Fall 2020 Course Syllabus
Course: DAAC-1311- Section: 71
Counseling Theories 		LSCPA Logo Image
Instructor Information
Instructor Linda White
E-mailwhitel@lamarpa.edu
Phone(409) 984-6307
Office
Location:Educational I - Room: 113
Hours:By appointment
Department
Allied Health
Chair:Shirley MacNeill
E-mail:macneisb@lamarpa.edu
Phone:(409) 984-6365

If you have a grievance, complaint, or concern about this course that has not been resolved through discussion with the Instructor, please consult the Department Chair.
Course Information
Description An examination of major theories and current treatment modalities used in the field of counseling
Prerequisites DAAC 1317 - Basic Counseling Skills
Learning Outcomes 1. Demonstrate basic knowledge of essential characteristics of an effective
Counselor.
2. Demonstrate basic knowledge, skills, and attitude that are essential to becoming
an effective multicultural counselor.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of a framework for making ethical decisions and issues
related to multicultural counseling.
4. Demonstrate basic knowledge of key concepts and commonly used techniques of
psychoanalytic therapy, existential philosophy and therapy, humanistic psychology and person centered therapy.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of the key concepts and central characteristics that united in
the field of behavior therapy (including Cognitive, CBT and Reality Therapy).
Core Objectives Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication.
* Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions.
* Empirical and Quantitative Skills: Students will demonstrate applications of scientific and mathematical concepts.
* Teamwork: Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal and consider different points of view.
* Social Responsibility: Students will demonstrate intercultural competency and civic knowledge by engaging effectively in local, regional, national and/or global communities.
* Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making.
Program Student Learning Outcomes Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counseling
PSLO ALPHA: Reading skills - Demonstrates comprehension of content-area reading material.
PSLO 1: Identify major counseling theories, key figures, their philosophy, and key
concepts.
SLO 1: Students will identify major counseling theories, key figures, their philosophy, and key
concepts.
PSLO 2: Define and explain techniques relevant to the various theories of counseling.
SLO 2: Students will define and explain techniques relevant to the various theories of counseling.
PSLO 3: Identify major approaches to treatment
SLO 3: Students will identify major approaches to treatment.
PSLO 4: Identify the attitudes and skills that are essential to becoming an effective
multicultural counselor
SLO 4: Students will identify the attitudes and skills that are essential to becoming an effective
multicultural counselor
Textbooks Textbook Purchasing Statement: A student attending Lamar State College Port Arthur is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from the college-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer.

Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Updated 10th Ed; Gerald Corey; ISBN: 978-1-305-26372-7

Motivational Interviewing: 3rd Ed; William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick; ISBN: 978-160918-227-4

Lecture Topics
Outline		 Introduction and Overview
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 1: Theory in Practice
and

The Counselor: Person and Professional Reading assignments: TPCP text, Chapter 2
Ethical Issues in Counseling Practice
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 3
NOTE: Chapter 4 will be in Week 10

Adlerian Therapy
Reading assignment: TPCP text, Chapter 5
Existential Therapy
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 6
Person-Centered Therapy
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 7
And
Motivational Interviewing text
Reading Assignments:
Chapters 1-3
Gestalt Therapy
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 8
Mid-Term
Exam over Chapters 1,2,3,5,6,7,8
Behavior Therapy
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 9
Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Psychoanalytic Therapy
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 4


Choice Theory/Reality Therapy
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 11
Feminist Therapy
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 12
Postmodern Approaches
Reading Assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 13
Family Systems Therapy
Reading Assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 14

    
Major Assignments
Schedule
Week 1    08-24-20    Introduction and Overview
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 1: Theory in Practice
and The Counselor: Person and Professional Reading assignments: TPCP text, Chapter 2 The Case of Stan Session #1:
(Intake & Assessment)
Week 2    08-31-20    Ethical Issues in Counseling Practice
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 3
NOTE: Chapter 4 will be in Week 10    Association for Addiction Professionals
(NAADAC)
Week 3    09-07-20    
Adlerian Therapy
Reading assignment: TPCP text, Chapter 5     The Case of Stan
Session #3:
(Adlerian Therapy)
Week 4    09-14-20    Existential Therapy
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 6    Existential Therapy from a Multicultural Perspective
Week 5    09-21-20    Person-Centered Therapy
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 7
And
Motivational Interviewing text
Reading Assignments:
Chapters 1-3    The Case of Stan
Session # 5:
(PCT)
&
Motivational
Interviewing
Week 6    09-28-20    Gestalt Therapy
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 8    The Case of Stan
Session # 6:
(Gestalt Therapy)
Week 7    10-05-20    Mid-Term
Exam over Chapters 1,2,3,5,6,7,8    Mid-Term

Week 8    10-12-20    Behavior Therapy
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 9    The Case of Stan
Session # 7:
(Behavior Therapy)
Week 9    10-19-20    Cognitive Behavior Therapy
    The Case of Stan
Week 10    10-26-20    Psychoanalytic Therapy
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 4

    The Case of Stan
Session # 2:
(Psychoanalytic)

Research Paper Instructions
Week 11    11-02-20    Choice Theory/Reality Therapy
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 11    The Case of Stan
Session # 9:
(Reality Therapy)
Week 12    11-09-20    Feminist Therapy
Reading assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 12     The Case of Stan Session # 10:
(Feminist Therapy)
Week 13    11-16-20    Postmodern Approaches
Reading Assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 13    Postmodern approaches applied to the Case of Stan

Research Paper Due
Week 14    11-30-20    Family Systems Therapy
Reading Assignment:
TPCP text, Chapter 14     Final Review    Self- Reflection
&
Discussion Question
Week 15    12-07-20        
Week 16    12-14-20    Final Exam    
Final Exam Date December 8, 2020 - 5:00 PM   Through  December 9, 2020 - 5:00 PM
Grading Scale 90 - 100 = A 80 - 89 = B 70 - 79 = C 60 - 69 = D Below 59 = F
Determination of
Final Grade		 GRADING OF ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS
Below are the assignments /assessments, for this course.

Research Paper 20%
Discussion Board     30%
Mid-Term Exam     20%
Final Exam     30%
Course Policies
Instructor Policies I will not discuss your grades over the phone or by email. If you want to discuss your grades, you must come to my office, in person.
Attendance Policy Research has shown a cause and effect relationship between attendance and college success. Students with more than three absences from the course will receive an academic penalty (which is spelled out by the instructor).
Academic Honesty Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSC-PA policies (Section IX, subsection A, in the Faculty Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.
Facility Policies
  1. No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom.

  2. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission.

  3. Use of electronic devices is prohibited.
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