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Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the field of Human Relations Counseling. The course provides an overview of the field, and explores the struggles, uncertainties, demands and stresses of the helping professions. Students will examine whether the helping professions are right for them, their values, and their belief systems. They will be introduced to the helping process, with special attention given to the ethics, diversity, stress and burnout, and working in communities.

Course Objectives:

The objectives of this course are to:

*Understand the field of counseling

*Determine the students’ fitness to become a helper

*Self-exploration to develop awareness needed to be a helper

*Understand the counseling process

*Explore ethics in counseling

*Understand the issues of stress and burnout as faced by counselor

*Examine the issues of diversity in the helping professions and develop self-awareness about ability to work in diverse settings

*Understand the challenges facing helpers in the community