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FACULTY OF EDUCATION / RPDAE 555 - GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING

Code: RPDAE 555 Course Title: PSYCHOLOGY OF INTIMATE RELATIONS Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer FİKRİYE ALKIM ARI (alkimari@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) FİKRİYE ALKIM ARI,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is to provide information about the theoretical foundations of close relationships and the main factors affecting close relationships, attachment theory, schema theory and transactional analysis, and to enable them to comprehend the factors affecting close relationships within the framework of these three theories, and to gain psychological counseling skills in this direction.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can explain the problems underlying close relationships. PO-2 Explains the knowledge about the theories, approaches and basic concepts of psychological counseling and guidance.
PO-29 Gains awareness about normal and abnormal behaviors and the dynamics of the behaviors of indivuals.
PO-32 Provides services in a way that integrates cognitive, behavioral, emotional, cultural and spiritual dimensions in the counseling process with individuals and groups.
Examination
LO-2 Can produce solutions to the problems underlying close relationships. PO-2 Explains the knowledge about the theories, approaches and basic concepts of psychological counseling and guidance.
PO-5 Uses all the knowledge and skills which are necessary for establishing, lasting and ending the professional psychological counseling relationship with the individuals.
PO-32 Provides services in a way that integrates cognitive, behavioral, emotional, cultural and spiritual dimensions in the counseling process with individuals and groups.
Examination
LO-3 Can develop alternative perspectives on close relationship problems. PO-2 Explains the knowledge about the theories, approaches and basic concepts of psychological counseling and guidance.
PO-5 Uses all the knowledge and skills which are necessary for establishing, lasting and ending the professional psychological counseling relationship with the individuals.
PO-32 Provides services in a way that integrates cognitive, behavioral, emotional, cultural and spiritual dimensions in the counseling process with individuals and groups.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Fundamentals of close relationships, attachment styles, modeling behavior, schemas, schema therapy, transactional analysis.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to the course, attachment, schema therapy, transactional analysis Lecture
2 Attachment Theory attachment styles Lecture
3 Attachment theory and separation The effect of attachment types on close relationships Lecture
4 Cognitice schemas and theory Lecture
5 Cognitive schemas, formation of schemas, maladaptive schemas Lecture
6 Cognitive schemas, formation of schemas, maladaptive schemas, effects of maladaptive schemas on close relationships Lecture
7 family schemas Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 Schema therapy video demonstration Video demonstration
10 Attachment styles and schema therapy thesis review Project presentation
11 Transactional analysis theoretical basis Lecture
12 Games and scenarios in transactional analysis Lecture
13 Transactional analysis therapy Lecture
14 General evaluation Lecture
15 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Young, J. (2017). Şema Terapi, Litera Yayıncılık
2 Bowlby, J. (2014), Ayrılma. Pinhan Yayıncılık
3 Bowlby, J. (2012). Bağlanma. Pinhan Yayıncılık
4 Richard G. Erskine, R. G. (2017). Modern Psikoterapide Transaksiyonel Analiz, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
Required Course instruments and materials
Course notes, computer, projection, whiteboard

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 %40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 %60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 14 42
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 1 7 7
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 1 7 7
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 128