Counseling Skills are the abilities a counselor uses in working with a client, including understanding the counseling relationship and attending to the client. At InterCoast Colleges, counseling skills are covered in a course of their own.
What it covers
The catalog states: “At the completion of this course the student will gain applicable knowledge of counseling skills training, becoming a counselor, an overview of skills training, understanding the counseling relationship, and attending to the client.”
Which program covers it
In InterCoast Colleges’ Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling program and Alcohol and Drug Counseling Studies program, counseling skills is covered in the course AOD228, Personal Counseling Skills.
The Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling and Alcohol and Drug Counseling Studies outlines list AOD228 Personal Counseling Skills at 45 clock hours (45 lecture, 0 laboratory) and 3 semester credits.
The catalog lists no prerequisites for AOD228 (“NONE”).
Also covered in the Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling program.
This topic is covered in the Alcohol and Drug Counseling Studies program at InterCoast Colleges.