Learn how to work with diverse clients in various clinical environments, such as private practice, hospitals, schools, non-profit organizations, and public or private mental health agencies. Help clients achieve their goals through the application of skills to support individuals, children, families, couples, and groups. Education should hold practical value. This course addresses various dimensions of human development from infancy to old age. Emphasis is placed on biological, cognitive, and psychosocial development within the context of gender, family systems, social roles, and culture.
Some topics included will be childbirth, child rearing, parenting and step-parenting, aging, long term care, end-of-Life and grief. Students evaluate clinical situations and assess potential therapeutic interventions in context. This course explores models of personality theory, psychotherapy, and counseling practice, including psychodynamic, affective, cognitive behavioral, humanistic, interpersonal, multicultural, and systems theory.
It incorporates evidence-based practices and cultural diversity issues allowing students to establish a strong theoretical foundation as the basis of clinical practice. This course covers legal and ethical responsibilities of the marriage and family counselor, including California state laws governing mental health professionals.
Students learn how to apply ethical decision-making models with a recovery-oriented care approach to diverse populations. This course covers multicultural counseling within the context of a mental health recovery-oriented care model.
It addresses multicultural development and cross-cultural interaction involving the psychological, psychotherapeutic, community and health implications with specific attention on California cultures. This course provides an overview of the fundamentals of research and evaluation in the counseling profession. Topics include critical analysis of research literature, statistical analysis, qualitative and quantitative research methods, needs assessment, and program evaluation.
