Counseling Psychology and Children

Counseling, Psychology and Children course takes a multidimensional approach to counseling children. This approach: 1) capitalizes on the relationships children build with parents, teachers, and other adults; 2) looks at children's developmental processes; 3) examines multicultural influences upon them; and 4) takes into consideration the variety of intervention models available.

6 Credits

Introduction to Counseling Psychology

Course present practical examples and discussions of all of the major facets of counseling in a wide variety of counselors' work settings. The course includes a thorough treatment of techniques of assessment, including an overview of standardized testing and discussion of subjective approaches to appraisal, observation, self-reporting, and others.

6 Credits

Introduction to Group Counseling

This course examines all of the essential skills required to be an effective leader of variety of groups in variety of settings. It explores history of group therapy work and development of groups–how they grow, change, and differ. It addresses specifics of working with children, adolescents, adults, and elderly.

6 Credits

Introduction to Counseling Theory

This course provides clear, succinct coverage of the core concepts of all of the major contemporary theories of counseling and psychotherapy, including separate chapters on solution-focused and on feminist theory. Each theory topic begins by discussing the major theorist or theorists responsible for the theory.

6 Credits

Family Therapy

This course covers all aspects of working with families. It begins by explaining differences between functional and dysfunctional families. It covers history of family therapy, multicultural aspects of family therapy, ways of working with various types of families, ethical and legal issues involved family therapy, and ways of assessing families.

6 Credits