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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 in public and mental health settings. Prerequisite: Graduate classification; 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 education, public and mental health settings; participation as member of a personal growth 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 in mental and public health settings; 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 engaged in the counseling laboratory on campus; off-campus counseling in schools and various public and mental health settings 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 in public and mental health settings. 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 in public and mental health settings; ways to access affective process. 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 in public and mental health settings; 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 for use in public and mental health settings; 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 in public and mental health settings; 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 public and mental health settings in counseling psychology. Wide range of practical experiences and activities that are closely supervised by departmental faculty. Repeatable to 15 hours. Prerequisite: Graduate classification; approval of department head.

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

Limited to advanced doctoral students; faculty supervised experience in approved professional public and mental health employment settings; application 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.