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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course teaches introspective skills in order to develop a therapeutic relationship, maintain ethical boundaries, interview and counsel, and to cultivate self-awareness within the field of clinical mental health counseling. The course emphasizes the centrality for students to be nonjudgmental, reflective, and authentic towards one's internal perceptions of self, others, values, beliefs, and environment in order to fully engage in the helping profession. Specific learned skills are basic listening, self-awareness, stress management, self-care, mindfulness, empathy, and other practices that promote positive counseling outcomes.
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3.00 Credits
This course teaches the principles of helping relationships, essential interviewing and counseling skills, and general intervention strategies relevant to the provision of culturally responsive clinical mental health counseling services. Emphasis is placed on skills and strategies that promote psychological resilience, enhance motivation, and assist clients in the prevention, management, and/or remediation of various issues including crises, developmental transitions, and ongoing dysfunctional behaviors
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3.00 Credits
The classification system of psychopathology is studied with emphasis on symptomatology, etiology, and implications for treatment modalities with special emphasis given to multiaxial diagnosis. Various treatment interventions, including the adjunctive use of medications, are presented.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the theory, research, ethics, and practice of group counseling. Basic principles of group formation, group dynamics, group process, group development, and group leadership are emphasized for various types of groups. Students participate in an experiential group activity for a minimum of 10 hours.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a lifespan perspective on work/career. The impact of career development theory on the counseling process and the relationship of career guidance and development to college, vocational/technical schools, and job placement in community and school-based settings are studied and discussed. The availability of specialized career counseling resources for diverse client populations and those with special needs is investigated.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the social, psychological, cultural, economic, and environmental influences that affect various client populations. Counseling tools to meet the special needs of women, men, racial and ethnic minorities, the disabled, and other diverse groups are examined.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of psychological tests and instruments used in clinical mental health counseling settings. Principles of statistics and measurement, administration, scoring, interpretation, and use of various appraisal instruments are covered. Specific skill training in conducting clinical counseling intake interviews is addressed. Cultural biases that occur in the assessment and testing of clients is also discussed.
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2.00 Credits
This course teaches students the basic principles of assessment, conceptualization, and intervention skills with children and adolescents.
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2.00 Credits
This course introduces students to a variety of empirically supported multi-systemic treatment modalities. Discussion topics include family and school consultation, strength-based approaches to treatment, and counseling youth in community based and hospital settings.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the basic principles of chemical dependency and "process addictions," including issues associated with gambling and sexual addictions counseling and the impact of addictions on co-occurring psychiatric disorders. This course will present the Disease Model of addiction and other etiological models, and the range of treatment options, counseling strategies, and prevention techniques available for treatment of addiction and co-occurring disorders. Screening and assessment instruments are introduced, with an emphasis on correct diagnosis and application of the Stages of Change Model.
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