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Course Description

Counseling professionals play a vital role in helping people achieve individual or collective life goals. Client-centered strengths-based counseling emphasizes helping people, which is why it has been one of the most widely used approaches to counseling for decades. Built on the work of Carl Roger’s client-centered or now called person-centered counseling emphasizes and builds on a person’s own desire to fulfill their potential and become the best they can be.

In this course, participants will learn that many of the principles underlying the client-centered strengths-based approach are essential elements of delivering effective evidence-based interventions that have become standards of practice in a variety of service arenas. The client-centered counseling approach parallels strategies based on motivational interviewing and participants will learn how to use motivational interviewing to enhance a person’s intrinsic motivation to change by addressing the common challenge of ambivalence about change and working collaboratively to enact behavior change.

 

UPDATE: As of July 1, 2024, Temple University Harrisburg will be changing the 90 day deadline to 30 days. Based on the data collected and feedback from participants, we believe this is in the best interests of the participant to ensure the timely completion of the program. This change will go in effect for all current and future course enrollments starting on that date. 

Learner Outcomes

After completing this course, participants will be able to: 

  • Discuss client-centered strengths-based counseling concepts and skills including stages of change, action planning, and harm reduction. 

  • Identify key elements of effective help giving. 

  • Define Motivational Interviewing (MI). 

  • Explain key concepts and techniques of motivational interviewing (MI). 

  • List 4 core counseling skills of motivational interviewing (MI). 

  • List the 4 processes/steps of a motivational interviewing conversation. 

  • Demonstrate key client-centered and motivational interviewing techniques and strategies. 

  • Identify the difference between positional, personal, and shared power. 

  • Develop your own professional development plan to enhance your client-centered counseling for behavior change knowledge and skills. 

 

Notes

All participants have 90 days from the date of their enrollment in which to complete and successfully pass the course. 

All cancellation requests must be in writing via email to sfwtuh@temple.edu and received by the Temple University Harrisburg staff before becoming effective.

**Please note: If a cancellation request is not made and the registrant does not attend the course as originally scheduled, the registrant is still responsible for payment for the scheduled course.

 

Cancellation and Refund Policy:

All cancellation requests must be received within 72 hours (3 business days) from the date of enrollment in the course AND the registered person has not accessed any portion of the online course. Cancellations that meet the criterial listed above will be eligible for a full refund of fees paid. 

 

Continuing Education - Social Work

This course has been approved for 0.6 CEUs and 6 Social Work Continuing Education Hours. Temple University is a PA State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Professional Counselors pre-approved provider of continuing education.

Certificates documenting continuing education hours will be issued by Temple University Harrisburg. Participants must request these certificates through the CE request form/process listed below.

Certificates of completion documenting satisfactory completion of the professional development course will be generated/issued through DestinyOne.

To obtain CEUS, please complete the following items:

  • Pay the Continuing Education Fee of $20 (optional choice at check-out)

  • Complete all required assignments in Canvas and obtain an 80% or higher for passing.

  • Complete the CE Request Form (click blue hyperlink)

  • Complete the Course Evaluation (include your name)

Recommendations

To successfully complete the training and activities, the materials needed/recommended are: 

  • Computer/Laptop (recommend 5 yrs old or newer)
    • Processor: 2.4 GHz or faster
    • 4 GB of RAM 
    • Operating System: Windows 10
  • Internet connection (1.5 Mbps-ok;  5 Mbps- better)
  • Mouse 
  • Keyboard 
  • Audio equipment (i.e., computer speakers) 
  • Web Browser - Google Chrome, recommended
  • Software - Microsoft Office and Adobe Reader

Basic Computer Proficiency

  • Using a keyboard and mouse
  • Selecting, copying, pasting text
  • Sending and receiving email
  • Saving and retrieving files in different formats (.docx, .pdf, .pptx., etc.)
  • Using a text editor (changing fonts, inserting links, using spell check, etc.)
  • Browsing for files to attach and upload
  • Accessing the Internet using a web browser and resetting basic web browser settings (clearing cache/history, cookies, etc.)

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

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Section Title
Client-Centered Counseling for Behavior Change
Type
Online, self paced
Dates
Oct 26, 2023 to Jun 30, 2024
Delivery Options
Online  
Course Fee(s)
Course Fee non-credit $100.00 Click here to get more information
CEUs
6 CEUs
Instructors
  • Carolyn Truchon
Section Notes

Oct 2023 - June 2024 Open-Enrollment Class

Dates in schedule do not reflect how long you have but how long it is open for enrollment. 

ALL participants have 90 days from the date of their enrollment to complete class requirements. 

Counseling professionals play a vital role in helping people achieve individual or collective life goals. Client-centered strengths-based counseling emphasizes helping people, which is why it has been one of the most widely used approaches to counseling for decades. Built on the work of Carl Roger’s client-centered or now called person-centered counseling emphasizes and builds on a person’s own desire to fulfill their potential and become the best they can be.

In this course, participants with learn that many of the principles underlying the client-centered strengths-based approach are essential elements of delivering effective evidence-based interventions that have become standards of practice in a variety of service arenas. The client-centered counseling approach parallels strategies based in motivational interviewing and participants will learn how to use motivational interviewing to enhance a person’s intrinsic motivation to change by addressing the common challenge of ambivalence about change and working collaboratively to enact behavior change.

 

Cancellation and Refund Policy:

All cancellation requests must be received within 72 hours (3 business days) from the date of enrollment in the course AND the registered person has not accessed any portion of the online course. Cancellations that meet the criterial listed above will be eligible for a full refund of fees paid.