This module introduces the major approaches of the contemporary psychology and their developments, emphasizing the application of psychological knowledge into daily life and personal growth.

This module introduces the major theories and practice of counseling, and applying then into personal self-awareness, personal growth and helping others.

This module introduces the major approaches of the development psychology through life span, emphasizing the application of psychological knowledge into daily life and the promotion of personal growth.

The focus of this module is to assist the student in developing effective helping skills. The basic components of helping relationships will be discussed. They will also practice basic helping behaviors through role-plays, in class workshops, and videotaped interviews in order to develop their expertise and mastery of the skills discussed.

This module contains an exploration of theories and research on marriage and family relationships and related issues. The course includes information on gender, dating, basic concepts of marriage and family, affairs and divorce, family system, and an exploration of marital relationships and intervention of spouse and partner abuse. There is an emphasis on empirically supported theories and therapeutic interventions.

Since psychology is life, the student after taking a series of counseling psychology courses will have to try to apply what they obtain in mind into daily life as well as the interaction with others. Life is an experience, the experience in being alone and in interacting with others, including the individual’s cognitions, emotions and behaviors. This module is designed to stimulate students to experience being himself/herself and his/her interacting with others, including family members, colleagues, friends and intimate partners. The students will be required to write down the incident of his awareness in personal change or his turning point resulted from conflict with others each time as a home assignment in each class. The tutors will lead the class divided into small groups to have discussion on the shared individual experience and each student’s thought. Besides, the psychological tests on individual, love and sex, marriage and family, and interpersonal relationship will be administered by the tutors to the students in each class. The results of the test will be revealed and discussed in the next class. The tutors will according to the test results tend to the students who need special assistance and refer them to the helping professionals for help.