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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): CMHC 6010, CMHC 6020, and Admission to Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S. program or Master of Education in School Counseling, M.S. program. Provides an introduction to many of the important challenges facing group leaders and group members in contemporary society. Discusses ethical guidelines particular to group work. Exposes students to how common Counseling theories can be applied in group settings. Provides an understanding of group developmental stages and processes, and how these dynamics influence group growth and productivity. Emphasizes leader skill development. Includes approximately 20 hours of class time spent in a laboratory experience wherein each student is provided the opportunity to function in a group.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): CMHC 6000, CMHC 6010, CMHC 6020, CMHC 6030, and Admission to Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S. program. Explores the new trends in the field of counseling around mindfulness and meditation interventions. Discusses the history and background of each approach embedding them in their original frame. Facilitates critique of utilizing techniques divorced from original intent. Practices the intended form of these modes of being. Encourages model and psychotherapeutic interventions expanding the usual analytic frame.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): CMHC 6000, CMHC 6010, CMHC 6020, CMHC 6030, and Admission to Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S. program. Explores the principles of psychopharmacology from a practitioner-oriented frame. Introduces the basic principles and concepts behind the types and purposes of various psychoactive substances. Provides neurochemical and biological models appropriate to non-physicians. Presents the mechanisms of action and the relationships between various drugs in the mental health field.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): CMHC 6000, CMHC 6010, CMHC 6020, CMHC 6030, and Admission to Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S. program. Provides an overview of the types of crises mental health practitioners may involve themselves with, including natural disasters, terrorism, crime, suicide, and homicide. Discusses the research on responses to these types of traumas and some of the mental health conditions that may arise due to such experiences. Provides models of treatment for acute and chronic crises, including both systemic and organizational interventions as well as individual psychotherapeutic interventions.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): CMHC 6000, CMHC 6010, CMHC 6020, CMHC 6030, and Admission to Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S. program. Provides a conceptual understanding of research design and application. Offers an overview of research principles and methodology including qualitative and quantitative approaches and analysis. Enables students to become better, more critical consumers of research projects, methods, and designs. Prepares students to apply relevant research to their clinical practice.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): CMHC 6010, CMHC 6020, and Admission to Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S. program or Master of Education-School Counseling Emphasis program. Introduces relevant theory, research, and practice associated with substance abuse and addictions Counseling. Presents a blend of didactic and practical elements to increase student knowledge of fundamental concepts while providing opportunities to experiment with approaches to working with clients presenting with substance abuse and /or addictions concerns. Explores topics that include pharmacological issues and terminology, models of addiction, theories on etiology, diagnosis and assessment, and evidence-based treatment strategies. Requires students to practice the introductory concepts of Motivational Interviewing in a practicum element that will accompany lectures, group discussion, case studies, and demonstrations over the course of the semester.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): CMHC 6000, CMHC 6010, CMHC 6020, CMHC 6030, and Admission to Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S. program. Exposes students to various cultures and the methods, values, and beliefs that organize family life and human development. Utilizes the oppression model to examine how the intersections of race, class, culture, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality shape and affect the lives of individuals and families and the therapeutic process itself. Explores intervention practices, social advocacy models, and resistance strategies.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): CMHC 6010, CMHC 6020, and Admission to Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S program or Master of Education-School Counseling Emphasis program. Introduces research methods and program evaluation as it pertains to the field of professional Counseling. Explores major research designs including both quantitative and qualitative methods. Discusses research procedures, such data collection, sampling, and data analysis, and issues related to validity, reliability, and limitations of different approaches. Examines the history and development of program evaluation and provides an introduction to needs assessment in regard to program development, data collection methodology, and data analysis. Reviews ethical and culturally relevant strategies for interpreting and reporting the results of research and program evaluation studies.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): CMHC 6000, CMHC 6010, CMHC 6020, CMHC 6030, and Admission to Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S. program. Explores the principles of cognitive-behavioral theory, conceptualization, and psychotherapy techniques. Provides a framework for assessing and treating child and adult clinical problems from the perspective of cognitive-behavioral treatment approaches that have been empirically supported. Presents several assessment strategies including behavioral observation, self-report, self-monitoring, and structured interviews and rating scales. Stresses the important link between assessment and treatment planning, and evaluating treatment outcome. Explores the advantages and disadvantages of techniques discussed within a developmental framework. Emphasizes the assessment of anxiety, depression, addictive behaviors, social skills, and marital dysfunction.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): CMHC 6010, CMHC 6020, and Admission to Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S. program or Master of Education in School Counseling, M.S. program. Presents an overview of various models and theories in the discussion of the characteristics, developmental needs, and tasks at different stages of a person's life cycle. Discusses the impact of social, cultural, biological, and psychological factors on prenatal life, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and aging. Explores the psychosocial development, cognitive functioning, life transitions, coping and adaptation, work and retirement, bereavement, and related issues in a person's life cycle in relation to students' work as counselors.
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