Counselling & Coaching   

The focus will be on comfort measures for the terminally ill patient. There will be an emphasis placed on promoting a realistic independence for the client based on his/her support systems. Textbook required.

This course will focus specifically on family counselling. Students will examine addiction within the context of the family unit, including risk and protective factors, family, history, and intervention approaches. Textbook required.

This course provides students with an overview of the concepts and principles relevant to therapeutic group work. There are three main areas of focus that will be covered; types of group work, the theoretical stages of group process and ethical techniques for enhancing therapeutic outcomes. The course examines group stage-related themes such as preparing members, forming group norms, establishing member goals, addressing confidentiality and trust related issues, working with strong emotions and consolidation of learning. An experiential component of the course provides students with the opportunity to experience group process both as a group member and facilitator. Feedback on students’ involvement in group process will be provided by the professor and through related assignments. Prerequisite: Interviewing Skills II. Textbook required.

This course is intended to build and expand upon the foundation of counselling skills introduced and practiced in Interviewing Skills I. Students will be introduced to various higher order skills as measured by the interpersonal influence continuum. In addition, students will be introduced to a variety of major theoretical perspectives on counseling, including the person-centered, cognitive behavioral and brief therapy models. Emphasis will be placed on experiential learning and students will have the opportunity to integrate theoretical concepts with their emerging counselling skills. Prerequisite: Interviewing Skills I. This course has mandatory chats. Textbook Required.

Software required: Access to a video recording device, which can capture audio is required.

You will be provided with an introduction to the basic theory and skills necessary for effective interviewing and counselling. A micro-skills approach to intentional counselling is taken. Throughout this course, students use role-play situations to practise skills, concepts, and methods designed to develop concrete competencies in interviewing and counselling. Software required: Access to a video recording device, which can capture audio is required. NOTE: This course has mandatory chats and mandatory group work. Textbook required.

This course covers theoretical and practical information on the dynamics of Life Skills coaching with particular emphasis on the Saskatchewan Newstart Model and subsequent developments of the theory as demonstrated through the Life Skills publications of the Y.W.C.A.Key concepts relevant to Life Skills Coaching will be examined. As well, the process and dynamics of the Life Skills I group the student participated in will be reflected on via a private and confidential format to integrate the experience into a theoretical perspective. Once students have developed a working knowledge of the model, they will conduct group sessions for their peers. Students will give and receiving feedback on their application of the theory so they can enhance their assessment skills for future professional growth. Textbook required.

The course provides the learner with an overview of introductory theory and skills pertaining to the helping relationship process. Specifically, the learner will engage in learning projects which allows for skill development related to self-understanding, listening, non-verbal, and verbal attending, assessment and constructive feedback, and conduct a basic interview session. Textbook required.

This course will provide an overview of the purpose, principles and correct practices of assessment and testing.  The student will have the opportunity to develop skills in the application of descriptive and inferential statistics to the field of employment counseling.  Students will have the opportunity to examine the procedures for using and interpreting data using a variety of tests/tools.  The ethics, limitations and cautions of administering standardized tests will be discussed.  Students will set new learning goals for continued professional development in the use of assessment instruments. Textbook required.