KPTGUIKOK Guidance and Counselling module (15+ cr)

Guidance and counselling cover a wide range of services and activities designed to support people at different ages and life situations who are seeking help with problems and questions regarding their life and career decisions. The courses provide students with an overview of a selection of important fields and aspects of guidance and counselling. In addition to international perspectives, the courses deal with elements that characterise the Finnish guidance and counselling approaches, including e.g.

- humanistic and constructivist approach

- multi-professional and systemic approach

- importance of a strong future-orientation

- life-long learning

- social and gender equality

Upon completion of the Guidance and Counselling studies students will

- understand possibilities and limitations of guidance and counselling as a form of helping

- be able to apply and further develop their skills in guidance and counselling approaches and methods

- know how guidance and counselling services are linked with other forms of helping

- understand the important role of ethics in guidance and counselling