Unit 1Counseling Based Communication Skills
10 lessons2 Weeks
Counseling Based Communication Skills
 Week 1
Lesson 1
Part 2 Project
Instructions for the Project
Lesson 2
Questions about Questions
What do you know about open questions?
Lesson 3
Asking the Right Questions
What helps us to choose which type of question to ask?
Lesson 4
Probing Deeper into Probing
What are the methods of probing in counseling?
Lesson 5
Rapport Building
Intro to Rapport Building
 Week 2
Lesson 6
Rapport Building- Empathy
Tips for building rapport- empathy
Lesson 7
Rapport Building- Validation
How and what to validate?
Lesson 8
Rapport Building- Tips
What exactly is rapport in the realms of psychology and coaching? 
Lesson 9
Project Part
Counseling session gone wrong due to ineffective rapport building.
Lesson 10
Project Part Example
Example of what the first skit could look like.
Unit 2Master the Art of Reading People
14 lessons3 Weeks
Master the Art of Reading People
 Week 3
Lesson 11
How to Read People 
Video and Quiz plus game.
Lesson 12
Intro to Reading People
Recognize cues from people 
Lesson 13
Verbal vs Non-verbal Messages
Only 7% of what we communicate about emotions comes from the actual words we say. 
Lesson 14
Types of Body Language
The different categories of body language.
 Week 4
Lesson 15
Reading People- Spotting Lies
Why it's important
Lesson 16
Reading People- Spotting Lies
Various manifestations of lies in body language.
Lesson 17
Reading People- Eyes, the Windows of the Soul
What do the eyes tells us?
Lesson 18
Reading People- Face, to Read People like a Book
What does the face tell us?
Lesson 19
Effective Cue Reading
How do counselors read visual cues more effectively?
 Week 5
Lesson 20
Our Own Body Language and Self-Awareness 
How do counselors develop self-awareness towards their own body language?
Lesson 21
Our own Body Language and Regulation
How do counselors regulate their body language?
Lesson 22
Recognizing and controlling bias
How do counselors recognize experiences or situations that may trigger emotional reactions or biases during counseling sessions?
Lesson 23
Project Part
Counseling session gone wrong due to ineffective body language reading.
Lesson 24
Project Part Example
Example of what the second skit could look like.
Unit 3Active Listening
14 lessons3 Weeks
Active Listening
 Week 6
Lesson 25
From Theory to Practice
Listening Skills- Understanding vs Applying
Lesson 26
What is Active Listening
Basics of Active Listening
Lesson 27
Listening is Hard!
What is involved in listening besides what we actually hear?
Lesson 28
Connecting through Listening
How your listening skills help with connection.
Lesson 29
Listening with Empathy and Respect
How do we show empathy and respect while listening.
 Week 7
Lesson 30
Listening Body Language 
How do we show listening and positivity in our body language.
Lesson 31
Listening Mindset- framing
Creating a listening mindset using framing
Lesson 32
Listening Mindset- positive intent
Creating a listening mindset using positive intent
Lesson 33
Listening Mindset- focus
Creating a listening mindset using focus
Lesson 34
Project Part 3
Counseling session gone wrong due to ineffective active listening.
Lesson 35
Project Part 3 Example
Example of what the third skit could look like.
 Week 8
Lesson 36
Identify common listening problems and solutions
Common listening problems and solutions. 
Lesson 37
Final Project
Culmination counseling session gone wrong due to ineffective rapport building, ineffective body language reading AND ineffective active listening.
Lesson 38
Final Project Example
Example of what the final project could look like.