Week 1

• Describe the history and philosophy of the counseling profession.
• Discuss the basic construct of personality as a foundation for counseling theories and counseling models.
• Explain the importance of following a theoretical orientation in counseling.
• Describe common ethical issues in the counseling profession.

Week 2

• Describe the major principles of psychoanalytic theory and its contributors.
• Explain the major concepts of Adlerian theory and their application to counseling.
• Demonstrate understanding of appropriate counseling strategies of psychoanalytic and Adlerian counseling models.

Week 3

• Describe the existential approach to counseling.
• Explain the application of the major concepts of person-centered theory to counseling.
• Describe the major concepts of Gestalt theory.
• Demonstrate understanding of appropriate counseling strategies of existential, person-centered, and Gestalt counseling models.

Week 4

• Describe the major concepts of behavioral theory and their application to counseling.
• Analyze the major concepts of cognitive–behavioral theory.
• Explain choice theory and the reality therapy approach to counseling.
• Compare the cognitive behavioral approaches to counseling.

Week 5

• Describe the application of the major principles of feminist theory to counseling.
• Explain the main concepts of constructive theory.

Week 6

• Describe the major principles of family systems counseling models.
• Explain the importance of culturally competent counseling.
• Describe the major principles of multicultural counseling.

Week 7

• Describe the effect of new generation therapies on the field of counseling.

Week 8

• Evaluate theoretical assumptions and major differences in counseling approaches.
• Justify a personal theoretical alignment.