Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 86 - State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure › Chapter 10 - Licensed Professional Counselors › Subchapter 9 - Academic Requirements › Section 86:10-9-2 - Knowledge area required

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Each applicant
				shall possess as a part of the required sixty (60) semester credit hours or
				ninety (90) quarter credit hours of graduate curriculum, one (1) or more
				courses of at least three (3) semester credit hours or four (4) quarter credit
				hours per course in each of the following core counseling areas:
(1) Human growth and development - at least
				one (1) course which deals with the process stages of human intellectual,
				physical, social and emotional development of any of the stages of life from
				prenatal through old age.
(2)
				Abnormal human behavior - at least one (1) course which offers a study of the
				principles of understanding dysfunction in human behavior or social
				disorganization.
(3)
				Appraisal/assessment techniques - at least two (2) courses which deal with the
				principles, concepts and procedures of systematic appraisal, assessment, or
				interpretation of client needs, abilities, and characteristics, which may
				include the use of both testing and non-testing approaches.
(4) Counseling theories/methods - at least
				two (2) courses which survey the major theories and/or techniques of
				counseling.
(5) Professional
				orientation/ethics - at least one (1) course which deals primarily with the
				objectives of professional counseling organizations, codes of ethics, legal
				aspects of practice, standards of preparation and the role of persons providing
				direct counseling services.
(6)
				Research - at least one (1) course in the methods of social science or mental
				health research which includes the study of statistics or a thesis project in
				an area relevant to the practice of counseling.
(7) Practicum/internship - at least one (1)
				course of an organized practicum with at least three hundred (300) clock hours
				in counseling with planned experiences providing classroom and field experience
				with clients under the supervision of college or university approved counseling
				professionals.
(8) Knowledge areas
				- at least five (5) courses of at least three (3) semester credit hours or four
				(4) quarter credit hours each from the knowledge areas listed below.
(A) Group counseling - course that provides
				both theoretical and experiential understandings of group purpose, development,
				dynamics, theories, methods, skills, and other group approaches in a culturally
				diverse society, including issues of group counseling leadership, stages,
				skills, methods, and ethics issues.
(B) Life style and career development -
				course that provides an understanding of career development and related life
				factors, as well as an overview of career development theories, program
				planning, educational planning, assessment techniques, and applied career
				counseling processes, including those applicable to specific populations in a
				global economy.
(C) Social and
				cultural foundations - course that provides an understanding of the cultural
				context of relationships, issues, and trends in a culturally diverse society,
				including an overview of social and cultural theories, strategies, and roles to
				be applied by the pluralistic counselor to establish an environment for optimal
				client wellness and successful counseling outcomes.
(D) Personality theories - course that
				examines contemporary and alternative personality theories that provide the
				student with models to conceptualize client presentation and that help the
				student select appropriate counseling interventions, including an examination
				of models of counseling that are consistent with current professional research
				and practice in the field of counseling.
(E) Crisis intervention - course that
				provides an overview of crisis and disaster intervention strategies for the
				professional counselor that addresses areas including, but not limited to,
				crises of suicide, homicide, disability due to a mental illness, domestic
				violence, school violence, post-traumatic stress disorder, and vicarious
				trauma.
(F) Marriage/family
				counseling - course that provides an overview of the knowledge, skills, and
				practices necessary to address a wide variety of issues in the context of
				relationships and families, including historical, theoretical, and
				developmental issues in systems counseling, in addition to examining the basic
				skills of marriage, couple, and family counseling.
(G) Addictions counseling - course that
				provides an overview of assessment and treatment methods available for clients
				and their family members struggling with substance-related disorders or
				behavioral/process addiction issues.
(H) Rehabilitation counseling - course that
				provides an overview of the history, philosophy, and legal basis of
				rehabilitation programs, the roles of the rehabilitation counselor, and the
				process of rehabilitation, including the organizational structure of public and
				private rehabilitation systems, societal trends in rehabilitation, and
				professional issues related to the role of the rehabilitation
				counselor.
(I) Gerontology - course
				that provides a conceptual system for understanding the phenomenon of aging and
				the counselor's role in working with an aging client population, including
				practical counseling skills necessary for meeting the demands of coping with
				aging in a culturally diverse society.
(J) Human sexuality - course that focuses on
				sexual development and educational issues as applied to the field of
				professional counseling with emphases placed upon becoming comfortable with
				one's own sexuality, assisting parents with providing sexual education to their
				children, providing education with regard to sexual matters, and diagnosing and
				treating sexual dysfunction.
(K)
				Counseling with children/adolescents - course that provides instruction in the
				theories and techniques used in counseling children and adolescents, including
				instruction on the conceptualization of childhood and adolescent problems with
				an emphasis on age- and developmentally-appropriate interventions.
(L) Clinical supervision - course that serves
				as a didactic and experiential learning experience for counselors who wish to
				assume the role of clinical supervisor, including the assimilation and
				application of major theoretical/conceptual models and approaches to clinical
				supervision in a variety of settings.
(M) Psychopharmacology - course that provides
				an overview of commonly prescribed psychotropic medications for psychiatric
				disorders to assist the counselor in understanding his or her role in working
				with medical professionals in the concurrent treatment of mental health issues
				using an interdisciplinary approach.
(N) Consultation - course that provides the
				knowledge and skills necessary for the delivery of counselor consultation,
				including basic models of consultation, the content and procedural process for
				implementing consultation, and characteristics of an effective
				consultant-consultee relationship.
(O) Physical and Emotional Health - course
				that deals with the overlap of physiological and psychological health models,
				examining the neural and hormonal bases of learning, memory, motivation,
				emotions, mental disorders, and other behaviors.
(P) Grief counseling - course that addresses
				the mental health, social, and cultural manifestations of grief counseling,
				including, interventions and the coverage of characteristics of grief
				throughout the life cycle.
(Q)
				Specialty areas when established.