BH 130 Therapeutic Skills

5 credits

Students will examine the principles, concepts, and processes helping professionals use in client interactions. Basic counseling skills will be demonstrated in class, and students will be given opportunities to practice and develop effective helping techniques. This course addresses the educational content specified in WAC 246-811-030 (3 k).

Prerequisites: BH 110 or BH 113 (pre or co-requisite) or admission to the BAS in Behavioral Healthcare

Course Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Articulate and explain basic client rights
Provide realistic examples of problems within their scope of practice
Articulate strategies to tolerate unusual or unpleasant behavior
Identify personal boundaries
Explain a three-stage model of helping
Articulate specific rapport-building behaviors
Recall first-session goals and demonstrate strategies to accomplish them
Define person-first and client-centered care
Differentiate informal counseling and psychotherapy
Sit in silence with another
Paraphrase client statements and check for accuracy

Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcomes:

transfer to baccalaureate degree programs
assist clients in developing alternative strategies and informed choices for solving interpersonal problems

College-Wide Learning Outcomes
This course teaches to the college-wide learning outcome of Communication, the ability to engage effectively in verbal, non-verbal, written, and/or symbolic expression.

Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50