Focuses on counseling theories: Psychodynamic, Adlerian, Person-Centered, Existential, Behavioral, including DBT, Cognitive Behavioral, Gestalt, & Reality Therapy. Also includes an overview of the history of the counseling profession and the role and function of counselors in various settings.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development

Students practice basic counseling skills, develop therapeutic intervention strategies, and improve the effectiveness of their communication by practicing listening and responding. Videotaped role-plays are utilized.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: COUN 5010 and COUN 5810 and COUN-MA OR CAFT_MA majors within the School of Education and Human Development.

Learn group theory and dynamics. Practice facilitating a group. Learn about screening, group membership and styles, roles and behavior, termination of groups. Extensive practice in laboratory setting.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: COUN 5010, COUN 5100, and COUN 5810 Restriction: Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development

This elective course is an introduction and study of the field of bereavement in counseling. Studies focus on relating to client's experience with grief, loss and/or trauma through lectures, speakers, videos, readings, experiential in-class simulations, self-discovery and introspection.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite courses of COUN 5010 and COUN 5810, and (COUN 5820 or COUN 5200). At time of creation, COUN 5820 was re-numbered as COUN 5200 and has not been reutilized elsewhere. Both numbers are included for clarity (especially for students).

Students learn the role and function of the counselor in community agency settings. Intervention strategies, consultation, administration of community mental health agencies.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: COUN 5010 and COUN 5810. Restriction: Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development.

Includes treatment strategies for clinicians in addressing varieties of addictive behaviors including substance, abuse, eating disorders, gambling and sexual addiction. Cultural dimensions of addictions are also considered. Restricted to Graduate level students in the School of Education and Human Development.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restricted to Graduate level students in the School of Education and Human Development

An in-depth examination of ethical and legal issues in the field. Topics include working with individuals and family systems, licensure, professional associations, record keeping and statutory requirements.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: COUN 5010 and 5810. Restriction: Restricted to COUN majors within the School of Education and Human Development.

Development of competencies in career development counseling. Theories of work systems, psychological dynamics, information systems, and decision making models are covered. Interacting with work or family systems and other subsystems is emphasized. Restricted to Graduate level students in the School of Education and Human Development.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restricted to Graduate level students in the School of Education and Human Development

The course is specifically designed to provide training for school counselors and related professionals to develop and implement a comprehensive counseling and guidance program, which incorporates the ASCA National Model.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of COUN 5815 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development.

Offers introduction to competent multicultural and social justice counseling. Students develop the awareness, knowledge, skills and action competences necessary for culturally responsive interventions with diverse communities. The course explores issues of ethnicity, culture, age, disability, and sexual orientation and learn about multicultural and social justice interventions for addressing these issues in counseling. Restricted to Graduate level students in the School of Education and Human Development.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restricted to Graduate level students in the School of Education and Human Development

This course emphasizes the unique and varied role of the school counselor and school counseling programs in diverse public schools. The course focus will be on learning the various skills necessary to meet the needs of school age students and others in the school community. In addition, the course will cover The ASCA model of comprehensive developmental school counseling activities, and focus on practical resources for counseling students in diverse school settings.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development

This course is designed to teach students how to start and manage a successful private practice in counseling. Emphasis is placed on understanding and navigating the business side of professional counseling.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite courses of COUN 5010 and COUN 5810, and (COUN 5820 or COUN 5200). At time of creation, COUN 5820 was re-numbered as COUN 5200 and has not been reutilized elsewhere. Both numbers are included for clarity (especially for students).

Specific topics vary from semester to semester. Intervention strategies with children, issues in abuse, violence, incest, legal issues, adult counseling, grief, death and dying, private practice. Repeatable.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Repeatable. Max Credits: 6.

Restriction: Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development

Investigates constructions of gender and sexuality in the systemic context of individuals, relationships, families, and culture. Emphasis will be placed on developing critical thinking and clinical skills that engage diverse clients in a respectful, ethical, and effective manner in therapy.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite courses of COUN 5010 and COUN 5810, and (COUN 5820 or COUN 5200). At time of creation, COUN 5820 was re-numbered as COUN 5200 and has not been reutilized elsewhere. Both numbers are included for clarity (especially for students).

Individually directed research activity on special topics not covered by course offerings. Degree students only, with advance approval by major, professor and department chair. Repeatable.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Repeatable. Max Credits: 9.

Restriction: Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development

Supervised counseling practice in the counseling lab and appropriate settings with individual supervision experience (towards 150 clock hours required for graduation). Emphasis on individual and couple and family counseling techniques and therapeutic intervention strategies. Must be taken concurrently with COUN or CMFT 5911.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade with IP

Coreq: COUN 5911 or CMFT 5911. Restriction: Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development.

Supervised counseling practice in the counseling lab and appropriate settings with group supervision experience (towards 150 clock hours required for graduation ). Emphasis on individual and couple and family counseling techniques and therapeutic intervention strategies. Must be taken concurrently with COUN or CMFT 5910.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade with IP

Coreq: COUN 5910 or CMFT 5910. Restriction: Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

This class will provide school track students with 3 credits of fieldwork at a developmental level of their choice. The course will require students to work with a school counselor activities that the counselor is assigned under supervision. Students will develop skills in needs assessment, developing classroom guidance activities and running the activities; they will sit in on IEP conferences, help conduct college fairs, administer career assessment inventories and standardized assessments, learn to place students in appropriate classes, and provide responsive counseling services on an as needed basis.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade with IP

Prereq: COUN 5010, COUN 5110, COUN 5400, COUN 5425, COUN 5810, COUN 5815, COUN 6230. Restriction: Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development.

Supervised internship of 600 clock hours. Intern performs activities of a regularly employed professional in an approved community site.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade with IP

Repeatable. Max Credits: 12.

Prereq: CMFT or COUN 5910 and 5911. Restriction: Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

A didactic and experiential course involving the following content areas: theories of spiritual development, a survey of religious traditions, assessment, ethical issues, self-of-the-therapist issues, and treatment interventions and strategies in working with clients' values.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of COUN 5010 and COUN 5810 and (COUN 5820 or COUN 5200). Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development. 5820 renumbered to 5200, still included for clarity.

This is a didactic and experiential course dealing with therapeutic techniques applied to the improvement of child functioning, and parent-child relationships. Emphasis is placed on play therapy, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of childhood and adolescent disorders, parent education, crisis intervention.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: COUN 5010, COUN 5100, COUN 5810, and LDFS 6200. Restriction: Restricted to COUN majors within the School of Education and Human Development.

This course will prepare students to become more trauma informed and understanding of cooccurring disorders within the realm of substance use and mental health treatment in their future careers of certified addictions counselors and other mental health positions in community and private sectors. The course will also demonstrate inclusivity in TIC.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite courses of COUN 5010 and COUN 5810, and (COUN 5820 or COUN 5200). At time of creation, COUN 5820 was re-numbered as COUN 5200 and has not been reutilized elsewhere. Both numbers are included for clarity (especially for students).

This course offers the tools to provide developmental counseling services in the schools, including prevention through classroom counseling activities linked with the curriculum, and responsive services.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of COUN 5815. Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development.

This course addresses individual diagnosis from a variety of perspectives: Biological, developmental, medical, neurological, psychosocial, cultural and interpersonal. It will provide students with a broad theoretical base for understanding psychopathology, from not only an individual, descriptive, symptom-based perspective as presented in the DSM-5, but also from a contextual systemic perspective including developmental hallmarks, familial patterns and socio-cultural contributors.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: COUN 5010 and 5810 or CMFT 5150 and CMFT 6180 Restriction: Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development.

This course provides learners with a deeper understanding of field traumatology and compassion fatigue from standpoints of both practitioner and educator. The topics covered in this course include field traumatology, disaster mental health, Psychological First Aid (PFA), CF educator role, CF practitioner role and additional topics related to trauma.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite courses of COUN 5010 and COUN 5810, and (COUN 5820 or COUN 5200). At time of creation, COUN 5820 was re-numbered as COUN 5200 and has not been reutilized elsewhere. Both numbers are included for clarity (especially for students).

This course includes didactic and experiential learning to understand play as a therapeutic modality for children. This course introduces the history of play therapy as well as core skills, theories, and techniques that are unique to play therapy. Students who take this course will be better prepared to work therapeutically with children.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: COUN 5010, COUN 5100, COUN 5330, COUN 5810, LDFS 6200.

Typically Offered: Fall.

Learn and practice advanced techniques for addressing adult and adolescent clinical problems. Examine efficacy research on specific counseling techniques as associated with particular approaches in counseling.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Requires prerequisite course of COUN 5010 and COUN 5810 and (COUN 5820 or COUN 5200). Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development. 5820 renumbered to 5200, still included for clarity.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development

Grading Basis: Letter Grade with IP

Restriction: Restricted to COUN and CAFT majors within the School of Education and Human Development

Additional Information: Report as Full Time.