Counseling and assistance in social work (in Hungarian)

This master is an interdisciplinary, applied and professional/vocational program, accredited by the Romanian College of Psychologists (COPSI) as a university master’s degree program in psychotherapy and couple and family counseling. The three directions of the master’s program are: theoretical, self-knowledge and development of one’s own skills, research. In addition to the mandatory courses, students are offered a package of optional courses from the scope of three educational modules: addiction and criminology, social gerontology and assisting parents and children in risk situations.

Objectives

Theoretical training aims to provide knowledge that can be applied in specific fields. Self-knowledge and skills development aim to model a complex approach to counseling and psychotherapy that supports the protection and maintenance of the mental health of the individual, family, group or community. Theoretical and practical training on research methodology is aimed to support the design, implementation and evaluation of projects in the field of counseling, with professional requirements and suitability to the specifics of the field of expertise.

Acquired competencies

Professional skills:

addressing social service issues critically and from a holistic perspective;
increasing/facilitating awareness of individuals, families and groups;
developing case management strategies;
social counselling;
applying a problem-solving approach in social services;
reviewing social service plans;
applying quality standards in social services;
assessing the situations of social service users;
providing social services in diverse cultural communities;
negotiating with social service stakeholders;
providing counselling to clients on family issues;
social and mental health counselling;
assisting clients in decision-making;
assessing clients’ drug and alcohol addictions;
conducting therapy sessions;
managing social crises;
managing stress within the organisation;
family life education;
conducting qualitative and quantitative research.

Transversal skills:

initiative and active participation in civic life;
respect for the diversity of cultural values and norms;
critical thinking;
use of knowledge acquired in the social sciences and humanities;
teamwork and empathy;
intercultural competences;
creative and innovative thinking;
respect for confidentiality obligations.

Courses

1st Semester

Competențe culturale în consiliere / Culturally Sensitive Counseling / Kulturálisan érzékeny tanácsadás

Teoria şi practica consilierii familiale / Theory and Practice of Family Counseling / Családi tanácsadás elmélete és gyakorlata

Relaţia de ajutor / Helping Relationship / Segítő kapcsolat

Tehnici de consiliere individuală (limba engleză) / Individual Counseling Techniques (English Course) / Egyéni tanácsadási technikák (angol nyelvű)

Disciplină opțională 1 / Optional Discipline 1 / Opcionális tantárgy 1

2nd Semester

Terapii familiale sistemice (limba engleză) / Systemic Family Therapy (English Course) / Rendszerszemléletű családterápiák (angol nyelvű)

Etică, integritate profesională şi academică / Ethics, Professional and Academic Integrity / Etika

Prevenirea abuzului şi neglijării / Prevention of Child and Neglect / Az erőszak és elhanyagolás megelőzése

Tehnici de consiliere in grup / Group Counseling Techniques / Csoportos tanácsadásban alkalmazott technikák

Disciplină opțională 2 / Optional Discipline 2 / Opcionális tantárgy 2

Disciplină opțională 3 / Optional Discipline 3 / Opcionális tantárgy 3

3rd Semester

Terapii familiale II. /Family Therapy II. / Családterápiák II.

Metode avansate de cercetare / Advanced Research Methods / Kutatásmódszertan

Metode şi tehnici de consiliere a copiilor şi adolescenţilor / Counseling for Children and Teens: Methods and Techniques / Tanácsadás gyerekeknek

Practică: proiect de consiliere familială / Practice: Family Counseling Project / Gyakorlat: család tanácsadási project

Disciplină opțională 4 / Optional Discipline 4 / Opcionális tantárgy 4

4th Semester

Consiliere informată de traumă / Trauma Informed Counseling / Traumatudatos tanácsadás

Metode și tehnici structurale în psihoterapia de cuplu și familie

Supervizare / Supervision / Szupervízió

Stagiu de pregătire pentru disertație / Dissertation Practice / Disszertáció írásának gyakorlata

Disciplină opțională 5 / Optional Discipline 5 / Opcionális tantárgy 5

Disciplină opțională 6 / Optional Discipline 6 / Opcionális tantárgy 6

Elective Courses

PACHET OPȚIONAL 1 (An I, Semestrul 1)

Introducere în criminologie / Introduction to Criminology / Bevezetés a kriminológiába

Metode de bune practici în domeniul psihopatologiei / Interventions in

Mental Health / Beavatkozások a pszichopatológiában

PACHET OPȚIONAL 2 (An I, Semestrul 2)

Consilierea și asistența socială a grupurilor de delicvenți / Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders / Bűnelkövetőkkel folytatott tanácsadói munka

Procese demografice actuale / Demography / Demográfia

Designul terapiei ocupaţionale / Occupational Therapy Planning / Foglalkoztatási terápia tervezése

Tehnici de relaxare și mindfulness / Relaxation and Mindfulness Technics / Relaxációs és mindfulness technikák

PACHET OPȚIONAL 3 (An II, Semestrul 3)

Managementul stresului la persoanele aflate în situaţie de risc / Stress Management for High-Risk Groups / Stresszkezelés a veszélyeztetett és kockázati csoportokban

Consiliere gerontologică / Gerontological Counseling / Gerontológiai szociális tanácsadás

Prevenirea și consilierea persoanelor afectate de consumul de substanțe / Substante Use Prevention and Counseling / A szerhasználat megelőzése és az érintett személyek tanácsadása

Gestionarea crizelor de viața: metode şi aplicaţii / Managing Life Crises: Methods and Practices / Életkrizisek kezelése: módszerek és gyakorlat

Drept social / Social Law / Szociális jog

PACHET OPȚIONAL 4 (An 2, Semestrul 4)

Copii, criminalitatea şi justiţia: drepturi şi responsabilităţi / Juvenile Delinquency / A gyermek- és fiatalkori bűnözés

Nevoi speciale și reziliență / Special Needs and Resilience / Speciális igény és reziliencia

Evaluarea serviciilor sociale / Evaluation in Social Services / Szociális intézmények értékelése

Evaluare și consiliere comunitară / Community Needs Assessment and Advice / Közösségi szükségletek felmérése és tanácsadás

Consilierea şi asistarea familiilor cu probleme multiple / Counseling and Intervention Strategies with Multiproblem Families / Tanácsadás sokproblémás családoknak

Careers

Educational plan

Academic curriculum Counseling and assistance in social work (in Hungarian) 2026-2027