Multicultural Psychological Counseling

Course Code:

PCG 492

Course Type:

Area Elective

P:

3

Lab:

0

Credits:

3

ECTS:

5

Course Language:

İngilizce

Course Objectives:

This course aims to provide students with the emergence of culture-sensitive counseling, counseling competencies and ensure that they comprehend its place in counselor education in Turkey have these competencies.

Course Content:

History of culture and culture-sensitive counseling practices; reasons for the development of culture-sensitive counseling; culturally sensitive counseling skills; culture - sensitive counseling practices.

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 9: Simulation, 12: Case Study

Course Evaluation Methods:

1. Written exam, 2. multiple-choice test, 3. Space-filling, 4. Right-Wrong type, 5. Oral examination, 6. Portfolio

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Program Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
Explain the importance and place of the culture-sensitive self-awareness in the psychological counseling profession.	1,2,3,5	1,2,4	1,2,3,4,5,6
Understands the connection between the culture-sensitive awareness phenomenon and effective counseling skills.	1,2,3,5	1,2,4	1,2,3,4,5,6
Knows that unless he / she develops culture-sensitive self-awareness, he / she will not be able to get full efficiency in psychological counseling practices.	1,2,3,5	1,2,4	1,2,3,4,5,6
Gains the knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs required to provide culture-sensitive counseling.	1,2,3,5	1,2,4	1,2,3,4,5,6
Can identify appropriate interventions for various client groups	1,2,3,5	1,2,4	1,2,3,4,5,6
Establishes the link between the importance of culture-sensitive intervention methods in the literature and their application.	1,2,3,5	1,2,4	1,2,3,4,5,6
Examines the empirical literature from a culture-sensitive perspective in terms of service provision in educational institutions and other community-based centers.	1,2,3,5	1,2,4	1,2,3,4,5,6
Makes use of the multicultural group environment in the classroom to develop cultural awareness and to share and evaluate self-stories.	1,2,3,5	1,2,4	1,2,3,4,5,6

Course Flow

Week	Subject
1	Culturally Sensitive Counseling: Concept and Importance
2	Multidimensionality of Cultural Sensitivity
3	Socio-Economic Status and Dimensions
4	Gender and Gender Roles
5	Migration and Cultural Adaptation I
6	Migration and Cultural Adaptation II
7	Spirituality and Sensitivity to Spirituality
8	Midterm Exam 1
9	Age and Physical Appearance
10	Dimensions of Disability
11	Micro Aggression Based on Cultural Differences
12	Cultural Sensitivity in the Context of Counseling Theories
13	Culturally Sensitive Counseling and Social Professional Responsibility
14	Evaluation of Current Situation and Applications in the Field of Cultural Sensitivity in Psychological Counseling I
15	Final

Recommended Sources

Additional Resources

Schwarzbaum, S., & Thomas, A. J. (2008). Dimensions of multicultural counseling: A life story approach. Thousand Oaks: Sage

Assessment

SEMESTER STUDIES	IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER
Midterm	1	30
Quiz	-	-
Homework	2	20
Final	1	50
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		100
Total		100

Course’s Contribution to Program

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Katkı Düzeyi
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Having knowledge of past, basic though and principles of the PCG, and implementing PCG					X
2	Comprehending meaning and importance of the coordination, consultation/consulting and supervision in the PCG field, and implementing them					X
3	Having knowledge of ethical rules accepted by national and international PCG associations, and implementing them				X
4	Learning to accept everyone as they are / with all kind of features by the multicultural approach					X
5	Learning theories/information about cultural awareness, cultural social justice, solution of conflicts, and other cultural behaviors; for development and health of human soul, mind and body, and implementing them					X
6	Learning theories related to the development, learning and personality development so as to facilitate positive development and wellness of individual for his/her life time, and implementing them		X
7	Understanding the environmental factors affecting normal and abnormal behaviors, psychopathology, disability conditions and crisis during his/her development process,					X
8	Learning and implementing the career consulting, processes, techniques and sources, career development and decision-making model so as to include those applied to certain groups in the global economy				X
9	Learning psychological consulting theories, being aware and use of intervention techniques suitable for counselees in practice				X
10	Learning group process, roles and behaviors of group members, group working, therapeutic factors, and principles and techniques of group dynamics containing developmental stages					X

ECTS

Activities	SAYISI	Süresi (Saat)	Toplam İş Yükü (Saat)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	15	3	45
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	15	4	60
Mid-terms	1	2	2
Homework	2	4	8
Final	1	3	3
Total Work Load			118
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			4,72
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

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