chapter in the text. Students who consistently incorporate these elements into their weekly study regime for this course will be best prepared for the MidTerm and final examinations.

 

Diversity Paper: Each student will read the four chapters on counseling ethnic groups (S11-14) and prepare a paper including the following:

1.       Critical reaction to the four chapters: 2 pages.

2.       Select one ethnic group. Discuss how treatment issues in the case of the "Fat Lady" in Love's  Executioner would be different if she belonged to that group. 2 pages

Each paper will be double-spaced, with 1” margins on all four sides. “Critical Reaction” will respond to and evaluate two or three major assertions made by the Sues in the assigned reading. You may agree or disagree, but make sure to provide a carefully reasoned basis for your position. Papers in which the “Critical Reaction” section consists to a large degree of simple summary will be heavily penalized.

 

Case Reviews: Students will write a review of 4 cases from Yalom's book Love's Executioner. These reviews will analyze Yalom's handling of the case. Each review will briefly summarize the main facts of the case (no more than one page) and identify and evaluate Yalom's approach with the case (with specific examples). In the first Review, students will compare and contrast Yalom's approach with their own approach. In the last three Reviews, students will compare and contrast Yalom's approach with what they believe Freud & Adler (Review #2) Rogers & Perls (Review #3) and Lazarus & Ellis (Review #4) would have done with the case. These case reviews will be two‑to‑three pages, typed and double‑spaced, with 1" margins on all four sides. Reviews are due at 11:00 sharp on the day indicated in the syllabus. They will be penalized 1 point for each weekday they are late.

 

Film Review: Students will write a review of the film *Ordinary People*, which will be shown on Wednesday, March 8 at 5:15 PM. This review will identify the key therapeutic issues presented in the film, analyze the handling of these issues by the therapist in the film, and discuss how the same issues might have been handled by one individual and one family therapist of the student's own choosing. Reviews will be two‑to‑three pages, typed and double‑spaced, with 1" margins on all four sides. Reviews are due at 11:00 sharp on the day indicated in the syllabus. They will be penalized 1 point for each weekday they are late.

 

Attendance: Prompt attendance at all classes is required and expected, and record will be taken. Because unexpected emergencies do occur, some flexibility is allowed. Students missing more than 4 class periods can expect to lose points on their final grade. Students are encouraged to make consistent attendance a priority in this and all classes.

 

Grade Assignments

Grades will be posted on the bulletin board just outside of the Behavioral Science department under "Fulton", and will be updated regularly. It is the student's responsibility to check this board and to keep track of their grades. Any student earning less than 70% of the Top Score should make an appointment with the instructor to discuss their grade immediately. Grades are based on the highest score and will be assigned at the discretion of the instructor. However, any student reaching one of the following standards will be guaranteed some form of the grade listed below:

                  95% of the top grade in the class = A‑

                  85% of the top grade in the class = B‑

                  70% of the top grade in the class = C‑

                  60% of the top grade in the class = D‑

 

The points available in this class are distributed as follows:

Student Manual Assignments (13 @ 5 points):                    65 points

Film Review (1 @ 10 points):                                           10 points

Case Reviews (4 @ 10 points):                                         40 points

Diversity Paper:                                                               25 points

Exams (1 @ 60 points; 1 @ 100 points):                           160 points

TOTAL:                                                                       300 points

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tentative Schedule of Assignments

 

Date             Topic                                Assignment Due

 

WEEK 1

Mon 1/10                     Introduction & Housekeeping                           READ:  C1                 

                                    The Case of Stan                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                               

Wed 1/12                     The "Therapeutic Person"                                  READ: C2; S15          

                                    Value Conflicts                                                 DUE: SM1                                                              

                                                             

WEEK 2

Mon 1/17                     MLK DAY                                                     No Class

                                                                                                           

Wed 1/19                     Multicultural Counseling & Therapy                   READ: S1-4                                                   

                                                                                                            DUE: SM2  & SM3                                              

WEEK 3

Mon 1/24                     Identity Development & Therapy                      READ: S6-7

                                    Does Therapy Work?                                       READ: Articles on Reserve         

                                                                                                            DUE: SM4

 

Wed 1/26                     Ethics: Confidentiality                                        READ: C3; NASW or APA Ethics Code 

                                    Ethics: Boundary Issues                                    DUE: SM5                                                     

 

WEEK 4

Mon 1/31                     Existential Therapy – Frankl                              READ: C6                                    

                                    Existential Therapy ‑ Yalom                              READ: Love's Executioner ‑ Preface

                                                                                                            DUE: SM6

 

Wed  2/2                      "Love's Executioner"                                         READ: Y1

                                    Classic Psychoanalysis                                      DUE: Case Review 1

                                                                                                            READ: C4               

WEEK 5

Mon 2/7                       Self Psychology and Object Relations               READ: C4                              

                                    Psychoanalytic Therapies                                  DUE: SM7

 

Wed 2/9                       MIDTERM EXAM                                       C1‑4; 6; Y preface; 1; S1-4; 6-7; 15

 

WEEK 6

Mon 2/14                     Adlerian Therapy                                              READ: C5

                                                                                                            DUE: SM8

 

Wed 2/16                     "If Rape Were Legal..."                                     READ: Y2

DUE: Case Review #2

                                    Person‑Centered Therapy                                 READ: C7                                 

WEEK 7

Mon 2/21                     Rogers on Film                                                 READ: C7

                                    Person‑Centered Therapy                                 DUE: SM9

                       

Wed 2/23                    Gestalt Therapy                                                 READ: C8

                                    Perls on Film                                                    DUE: SM10

                                               

WEEK 8

Mon 2/28                     Gestalt Therapy                                                READ: C8; Y8

                  AThree Unopened Letters"                                DUE: Case Review #3                                                      

Wed 3/1                       Behavior Therapy                                             READ: C10

                                                                                                            DUE: SM11

WEEK 9

Mon 3/6                       CBT: REBT                                                     READ: C11

                                    CBT: Beck & Meichenbaum                             DUE: SM 12

 

Wed 3/8                       Ellis on Film                                                      READ: Y9

                                   "Therapeutic Monogamy"                                   DUE: Case Review #4

                                     *Ordinary People* @5:15 PM

                                   

WEEK 10

Mon 3/13                     Family Systems Therapy                                   READ: C12 (pp. 367 ‑ 398)

                                                                                                            DUE: SM 13

 

Wed 3/15                     Family Systems Therapy                                   READ: C12 (pp. 399 ‑ 436)

                                    Integrative Perspective                                      READ: C13

                                                                                                            DUE: Film Review

WEEK 11

Wed 3/22                     FINAL EXAM 12:30 to 2:30 PM                 All assigned material (emphasis since MidTerm)

 

 

 

 

 

Principles of Counseling

Student Manual Assignments

Winter, 2000

Aubyn Fulton

 

SM1 ‑ Wednesday January 12:

Survey of Attitudes and Values Related to Counseling & Psychotherapy (pp.6‑12). Copy these pages, circle your answers and make notes on the reasons for them. Circle what you found to be the three most important questions. Attach a page or two with your typed discussion of why you think these are particularly important questions, and an amplification of your current answers.

 

SM2 ‑ Wednesday, January 19:

Survey of Attitudes and Beliefs about the Counselor as Person and Professional (pp. 13‑17). Copy these pages, circle your answers and make notes on the reasons for them. Circle what you found to be the three most important questions. Attach a page or two with your typed discussion of why you think these are particularly important questions, and an amplification of your current answers.

 

SM3 ‑ Wednesday, January 19:

Dealing with Value Conflicts (pp. 17‑18). Copy these pages and indicate your answers. On a separate sheet of paper, type your response to the following questions:

1.                  What are three of your central values? (Be specific. "Christianity" or  "Obeying the Bible" are too general and vague to serve as useful statements of your values)

2.                  Select the two value conflicts from the list presented on pp.17‑18 that you believe would pose the biggest problem for you as a therapist and explain why.

3.                  How would you handle these value conflicts? (e.g. What would you do if you were a therapist and had such a client?)

 

SM4 ‑ Monday, January 24:

1.                  Complete and score the QDI (pp.23 ‑ 25). Do not turn in your answers, but do report your score, and write a 1‑2 paragraph reaction to both the score and the experience of taking the test. Do you think this is a fair measure of openness to cultural diversity and gender equity? Explain.

 

2.                  ACultural Diversity in Counseling Practice@ questions (pp. 26‑27). Copy these pages and write in your answers on the blank lines.

 

SM5 ‑ Wednesday, January 26:

Write a 1‑2 paragraph (typed, double‑spaced) response to each of the following:

1.                  Case #4 on page 36.

2.                  The first of the "Cases pertaining to Confidentiality" on page 36

3.                  The first topic under "Suggested Activities and Exercises" on page 37.

4.                  Case #2 on page 35.

5.                  Read the ethics code governing the activity of either psychologists (APA) or social workers (NASW). Choose the one most relevant to your career goals.

 

The APA Ethics code can be found in the Corey Student Manual, and at the APA HomePage at:

http://www.apa.org/ethics/code.html

 

The Social Work Ethics code is in the PUC Social Work Student Handbook, at the NASW HomePage at:  http://www.naswdc.org/Code/CDTOC.HTM

 

SM6 ‑ Monday, January 31 (Existentialism):

1.                  Type out your answers to questions 1‑6 for the "Case of Ralph" (pp.118‑119).

2.                  Type out your answers to questions 1‑6 for the "Case of Pauline" (p.119)

 

SM7 ‑ Monday, February 7 (Psychoanalysis):

1.                  Type out your answers to questions 1‑6 for the "Case of Jack" (pp. 89‑90)

2.                  Type out your answers to questions 1‑6 for the "Case of Tim" (pp. 90‑91)

 

SM8 ‑ Monday, February 14 (Adlerian Therapy):

1.                  Review Stan's "Lifestyle Assessment" (pp. 104‑108) and type out your answers to the questions 1‑3 on p. 108.

2.                  Type out your answers to questions 1‑8 for the "Case of Alice & Javier" (pp. 109)

 

SM9 ‑ Monday, February 21 (Person‑Centered):

1.                  Type out your answers to questions 1‑6 for the "Case of Helga" (pp.128‑129)

2.                  Type out your answers to questions 1‑6 for the "Case of Doris" (pp.129‑130)

 

SM10 ‑ Wednesday, February 23 (Gestalt):

1.                  Type out your answers to questions 1‑6 for the "Case of Karen" (pp. 141‑143)

2.                  Type out your answers to questions 1‑6 for the "Case of Linda" (pp.143‑144)

 

SM11 ‑ Wednesday, March 1 (Behavior):

1.                  Type out your answers to questions 1‑6 for the "Case of Eddie" (pp. 170)

2.                  Type out your answers to questions 1‑6 for the "Case of Kathrina" (pp.171‑172)

 

SM12 ‑ Monday, March 6 (Cognitive‑Behavioral):

1.                  Type out your answers to questions 1‑2; 5 and 8‑9 for the "Case of Carol" (pp. 186‑187).

2.                  Type out your answers to questions 1‑4 for the "Case of Hal & Pete" (pp. 188‑189).               

 

SM13 ‑ Monday, March 13 (Family):

Type out your answers to questions 1‑7 for the "Case of  The Klines" (pp.202).

 

 

 

 

Principles of Counseling

Original Sources

Winter, 2000

Aubyn Fulton

 

Though not required, students interested in further reading on the theories of psychotherapy discussed in this class may wish to consult the following sources.

 

Psychoanalysis:

Freud, S. (1949). An Outline of Psychoanalysis. New York: Norton.

Jung, C. G. (1961). Memories, Dreams, Reflections. New York: Vintage.

Kernberg, O. F. (1975). Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism. New York: Aronson.

Kohut, H. (1971). The Analysis of the Self. New York: International Universities Press.

 

Adlerian Therapy:

Adler, A. (1958). What Life Should Mean To You. New York: Capricorn.

Adler, A. (1979). Superiority and Social Interest: A Collection of Later Writings (3rd Revised Edition). (H. L. Ansbacher & R.R. Ansbacher, Editors). New York: Norton.

Ansbacher, H. L. & Ansbacher, R. R. (Eds). (1964). The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler. New York: Harper & Row (Torchbooks).

 

Person‑Centered Therapy:

Maslow, A. (1968). Toward a Psychology of Being. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.

Rogers, C. (1961). On Becoming a Person. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

 

Gestalt Therapy:

Perls, F. (1969). Gestalt Therapy Verbatim. Moab, UT: Real People Press.

 

Behavior Therapy:

Lazarus, A. A. (1989). The Practice of Multimodal Therapy. Baltimore: John Hopkins.

Skinner, B. F. (1971). Beyond Freedom and Dignity. New York: Knopf.

 

Cognitive‑Behavior Therapy:

Beck, A. T. (1976). Cognitive Therapy and Emotional Disorders. New York: New American Library.

Ellis, A. (1973). Humanistic Psychotherapy: The Rational‑Emotive Approach. New York: Julian Press.

Meichenbaum, D. (1977). Cognitive Behavior Modification. New York: Plenum.

 

Family Systems Therapy:

Framo, J. L. (1992). Family‑of‑Origin Therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel.

Haley, J. (1976). Problem‑Solving Therapy. San Francisco: Jossey‑Bass.

Madanes, C. (1981). Strategic Family Therapy. San Francisco: Jossey‑Bass.

Minuchin, S. (1974). Families and Family Therapy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Napier, A. Y. & Whitaker, C. A.. (1978). The Family Crucible. New York: Harper & Row.

Satir, V. (1988). The New Peoplemaking. Palo Alto, CA: Science & Behavior Books.