Counseling Micro Skills are the basic skills of the counseling relationship, among them active listening, paraphrasing and reflection of feelings, probing, summarizing, confrontation, reframing, and normalizing. At InterCoast Colleges, students explore them via role-playing activities.
What it covers
The catalog states: “In addition to didactic lecture, each class will explore the basic counseling micro skills via role-playing activities which involve active listening, paraphrasing and reflection of feelings, probing, summarizing, confrontation, reframing, and normalizing.”
This course is designed to provide a practical integrative approach to counseling, and students will learn both a theoretical and practical knowledge base for the entry-level AOD counselor. Students also gain knowledge of the fundamental principles of counseling and the counseling relationship.
Which program covers it
In InterCoast Colleges’ Alcohol and Drug Counseling Studies program, Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling program and Mental Health & Addiction Support Services program, counseling micro skills is covered in the course AOD226, Counseling Competencies.
The Alcohol and Drug Counseling Studies, Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling and Mental Health & Addiction Support Services outlines list AOD226 Counseling Competencies at 45 clock hours (45 lecture, 0 laboratory) and 3 semester credits.
Prerequisites for AOD226: none.
Counseling micro skills sit alongside group counseling, case management counseling, and cultural competence in substance use disorder treatment in the Alcohol and Drug Counseling Studies, Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling, and Mental Health & Addiction Support Services programs.
This topic is covered in the Mental Health & Addiction Support Services program at InterCoast Colleges.