Focuses on specialized counseling skills needed for working with children, with particular attention to diagnosis, interventions and working with parents. Examination of counseling approaches for helping distressed families with an emphasis on the family as a system. Role play practice in problem assessment and using various techniques and interventions. G6463 Marital Therapy. Examination or functional and dysfunctional marital relationships, etiology of dysfunction, research on marital issues, approaches to marital counseling and therapy, issues of divorce.
Role play practice in marital therapy techniques.
G6470 Counseling Psychology Supervision. 1 to 2 hours. Develops skills and cognitive knowledge in the area of supervision. Various approaches to supervision will be considered. Practice in supervising master's level or paraprofessional counselors will be required.