COUN 609/610 Syllabus

Fall 2008

Phil Foster, MDiv, LPC

Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Mercer University

This course is graded on the completion of assigned tasks, student participation and the instructor’s assessment of the student’s growth as a counselor/therapist.  Please refer to the “Supervisee Informed Consent” document.

Required reference: Psychiatry by David A. Tombs (Williams and Wilkins, publishers).

Course Requirements

1. Execute the Informed Consent prior to beginning supervision.

2. Participate in both group and any individual/dyad supervision sessions.

3. Not miss more than 2 scheduled sessions (missing 2 sessions results in an “Incomplete”  grade for the semester).

4. Minimum 4 case presentations in group supervision during the semester.

5. Keep an active journal (re: no less than 2 entries concerning clinical issues per week) and share journal entries during each session.  Failure to bring your journal to sessions will result in an “incomplete” for that session.  2 such “incomplete” sessions will result in an “Incomplete” for the semester.

6. Complete a book review (not a formal book report) from the Suggested Reading List (or as approved by the instructor).

7. Demonstrate competencies in the following areas:

• Suicide assessment
• Psychosocial/Developmental History (re: Psychiatry, Tombs)
• Psychopharmacology

8. Review of Code of Ethics (State of Georgia and/or AMHCA)

9. An individual, evaluation session at the end of the semester

10. Individual sessions as requested by the instructor

11. Additional assignments as determined by the instructor