Overview
The GCAP 635 Responsive Case Conceptualization & Counselling Interventions course is designed to follow GCAP 671, building on the counselling microskills and techniques developed in that course, as well as on the foundational relational principles and practices that support building and maintaining a strong client–counsellor relationship. In GCAP 635 students focus on developing Individualized case formulation based on client characteristics and multiple sources of client information that inform decisions that promote desired client outcomes. Intervention planning is based upon a pluralistic and integrative approach coupled with proficiency in the intentional use of counselling microskills and interventions to co-construct goals and collaborate with clients to facilitate change at the micro level of intervention.
Outline
Unit 1 Case Formulation
- Week 1: Getting Started with Case Formulation
- Week 2: Case Formulation Skills Practice
- Week 3: Facilitating Propensity for Change
- Week 4: Case Formulation Skills Practice
Unit 2 Working with Thoughts and Beliefs
- Week 5: Working with Thoughts and Beliefs
- Week 6: Lab Practice and Video Recording
Unit 3 Working with Feelings and Sensations
- Week 7: Working with Feelings and Sensations
- Week 8: Lab Practice and Video Recording
Unit 4 Working with Actions
- Week 9: Working with Actions
- Week 10: Lab Practice and Video Recording
Unit 5 Working Integratively
- Week 11: Working Integratively
- Week 12: Lab Practice and Video Recording
Unit 6 Deliberate Practice and Self-Care
- Week 13: Deliberate Practice and Self-Care
Evaluation
To receive credit for GCAP 635, students must submit all of the course assignments, receive a passing grade on Assignments 1 and 3, and obtain a composite grade of at least B- (70 percent) on the course. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Activity | Weight |
Assignment 1: Applied Practice Activities (pass/fail)
| |
| Part 1: Ethical Parameters and Consent for Participation | P/F |
| Part 2: Virtual Lab Evaluation | P/F |
| Part 3: Peer Evaluation | P/F |
Assignment 2: Case Formulation (70% total)
| |
| Part 1: Client demographic information, presenting concern, and problem definition, and exploration of the contexts and factors that facilitated the development and maintenance of the presenting concern. | 15% |
| Part 2: Client preferences, outcomes goals, indicators of change, and client propensity for change. | 15% |
| Part 3: Thought and Beliefs | 10% |
| Part 4: Feeling and Sensations | 10% |
| Part 5: Actions | 10% |
| Part 6: Psychotherapy Integration | 10% |
Assignment 3: Counselling Intervention Video Review (pass/fail)
| |
| Video 1: Thoughts and Beliefs | P/F |
| Video 2: Feelings and Sensations | P/F |
| Video 3: Actions | P/F |
| Video 4: Psychotherapy Integration | P/F |
| Assignment 4: Partner Interventions Presentations (30% total) | |
| Part 1: Presentation on intervention for working with thoughts and beliefs | 10% |
| Part 2: Presentation on intervention for working with emotions and sensations | 10% |
| Part 3: Presentation on intervention for working with actions | 10% |
| Part 4: Peer evaluation form | P/F |
| Total | 100% |
Materials
All materials are available to students online.