READ 0100 — MNTC Goal Area(s): 10, 05 PSYC 2100 Basic Interviewing and Helping Skills
| Lecture This course provides an overview of basic interviewing and counseling skills, with an emphasis on applying and practicing skills in the classroom setting. By completing this course students will gain a better understanding of: the impact of their values, interpersonal style, strengths and challenge areas on the helping process, verbal and nonverbal communication skills, interviewing strategies, crisis intervention; empowerment strategies, individual and group counseling techniques ; contemporary issues in the helping profession; characteristics of effective helpers; and professional boundaries, responsibilities and ethics related to the helping process.