COUN6542: Group Counseling

This course is a survey of the theory and practice of group counseling, including rationale for effective group counseling, group leadership, process skills, theoretical approaches, cultural issues, and ethical decision making in groups.  An emphasis is placed on dynamics of group behavior and on self-understanding as applied to group procedures. This course is experiential in nature and students will be required to effectively facilitate and evaluate a group counseling experience from a particular theoretical orientation.