JANET BACHANT'S PERSONAL WEB SITE

I can be reached at 646-230-1207, Monday morning and Tuesday &Thursday afternoons. All books are available at the College Bookstore or at any of the off price on-line sites such as abebooks.com or halfprice.com. The best way to reach me is via email.
Texts:
Young, M.E. (2004). Learning the art of helping: building blocks and techniques. New Jersey: Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall. ISBN: 013111753X
Viorst, J. (1986). Necessary losses: the loves, illusions, dependencies, and impossible expectations that all of us have to give up in order to grow. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN: 068484495-8

N.B. --ASSIGNMENTS SHOULD BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE CLASS MEETING!

BRING TO CLASS ONE WRITTEN QUESTION ON THE READING EVERY WEEK. ADDITIONAL HANDOUTS TO READ WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.

Class 1: Fantasies of Helping
Assignment: none
Class 2: Counseling Basics
Assignment: Young, Chapters 1,2; Viorst Part I
Class 3: The Therapeutic Relationship: the Core of Helping
Assignment: Young, Chapter 3
Class 4: Basic Skills
Assignment: Young, Chapters 4,5
Class 5: Paraphrasing
Assignment: Young, Chapter 6,; Viorst Part II
Class 6: Reflecting Feelings
Assignment: Young, Chapter7
Class 7: Reflecting Meaning
Assignment: Young, Chapters 8
Class 8: Challenging Skills and Assessment
Assignment: Young, Chapters 9, 10
Class 9: Goal Setting Skills and Change Techniques
Assignment: Young, Chapters 11, 12; Viorst, Part III
Class 10: Outcome Evaluation and Termination Skills;
Assignment: Young, Chapter 13, 14
Class 11: Curative Factors and Advanced Change Techniques
Assignment: Young, Chapter 15; Hand in Comparison Study table.
Activity: Debate between perspectives on case material
Class 12: Culminating activity: Debate between perspectives continued