Individual and Group CounsellingLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The student

• is familiar with the basic principles of individual counselling and can apply them in various client situations
• is able to use interaction and counselling methods in dialogical individual and group counselling
• can utilise digital tools in guidance situations and understands the opportunities and challenges of digital counselling methods
• develops their own counselling skills by reflecting on their own guidance experiences
• can analyse group dynamics in counselling situations and use various methods to support this.

Content

Basics of individual counselling: interaction, motivation and support skills

Basics of group facilitation: group dynamics, roles and group processes

Digital guidance: digital tools, online guidance and interaction skills

• Ethical principles of guidance and interaction

• Dialogical encounter

• Practical exercises in individual, group and community counselling with different target groups

• Simple Finnish and English vocabulary and expressions used in social services guidance work with different client groups

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Framework of assessment is attached in the curriculum's description.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Framework of assessment is attached in the curriculum's description.