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Counseling Psychology

(faculty, see Department of Educational Psychology)

(CPSY)

612. Planning and Organizing Comprehensive Guidance Programs. (3-2). Credit 4.

Purposes and functions of a guidance program; components of a comprehensive guidance program; systems approach to implementing a comprehensive guidance program for elementary and secondary students and adults. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

626. Psychopathology. (3-0). Credit 3.

Causes, course, outcomes and treatment of abnormal and maladaptive behavior; degrees of variation possible from normal adaptive behavior; biological, developmental, social, cultural and psychological perspective on abnormal behavior. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross-listed with PSYC 626.

630. Foundations of Counseling. (3-0). Credit 3.

Philosophical, psychological and sociological concepts fundamental to counseling and related helping professions. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

631. Techniques of Counseling. (3-0). Credit 3.

Methods and procedures descriptive of the counseling process; dynamics of counselor-counselee relationship; interviewing techniques; use of test results in counseling. Prerequisites: CPSY 630; approval of department head.

632. Career Counseling. (3-0). Credit 3.

Theories of career development; sources, classification and analysis of educational, occupational and social information including occupational trends, post-secondary programs and financial planning; use of occupational-educational information, appropriate psychological measures and computerized guidance systems. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

633. Introduction to Group Process. (2-3). Credit 3.

Principles, procedures and processes of group approaches to assisting individuals in their personal growth and development in educational settings; participation as member of a personal growth group required. Prerequisites: CPSY 630; approval of department head.

634. Group Counseling and Psychotherapy. (3-0). Credit 3.

Major contemporary approaches to group counseling and psychotherapy; experiential learning in a simulated group process; integration of theory and practical applications. Prerequisites: CPSY 631; CPSY 633 or equivalent; approval of department head.

639. Counseling Practicum I. (2-3). Credit 3.

Supervised experience in individual counseling; cases assigned in the counseling laboratory on campus; off-campus counseling in schools and various agencies also assigned at supervisor’s discretion. Prerequisites: CPSY 631 and 632; approval of instructor six weeks prior to registration; approval of department head.

662. Professional Issues in Counseling Psychology. (3-0). Credit 3.

Legal, ethical, economic and practical issues that impact the training, credentialing, placement and marketing of counseling psychologists and their services. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

664. Counseling Practicum II. (1-6). Credit 3.

Supervised experience in individual and group counseling requiring advanced technical skills; continuing counseling relationships with various, selected subjects. Prerequisites: CPSY 639; approval of department head six weeks prior to registration.

666. Practicum in Counselor Supervision. (1-6). Credit 3.

Supervised experience in directing counseling and guidance activities of students involved in practicum and field experiences; intended for individuals preparing to become counselor educators or supervisors. Prerequisites: CPSY 664; approval of department head; application six weeks prior to registration.

671. Dying and Bereavement. (3-0). Credit 3.

Exposure to experiences of others on the topic of dying and loss both through readings and through class presentations and discussions; offers new ways to think about death in general, as well as one’s own death and those of one’s loved ones; provides mental health provider a foundation in concepts/process of death, loss and bereavement. Prerequisites: Graduate classification and approval of department head.

672. Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy. (3-0). Credit 3.

Comprehensive and intensive study of major theoretical positions in counseling and psychotherapy; implications for research and practice. Prerequisites: CPSY 631; approval of department head.

673. Advanced Psychotherapeutic Skills. (3-0). Credit 3.

Didactic/experiential course, designed for students in professional psychology programs; variety of psychotherapeutic interventions in short and long term counseling with adults; ways to access affective processes. Prerequisites: Practicum; approval of instructor and department head.

674. Gender Issues in Psychotherapy. (3-0). Credit 3.

Designed for students training to become professional psychologists; gender socialization, relationship among males and females, and affect of gender on therapeutic relationship in individual, family and group counseling. Prerequisites: Admission into professional psychology program; approval of department head.

676. Family Counseling and Psychotherapy. (3-0). Credit 3.

Basic concepts and techniques in marriage and family counseling; marital communication and growth relationships. Prerequisites: CPSY 631 and 633; approval of instructor and department head.

677. Practicum in Clinical Geropsychology. (1-6). Credit 3.

Practicum in theory and strategies for providing mental health services to the elderly; training and supervision of individual counseling and community mental health approaches in a variety of settings. Prerequisites: Human service experience; approval of instructor and department head.

678. Couples Therapy. (3-0). Credit 3.

Theory and practice of marital therapy emphasizing systems and communication approaches; effective strategies and techniques; therapy with specific marital problems, and obstacles to effective therapy. Repeatable to 6 hours. Prerequisites: CPSY 631 and 639 or equivalent; approval of instructor. Cross-listed with PSYC 678.

679. Multicultural Counseling. (3-0). Credit 3.

Effective communication skills in cross-cultural counseling or helping relationships; integration of theoretical knowledge with experiential learning; psychosocial factors and lifestyles of cultural groups; effect on counseling relationships. Prerequisites: Graduate classification and approval of department head.

683. Field Practicum in... Credit 1 to 15.

Supervised experience in professional employment settings in educational psychology. Wide range of practical experiences and activities that are closely supervised by departmental faculty. Repeatable to 15 hours total. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor and department head.

684. Professional Internship. Credit 1 to 4 each semester.

Limited to advanced doctoral students; faculty supervised experience in approved professional employment settings; applications for September assignments must be approved the previous October. May be repeated up to 9 hours. Prerequisites: Completion of required course work except CPSY 684 and 691; approval of department head.

685. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 4 each semester.

Directed individual study of selected problems. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

688. Research Proposal Development. (3-2). Credit 4.

This seminar models the processes of developing and defending research proposals. Prerequisites: EPSY 640 and 641 or approval of instructor; approval of department head. Cross-listed with EPSY 688.

689. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4 each semester.

Selected topic in an identified area of counseling psychology. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

690. Theory of Counseling Psychology Research. (3-0). Credit 3.

Theory and design of research problems and experiments in counseling psychology; communication of research proposals and results; evaluation of current research of faculty and students and review of current literature. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor and department head.

691. Research. Credit 1 or more each semester.

Research for thesis or dissertation. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.