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This course provides an overview of human behavior including diversity and cultural pluralism. Multicultural theories and models of counseling and consulting are presented and examined.

The major goal of this course is to provide students an introduction to career development and career counseling with an emphasis on counseling populations with special needs, career decision-making, career adjustment, and changing careers. A comparison between career and personal counseling will be made. Practical techniques and real-life examples will be presented in order for the student to effectively counsel clients about career issues.

This course is a graduate-level introduction to group counseling and group work. Students explore the application of various group approaches to specific client populations and clinical settings. Students are introduced to the influence of the social environment on an individual's beliefs and behaviors. The course also provides an experiential opportunity for students to develop self- and other-awareness through participating as both members and leaders.

This course surveys family counseling theories and techniques with special emphasis on family relationships, assessment, intervention, treatment, and a gender, cultural, and ethnic sensitivity to families.

In this class, students will engage in online discussions, participate in exercises and role plays, review videos that show the translation of theory to practice, and attend lectures on the importance of theory for prevention and intervention. We'll look at research that has supported different theories, engage in rich discussions with information to augment your readings, and even role-play some applications of the theories during our class meetings.

The focus in this course is on the development of micro and foundational skills necessary to complete counseling interviews. Emphasis is placed on applying techniques through role-playing and practicing skills in classes. This is a practice-oriented course with major emphasis on applying counseling techniques, considering multicultural issues and analyzing counseling style and performance through a reflection and self-evaluation process.

This course is designed as a group supervision experience where the faculty supervisor provides the opportunity for students to present and discuss cases from their clinical field placement and to receive feedback from the faculty supervisor and counseling student peers. In addition to discussing assessment and treatment related clinical issues, students are encouraged to process the many ways in which counseling personally informs them about the roles and functions of a clinical mental health counselor. Time is also spent examining systems issues that impact treatment and intervention processes.

This course is designed as a group supervision experience where the faculty supervisor provides the opportunity for students to present and discuss cases from their clinical field placement and to receive feedback from the faculty supervisor and counseling student peers. The emphasis of this course will be on case conceptualization, the application of theory to your cases, and the use of clinical evidence to guide assessment and treatment decisions. We will focus on 1) using theory to understand clients' presenting problems and symptoms; 2) obtaining relevant information to support or refute clinical hypotheses; 3) identifying appropriate interventions/techniques; and 4) ascertaining the degree to which the clients' problems and symptoms are decreasing and their functioning is improving. In addition to discussing assessment and treatment related clinical issues, students are encouraged to process the many ways in which the practice of counseling personally informs them about the roles and functions of a clinical mental health counselor. Time is also spent examining systems issues that impact treatment and intervention processes. This course is designed to complement field training supervision rather than be in lieu of on-site supervision.

The major goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding and experience in research methods and techniques commonly employed in counseling and psychotherapy. Emphasis is placed on the ethics, methodology, and study design.

This course examines the practice and application of clinical supervision. Students will explore empirical literature on clinical supervision including, models, approaches, techniques, relationship and process issues, and ethical and legal considerations