1 ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, & SOCIAL WORK PSY 6323 COUNSELING THEORIES (ONLINE) SPRING 2017 INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Jungeun JAY Lee EMAIL ADDRESS: jlee34@angelo.edu Office hour: Since it is an online course, no specific hours are designated for the office hour. Rather, you can reach me anytime via e-mail. I check my email throughout the day frequently and respond pretty quickly if you email me before 5 pm. Generally, you can expect my responses within 24 hours of contact (except weekends/holidays). Therefore, I strongly recommend you to email me again to remind me if there is no reply from me after 24 hours. It is possible that your emails got lost in the fast stream of emails. All emails should include your full name and the course number/title. Communications using phone calls, Collaborate Online (Blackboard video session), and Skype video calls can be arranged when requested by students anytime. My Skype account is by my email address: jlee34@angelo.edu. If you are already using Skype, you can add me to your contact. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK : ISBN: 9781305937086 3 hole punch Loose Leaf version of of Theory and Practice Counseling and Psychotherapy, 10 th ed. Printed Access Card for LMS Integrated 6 month MindTap for Corey s Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy Prerequisite Skills & Technology Support 1. ASU email address: no other email address is acceptable. Thus, students are responsible to check their emails on a daily basis except holidays and keep their inbox available since it is the main channel for communication in this online course. Important announcements and reminders are sent via emails. 2. Access to Blackboard: This class is taught entirely online using Blackboard Learning Management System software. Thus, students must know how to use Blackboard. You can access the course website using the following link: http://blackboard.angelo.edu. If you need support for Blackboard, you can contact the IT Helpdesk at (325) 942-2911. 3. Online courses provide students with a flexible and convenient way to learn. In order to succeed in this and other online classes, you will need to be self-motivated, dedicated, determined, and have a serious commitment to learning and working on
2 your own. Time management is imperative to success in completing coursework. You will need to be very organized and take responsibility for your own learning. 4. Students should spend a minimum of 7-9 hours per week on course material, researching, and preparing assignments. Your time will be best utilized reading assigned chapters and PowerPoint materials weekly basis and try not to be left behind. 5. All PowerPoint materials for each chapter are available on Blackboard from the beginning of the semester. Click the Course Content in the main menu box on the left side. These PPTs summarize important concepts and key points of each chapter. Also, students need to check if there is an additional course material (video clips, supplemental readings, or PowerPoints) assigned. COURSE OBJECTIVES The goal of this course is to review the major theories and techniques of individual counseling. Students will learn and practice fundamental individual counseling skills. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of the course you should: 1. Be familiar with the major conceptual models of psychotherapy 2. Be able to critically evaluate the empirical support for various models of psychotherapy 3. Begin developing competence in individual counseling skills and techniques 4. Have an understanding of ethical issues related to conducting psychotherapy and apply this knowledge to practical experiences 5. Be familiar with the movements toward empirically supported and evidence-based treatments COURSE REQUIREMENTS You will be required to complete the following assignments. ASSIGNMENTS POINTS ASSIGNMENT SPECIFICS 1 Self -Introduction 10 Discussion Board 2 4 quizzes (10 points each) 40 3 4 5 Case of Stan MindTap (7 points each) 3 Video interview with an Expert MindTap (5 points each) 35 15 20 questions for each quiz (0.5 point per each question) Submit short answers after watching session demonstration video clip of Case of Stan from MindTap Answer to the multiple choice questions as watching Video interview with an Expert from MindTap
3 5 Exam 40 50 Multiple choice questions (0.8 point per each question) 6 Review Paper Topic Statement 15 write why your topic is important 7 Final Review Paper 45 Full Literature Review Paper Total 200 Self-Introduction (10) : o Due: Friday (1/20) 11PM o Click on the Discussion Board tool Choose "Self - Introduction" from the topic list Click "Create Thread" Enter "Self - Introduction from (Your Name)" in the Subject area of the message. o Enter the following information in the body of your message: Briefly providing the following information about yourself: education, background, and work experience. Include your reasons for taking the course and your career goals. You will also need to include your Yes or No answers to the following questions 1) Have you read the syllabus and understood the course requirements? 2) Have you checked out the MindTap on Blackboard and been able to find and play the video clips of Case of Stan and Video interview with an Expert on your computer? Just find the location and do not play them yet. (If you code does not work, you need to email me immediately so that I can get you a new code in time) Quizzes (40): There will be 4 non-cumulative quizzes which may include multiple choice and T/F questions. Quizzes will cover book chapters and PPTs. o 20 questions for 1 hour. o Each quiz is worth 10 points (0.5 point per each question). o Quizzes are an open book test and will be available on Blackboard. o See the Tentative Course Outline (page 8) for the specific dates and times for each week. Exams (40): There will be 1 exam which will cover book chapters (4 10) and their related PPTs. It is an open book test and will be available on Blackboard. o 50 multiple choice and/or T/F questions. 3 hours will be given to complete. o The exam is worth 40 points (0.8 point per each question). o The exam will be available during the week of 4/3 just like the quizzes. Important notice on quizzes and exam
4 When you face an error message or technical problem during test on Blackboard, here are the steps you need to follow: 1. Immediately open a support ticket via Technology Service Center by calling at (325) 942-2911. Make a report of your problem and then you will receive a confirmation email in a couple of minutes. 2. Forward that email to me at jlee34@angelo.edu along with your explanation of what happened. 3. Please note that only with the confirmation email from IT center, you will be given a needed assistance from me. Case of Stan: Students need to go to the MindTap and watch Video Quiz: Case of Stan for each of the following 5 chapters. Ch. 5 Adlerian Therapy Ch. 7 Person-Centered Therapy Ch. 10 Cognitive Behavior Therapy Ch. 11 Reality Therapy Ch. 13 Postmodern Approaches Solution Focused Brief Therapy o You do not need to answer quiz questions asked during the video play. You can for your own learning experiences, but they won t be added towards your grade of this assignment. After watching each chapter s Case of Stan, students submit your answers to the questions listed as below. Your answers should be brief (1 ~3 sentences for each question) 1) What was the most interesting moment in this session? And Why? 2) What kind of technique the therapist use in this session based on the theory of the week? If multiple, list all techniques you find. 3) For what specific reasons did the therapist used that particular technique in this session? Provide the rationale for each technique. o Submission: go to the Assignment Submission. o Due date: normally on Fridays 11 PM. See the Tentative Course Outline (page 8) for the specific dates and times. o Grading: this assignment will be graded both on correctness as well as effort or thoughts put into the answers. Video Interview with an Expert: Students need to go to the MindTap and watch Video Interview with an Expert, and take the quiz questions during the video play for each of the following 3 chapters. You can watch and take the quiz twice and the best score will be your final grade. Ch. 4 Psychoanalytic Therapy Ch. 6 Existential Therapy Ch. 8 Gestalt Therapy
5 o Due date: normally on Fridays 11 PM. See the Tentative Course Outline (page 8) for the specific dates and times. Literature Review Paper: This assignment involves organizing a lot of information into a written document by reviewing, summarizing, and synthesizing the current understanding of a particular topic. It is designed to help you become up to date on the state of knowledge and the research that has been done in a particular research area. Students are to select one counseling theory of your interest and conduct a literature review based on the chosen therapy approach. You may look into a certain issue and discuss your choice of therapy as a possible treatment approach. For example, you want to address the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for treating teen depression and suicidality. The focus of your paper should be how this CBT can help this issue specifically and you cite significant previous researches on the effectiveness of CBT on the issue. Do not spend pages on explaining what CBT is and how it goes in session as we all learn that through our textbook and class assignments. Dig deeper than general information of CBT. You may use 1 or 2 paragraph to describe your choice of therapy in the beginning of the paper, and that s it. Filling your paper with definition, key concepts and techniques, etc. will result in point deduction. You must do library research or online database search on ASU library website to collect journal articles (and books) to write your paper. Information from the Internet website such as Wikipedia or similar sites will not be accepted. Only the materials from scientific publications (e.g. peer-reviewed journal articles) and recently published books should be used as references. Submission: go to the Assignment Submission Due date: o Literature Review Paper Topic Statement: 4/7 (Fri) 11 PM o Final Literature Review Paper: 5/5 (Fri) 11 PM Research Paper Evaluation: 1) Literature Review Paper Topic Statement (15): o Students are to write why your topic is important to research in this topic statement and it will be your introduction part of the final paper pretty much. o The length should be 1 or 2 pages (excluding cover and reference page), double spaced. o References: at least 3 references. 2) Final Literature Review Paper (45): Students are to use APA style in writing their papers and the reference list. Length: The paper should be no more than10 pages (not including title and reference pages), double-spaced, with one-inch margins. References: at least 15 references.
6 EVALUATION Please note that points do not round up in this grading scale. If your total score is 179, your final grade will be a B. So make sure that you don t end up being right below the cutoff line. GRADING SCALE % POINT RANGE A 90 100% 180 200 points B 80 90% 160 179 points C 70 80% 140 159 points F < 70% < 139 points GENERAL CLASS POLICIES Late Assignments: 1) Late assignments will only be accepted after direct contact with me via email and provision of acceptable rational explanation of delinquent behavior. Failing to do so will result in late work not being accepted. 2) In any case, late assignment will earn only half the points of what it could have earned if submitted on time. 3) An exception to this policy would be legitimate and unforeseeable reasons such as illness, family emergency, job emergency, or university event. You will be asked to provide a valid document as an evidence of such incident (e.g., a copy of release form from the hospital, letter from your supervisor at work, etc.). Make-up Exams: Exam dates are fixed along with the 15 hour time frame (open from 8 am to 11pm) so please do your best to plan your semester accordingly. 1) If these test dates have conflicts with your life events scheduled before the beginning of the semester (e.g. wedding, surgery, etc.), you need to email me in advance to request for the rearrangement of the test date. 2) If you miss a test for legitimate and unforeseeable reasons, you need to provide a valid document as an evidence of such incident (e.g., a copy of a release form the hospital, letter from your parents or supervisor at work, etc.) via email no later than 1 week after the test date to save your chance to take the test. Failing to do so will result in zero score on your test. See the Late Assignment policy 3) for the details for legitimate and unforeseeable reasons. UNIVERSITY POLICIES STUDENT ABSENCE FOR OBSERVANCE OF RELIGIOUS HOLY DAYS A student who intends to observe a religious holy day should make that intention known in writing to the instructor prior to the absence.
7 ACADEMIC HONESTY Academic honesty is expected on all work. Students are expected to maintain complete honesty and integrity in their online experiences. Any student found guilty of any form of dishonesty in academic work is subject of disciplinary action and possible expulsion from ASU. The Department of Psychology, Sociology, and Social Work adheres to the academic honesty statement as set forth in the Angelo State University Student Handbook (2011-2012) http://www.angelo.edu/content/files/17358-university-honor-code. The University "faculty expects all students to engage in all academic pursuits in a manner that is above reproach and to maintain complete honesty and integrity in the academic experience both in and out of the classroom setting and may initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student accused of any form of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to, cheating on an examination or other academic work, plagiarism, collusion, and the abuse of resource materials." PLAGIARISM Plagiarism at ASU is a serious topic. The Angelo State University s Honor Code gives specific details on plagiarism and what it encompasses. Plagiarism is the action or practice of taking someone else's work, idea, etc., and passing it off as one's own. Plagiarism is literary theft. In your discussions and/or your papers, it is unacceptable to copy word for word without quotation marks and the source of the quotation. We use the APA Style Manual of the American Psychological Association as a guide for all writing assignments. Quotes should be used sparingly. It is expected that you will summarize or paraphrase ideas giving appropriate credit to the source both in the body of your paper and the reference list. Papers are subject to be evaluated for originality via Bb Turnitin. Resources to help you understand this policy better are available at the ASU Writing Center http://www.angelo.edu/dept/writing_center/academic_honesty.php. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES 1. Angelo State University is committed to the principle that no qualified individual with a disability shall, on the basis of disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of the university, or be subjected to discrimination by the university, as provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), and subsequent legislation. 2. The Office of Student Affairs is the designated campus department charged with the responsibility of reviewing and authorizing requests for reasonable accommodations based on a disability, and it is the student s responsibility to initiate such a request by contacting the Office of Student Affairs, University Center, Room 112 at (325) 942-2047 or (325) 942-2211 (TDD/FAX) or by e-mail at studentservices@angelo.edu to begin the process. The Office of Student Affairs will establish the particular documentation requirements necessary for the various types of disabilities. Reasonable accommodations will be made for students determined to be disabled or who have documented disabilities.
8 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE This course outline is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor. Module Week Topics/Reading Assignment Exam/Quiz 1 1/17 2 1/23 Syllabus Ch. 1 Introduction and Overview Ch.2 The Counselor: Person and Professional Self -Introductions Due: Friday (1/20) 11PM 3 1/30 Ch.3 Ethical Issues in Counseling 4 2/6 Ch. 4 Psychoanalytic Therapy 5 2/13 Ch. 5 Adlerian Therapy 6 2/20 Ch. 6 Existential Therapy 7 2/27 Ch. 7 Person-Centered Therapy 8 3/6 Ch. 8 Gestalt Therapy Video interview with an Expert 1 Due: Friday (2/10) 11PM - Quiz 1 (Ch. 4 &5): Monday (2/13) 8AM -- Friday (2/17) 11PM - Case of Stan 1 Due: Friday (2/17) 11PM Video interview with an Expert 2 Due: Friday (2/24) 11PM - Quiz 2 (Ch. 6 & 7): Monday (2/27) 8AM -- Friday (3/3) 11PM - Case of Stan 2 Due: Friday (3/3) 11PM Video interview with an Expert 3 Due: Friday (3/10) 11PM 3/13 Spring Break 9 3/20 Ch. 9 Behavior Therapy 10 3/27 Ch. 10 Cognitive Behavior Therapy 11 4/3 Quiz 3 (Ch. 8 &9): Monday (3/20) 8AM -- Friday (3/24) 11PM - Quiz 4 (Ch. 10): Monday (3/27) 8AM -- Friday (3/31) 11PM - Case of Stan 3 Due: Friday (3/31) 11PM - Exam (Ch. 4 ~10): Monday (4/3) 8AM through Friday (4/7) 11PM - Literature Review Paper Topic Statement Due: Friday (4/7) 11PM 12 4/10 Ch. 11 Reality Therapy 13 4/17 14 4/24 15 5/1 Ch. 13 Postmodern Approaches Solution Focused Brief Therapy Ch. 13 Postmodern Approaches Narrative Therapy Case of Stan 4 Due: Friday (4/14) 11PM Case of Stan 5 Due: Friday (4/28) 11PM Final Literature Review Paper: Due: Friday (5/5) 11PM Review and Reflection