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This course provides an advanced overview of current research and theory on life-span human development, and will enhance students’ understanding of significant developmental changes that occur over the life span. Emphasis will be placed on standard physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development as well as on issues such as diversity and socialization in relation to perceptions of human development. Professional, clinical, legal, and ethical issues will also be addressed.
COUN 518 Integrated Counseling Process (3 SH)
This course provides an overview of various approaches to working with clients emphasizing emotion theory and the role of empathic attunement in healing. Class sessions and readings will explore the interpersonal therapy process and demonstrate various ways to implement experiential techniques in therapy. Students will work to further define their theory and use this to apply a variety of counseling approaches and techniques. Each student will construct a research paper that integrates their theoretical approach with techniques, interventions and applicable counseling approaches. Class sessions will emphasize experiential exercises, technique based role-plays and skill enhancement group praxisPraxis. Students are encouraged to take risks and develop their personal style in applying experiential methods in treatment.
COUN 527 Psychopathology (3 SH)
This course will provide an overview of psychopathology and treatment planning with an emphasis on children and adolescents. An interactive, developmental perspective for conceptualizing psychopathology as well as resilience will be employed. In particular, the influence of development, neurobiological mechanisms, and contextual features on the emergence, exacerbation, and alleviation of psychopathology will be discussed. Contemporary diagnostic and treatment issues will be critically reviewed.
COUN 528 Practicum (3 SH)
The practicum experience is designed to give beginning students in counseling the opportunity to put into practice the skills and knowledge that they are developing throughout their counseling program.
Prerequisites: COUN 507, COUN 508.
COUN 530 Advanced Psychopathology (2 SH)
Advanced psychopathology works to build skills in integrating theory with diagnosis an intervention planning by looking at treatment of key diagnostic categories through a number of
theoretical lenses, emphasizing evidence-based practices but also providing support for alternative approaches.
COUN 536 Foundations in Research and Program Evaluation: Theory, Design, and Foundational Statistics (3 SH)
This course will offer an overview of the research methods used in counseling and program evaluation. Students will gain experience with literature databases, research ethics, research methodologies, basic statistics and statistical software such as SPSS, and communicating research findings, and proposing research to an Institutional Review Board.
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Advanced psychopathology works to build skills in integrating theory with diagnosis an intervention planning by looking at treatment of key diagnostic categories through a number of
theoretical lenses, emphasizing evidence-based practices but also providing support for alternative approaches.
COUN 538 Skill Development (1 SH)
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The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the theory and practice of group counseling. The course will provide information about and training in establishing, leading, and evaluating counseling groups of various types. Within this course students will explore different theoretical approaches to counseling groups, basic principles of group dynamics which include leadership tasks, group developmental stages, and member roles. Consideration will be given to ethical, legal, and professional issues as well as special needs such as multiculturalism, life-span development concerns, and the therapist’s personal leadership style. View
COUN 587 Crisis Counseling (2 SH)
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Students will be introduced to career development recognizing the importance and uniqueness of various facets of career counseling. Emphasis is given to developmental considerations and the role of testing, educational and career development program planning and implementation. Technology-based career development applications and strategies will be explored. The interrelationships among and between work, family and other life role factors will be considered with a special emphasis on gender, diversity and working with specific populations. Legal and ethical issues will be discussed as well as issues of personal faith and values.
COUN 677 Independent Studies
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The internship experience is designed to give advanced students in counseling the opportunity to put into practice the skills and knowledge they have developed throughout their counseling program. Students will meet weekly to review cases, discussing areas of growth and present specific theory, intervention and technique questions. The student may select an internship site from a variety of supervised field experiences in mental health related settings. Minimum of 600 counseling hours. View SyllabusPrerequisite Prerequisite: Admission to Internship.
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COUN 697 Addictions Counseling (3 SH)
This course is designed to help the student understand the personal, social, emotional, physiological, and environmental factors related to addictions, with the main emphasis on chemical addictions. Student will be exposed to the varied aspects and challenges involved in the evaluations, diagnosis and treatment process of addiction, as well as, the specific qualities and efforts of the main mood altering drugs. This course will also look at the many professional, ethical, and legal issues unique to the field of addictions counseling.
COUN 698 Mindfulness & Psychotherapy (1 SH)
This course will provide a foundation for the use of mindfulness, meditation and mindful self-compassion and their applications in therapy. The course will be built on three primary pillars: personal practice of mindfulness and meditation, an understanding of the applications and populations with which one can use mindfulness and meditation in therapy, and skill-building through enactments and role play. Students participating in this course can expect to gain a breadth of mindfulness, meditation and self-compassion practices for use in therapy as well as exposure to the theory and research that supports these practices.
COUN 699 Topics Sec. A - Psychoanalysis (1 SH)
This course frames psychoanalysis as a practice of deep listening. Listening has the capacity to transform sensation into feeling and feeling into an emotionally-informed thought. While the emphasis on listening has always been present, the influences of object-relations, intersubjectivity and field theory have radically shifted the way contemporary psychoanalysts listen in session. In light of this, questions about a person’s unique capacity to feel, dream, play, and learn from experience set the stage for therapy. In this course, an introduction to these theories will be provided. Students will have the opportunity to reflect on and articulate the way these theories and techniques inform their emerging identity as a professional counselor.
COUN 699 Topics: Sec. B - Sexual Health and Wellness (1 SH)
This course will introduce students to the various components of sexual health and wellness that impact the practice of counseling. Students will learn about sexual health, wellness, and the important role clinical mental health practitioners have in fostering overall wellness.