Includes training in counseling skills. Theories of human development and life span are examined. Developmental processes of families and individuals and implications for counseling are presented from a multi-generational family perspective. Examines assumptions about cultural differences which underlie counseling theories and therapies. Students will gain experience in consulting and be given an opportunity to examine that experience critically.
Students receive supervised, practical experiences in providing counseling services to clients.
Explores the various aspects necessary for creating therapeutic physical and social psychological settings for older institutionalized adults. Models of care giving and programmatic skills are examined. This course is open to a graduate student pursuing a master's, specialist, or doctoral degree program and may be a requirement of that program. The study of various paradigms for conceptualizing psychopathology related to children, adolescents, and adults. Includes study of specific personality theories and their application to clinical counseling.