Guidance and Psychological Counseling (Non-Thesis)
Master	Length of the Programme: 1.5	Number of Credits: 90	TR-NQF-HE: Level 7	QF-EHEA: Second Cycle	EQF: Level 7

ECTS Course Information Package

School/Faculty/Institute

Graduate School

Course Code

PDR 508

Course Title in English

Field Practice II

Course Title in Turkish

Alan Deneyimi ve Uygulama II

Language of Instruction

Type of Course

Practical

Level of Course

Select

Semester

Spring

Contact Hours per Week

Lecture: 3

Recitation: -

Lab: -

Other: -

Estimated Student Workload

117 hours per semester

Number of Credits

5 ECTS

Grading Mode

Standard Letter Grade

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Expected Prior Knowledge

Advanced Consulting Skills

Registration Restrictions

Graduate Students Only

Overall Educational Objective

This course aims to enable students to actively provide psychoeducation on a specific topic to the target audience determined from the psychological counseling and guidance service areas.

Course Description

Within the scope of the course, the planning, formation and execution phases of the psychoeducation group will be discussed, and students will provide a total of 2 different psychoeducation services for a minimum of 6 weeks under the supervision of the course faculty member.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) Bireysel danışmanlık uygulama sürecine kuramsal bilginin nasıl bütünleştirileceğini kavrar.
2) danışanın getirdiği sorunları ve ihtiyaçları hakkında duyarlı hale gelir ve mesleki olarak etik davranır.
3) psikolojik danışma sürecini ve aşamalarını uygulayarak gösterir.
4) psikolojik danışma sürecinde profesyonel ve akran süpervizyonun önemini kavrar.

Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4
1) Develop and deepen the knowledge that theoretical and practical based on undergraduate qualifications.
2) Understand and discuss the interdisciplinary interaction related to the field of guidance and psychological counseling.
3) Understand theoretical and experiential perspectives of educational psychology.
4) Identify historical, contemporary, and future theoretical perspectives that underpin counseling practice.
5) Understand various developmental, personality, and learning theories and their relevance to counseling practice.
6) Demonstrate the theoretical and practical knowledge at the level of expertise and has acquired in the field of psychological counseling and guidance, develops and deepens this knowledge.
7) Understand the conceptual processes involved in the application of theory-based approaches with clients with different social, cultural and developmental characteristics.
8) Understand to incorporate theoretical understanding into work with clients, including using techniques and interventions, conceptualization, and developing a personal understanding of their own theoretical approach.
9) Understand group counseling dynamics and able to facilitate various types of groups using appropriate and relevant group facilitation skills to create transformational experiences with clients.
10) Recognize and consider a human development framework when implementing counseling services within a multi-tiered approach to prevention and intervention.
11) Write and interpret scientific research projects.
12) Analyze scientific researches and understand how research findings can be integrated into the counseling process in practice.
13) Demonstrates an ethical understanding of professional limitations and competencies and they understand how to self-evaluate their own performance in relation to these ethical standards.
14) Design a psychoeducation program to counseling practice informed by, and grounded in, theories, research, and personal experiences.
15) Demonstrate counseling skills that include interviewing and case conceptualization.
16) Apply and provide an individual and group counseling based on effective therapeutic factors and characteristics.
17) Recognizes the importance of staying dynamic and up to date by reading and continuing their experiences in the field.
18) Evaluate their own competencies and when working with a vulnerable population, continue to be reading and seek support or supervision from experts in the field.

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None	S Supportive	H Highly Related

	Program Outcomes and Competences	Level	Assessed by
1)	Develop and deepen the knowledge that theoretical and practical based on undergraduate qualifications.	H	Participation
2)	Understand and discuss the interdisciplinary interaction related to the field of guidance and psychological counseling.	S	Participation
3)	Understand theoretical and experiential perspectives of educational psychology.	S	Participation
4)	Identify historical, contemporary, and future theoretical perspectives that underpin counseling practice.	S	Participation
5)	Understand various developmental, personality, and learning theories and their relevance to counseling practice.	S	HW
6)	Demonstrate the theoretical and practical knowledge at the level of expertise and has acquired in the field of psychological counseling and guidance, develops and deepens this knowledge.	H	Project
7)	Understand the conceptual processes involved in the application of theory-based approaches with clients with different social, cultural and developmental characteristics.	H	Project
8)	Understand to incorporate theoretical understanding into work with clients, including using techniques and interventions, conceptualization, and developing a personal understanding of their own theoretical approach.	H	HW
9)	Understand group counseling dynamics and able to facilitate various types of groups using appropriate and relevant group facilitation skills to create transformational experiences with clients.	S	Participation
10)	Recognize and consider a human development framework when implementing counseling services within a multi-tiered approach to prevention and intervention.	S	Participation
11)	Write and interpret scientific research projects.	N
12)	Analyze scientific researches and understand how research findings can be integrated into the counseling process in practice.	N
13)	Demonstrates an ethical understanding of professional limitations and competencies and they understand how to self-evaluate their own performance in relation to these ethical standards.	S	Participation
14)	Design a psychoeducation program to counseling practice informed by, and grounded in, theories, research, and personal experiences.	S
15)	Demonstrate counseling skills that include interviewing and case conceptualization.	H	HW
16)	Apply and provide an individual and group counseling based on effective therapeutic factors and characteristics.	H	Project
17)	Recognizes the importance of staying dynamic and up to date by reading and continuing their experiences in the field.	S	Participation
18)	Evaluate their own competencies and when working with a vulnerable population, continue to be reading and seek support or supervision from experts in the field.	H	Participation

Prepared by and Date	MELİKE ACAR , February 2024
Course Coordinator	MELİKE ACAR
Semester	Spring
Name of Instructor

Course Contents

Week	Subject
1)	Going over the course content, clarifying course requirements (video shooting details, sharing transcript writing and self-reflection assignment details, sharing examples from old assignments), determining client meeting and course evaluation details.
2)	Case Sharing 1, Case analysis, self-reflection and group feedback (2 cases will be shared)
3)	Case Sharing 2, Case analysis, self-reflection and group feedback (2 cases will be shared)
4)	Case Sharing 3, Case analysis, self-reflection and group feedback (2 cases will be shared)
5)	Case Sharing 4, Case analysis, self-reflection and group feedback (2 cases will be shared)
6)	Case Sharing 5, Case analysis, self-reflection and group feedback (2 cases will be shared)
7)	Case Sharing 6, Case analysis, self-reflection and group feedback (2 cases will be shared)
8)	Case Sharing 7, Case analysis, self-reflection and group feedback (2 cases will be shared)
9)	Case Sharing 9, Case analysis, self-reflection and group feedback (2 cases will be shared)
10)	Case Sharing 9, Case analysis, self-reflection and group feedback (2 cases will be shared)
11)	Case Sharing 10, Case analysis, self-reflection and group feedback (2 cases will be shared)
12)	Week 12 Case Sharing 112, Case analysis, self-reflection and group feedback (2 cases will be shared)
13)	Individual supervision: 20-30 minute individual meeting with each student, giving feedback on all interviews shared throughout the semester, and answering students' personal questions.
14)	Class discussion on the issues and questions that come to the fore in self-reflections, class discussion on the details of the importance of individual therapy and supervision.
15)	Final Examination Period
16)	End of Term Evaluation

Required/Recommended Readings

Conte, C. (2019). Danışmanlık ve psikoterapide ileri teknikler. Ankara: Vizetek.

Teaching Methods

Corey, G. (2016). Theory and practice of group counseling (9th Edition). Cengage Learning: Boston, USA.

Homework and Projects

Laboratory Work

Computer Use

Other Activities

Assessment Methods

Assessment Tools	Count	Weight
Attendance	14	% 20
Application	3	% 20
Homework Assignments	3	% 20
Presentation	3	% 20
Paper Submission	3	% 20
TOTAL		% 100

Course Administration

acarmel@mef.edu.tr

Melike Acar

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity	No/Weeks	Hours			Calculation
	No/Weeks per Semester	Preparing for the Activity	Spent in the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements
Course Hours	15	0	3	2	75
Homework Assignments	14	2	1		42
Total Workload					117
Total Workload/25					4.7
ECTS					5