This course provides an overview of play therapy theories and basic skills for developing competency in child/adolescent assessment and counseling. Ethical dilemmas inherent in work with these populations will be addressed.
This course provides an in-depth exploration of play therapy skill development for competency in child/adolescent assessment and counseling. Theoretical bases will be presented. Focus will be on diagnostic and treatment practices and role-play with youthful clients. Culture, environment, and ethical dilemmas inherent in work with youthful populations will be included. Prerequisites: 571.
This course explores the use of expressive and experiential techniques in counseling. Creative modalities include play, art, sand, movement, sound, clay, imagery, and other means of individual and group expression. Expressive techniques are appropriate for use with diverse and marginalized populations, as well as across the lifespan. The course will utilize counseling theories and neuroscience literature to focus on the power of using the body in tandem with the brain to integrate one's learning and insight.
This course addresses the impact of trauma on individuals, families, and communities. Emphasizing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential for mental health counselors, to effectively engage clients. The bio-psycho-social-cultural and spiritual dimensions are integrated into this course. The course also examines the health and wellness components for professionals, and the clients they serve, working in trauma based settings.
This course equips the entry-level counselor with an introduction to the profession of counseling and its history. It will explore the professional roles, organizations, training, and credentialing standards of the profession as well as the ethical, legal and professional issues facing counselors today and in the future. This course will also stimulate students' self-awareness of personal, values, and multicultural issues concerning ethical decision-making.
The course promotes an understanding and appreciation of cultural and ethnic differences among individuals, groups and families, and explores the impact of such differences on the theory and practice of mental health counseling. This course is designed to enhance students' abilities to apply multicultural awareness to their professional work.
This course provides an overview of theory and research related to human growth and development over the lifespan. The course provides specific developmentally appropriate interventions and culturally sensitive developmental assessments supported by research that are designed to enhance the growth and development of clients who seek counseling services. Students also will engage in experiential activities designed to enhance their own growth and development.
The course examines the philosophical bases of the helping processes as well as major contemporary counseling theories and their application in individual and group counseling and in family systems counseling. It is designed to aid students' development of a personal counseling theory toward developing therapeutic relationships, counseling goals, intervention strategies and client outcome evaluation. Prerequisite: 510 or 545
This course is designed to provide an orientation to the profession of school counseling and the related standards of ethical practice. Participants in this course will begin the process of developing a professional school counseling identity through the exploration of personal, professional and contextual frameworks of school counselors at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Several competencies will be reviewed including collaborative consultation, curriculur planning, student advocacy, and program design.
A course, on a special topic in the discipline at the post-baccalaureate or master degree level, offered on the basis of need, interest, or time lines. May be repeated for credit. See registrar's office current class schedules Web page for specific semester description.