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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PSY 454 - The Helping Interview


Description:
Theory and practice of supportive interviewing skills.

Credits: (3)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Identify some of your personal qualities that may support or hinder attempts at being helpful to others
  • Describe a framework for conceptualizing the helping interview
  • Describe key concepts and theory related to helping relationships in a multicultural society
  • Explain major ethical and legal principles governing professional helping relationships
  • Describe methods for organizing well-formed helping interviews
  • Identify skills and strategies for promoting client change
  • Describe factors that influence interviewer’s and client’s decisions about the structure, purpose, and goals of the helping interview
  • Demonstrate basic helping skills such as attending, paraphrasing, summarizing, reflection of feelings, challenging, and focusing
  • Describe your personal style and assumptions about the helping process

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