Μεταπτυχιακό Ψυχολογίας (Counseling Psychology) (MA) - WVPU

Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:

• Explain the main approaches to counseling and psychotherapy and the role of the therapeutic relationship.
• Describe important theories of human development and examine their significance to counseling psychology.
• Discuss the major categories of psychological disorders and use this knowledge to assess and diagnose psychopathology.
• Describe the mechanisms of action for a variety of psychopharmacological agents and evaluate the role of psychopharmacology in counseling psychology.
• Describe the importance of professional ethics and demonstrate how ethical standards and legal requirements are relevant to the practice of counseling and psychotherapy.
• Administer and interpret various widely-used psychological tests.
• Construct the appropriate research design, collect data and implement the necessary statistical techniques to answer research questions relevant to counseling psychology which adds to the discipline.
• Demonstrate practical counseling skills that can be applied to individuals and groups to address a broad range of issues and settings.
• Integrate theory, experience, behavioral observation and analysis to systematically enhance counseling knowledge and skills.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of various counseling approaches to different cultures, values and world-views of various clients and choose appropriate approaches.