This course provides current information related to ethical standards and legal mandates associated with professional counseling. The course covers ethical decision-making models in counseling and laws associated with professional practices at the national and state levels.

This course provides current information and best practices in both legal and ethical constructs in the field of professional counseling. Students will engage in self-directed, and instructor guided learnings focusing on topics including tests and assessments, diversity, career counseling, and program evaluation. Students will also acquire knowledge and skills in advocating for never and underserved populations.

This course provides the range of theories and philosophies used in professional counseling. Topics covered include specific theoretical orientations and the associated skills and techniques. Included in this course are issues of social justice, crisis management and evidence-based approaches to therapy.

This course offers students the opportunity to examine the ways that research can inform counseling practices. Using evidenced-based counseling is critical for client welfare and the application of ethical practices in counseling. Students will learn differential research methods across both quantitative and qualitative research. Mixed-methods research will also be discussed as an emerging approach to research in counseling.

This course requires students to apply evidenced-based counseling approaches to clinical cases. Students engage in theory-based treatment planning and formation of client goals for treatment.

This course provides students’ knowledge and information on the processes involved in developing a research project. Specifically, students will learn how to develop a successful literature review on a counseling-related topic and then develop a professional conference-level poster.

Through a combination of didactic and experiential learning, this course introduces students to select evidence based integrative health modalities and systems of care that can enhance and support the mental health and well-being of their future clients while also promoting the student’s own self-care. Students will review the evidence for lifestyle medicine and integrative health care to support mental health in general and mood disorders specifically with a special emphasis on nutrition, dietary and herbal supplements, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, meditation, physical activity, and the expressive arts.

This course is a survey of developmentally based processes identified in the field of counseling. Topics include typical human behavior, including moral and cognitive development across the lifespan according to Erikson, Piaget, Marcia, and Kohlberg.

This course prepares students to participate effectively as part of an interprofessional team in order to promote collaborative and non- hierarchical, patient centered, outcome focused care. Students will learn about the current healthcare landscape, the scope of practice of different conventional and integrative health care professions, how to function effectively as part of a health care team, and the positive impact of interprofessional collaboration on the quadruple aim of health care.

This course focuses on clinically oriented practices to address developmental issues observed in counseling. Students will analyze and then develop case conceptualizations and treatment plans to work successfully with clients with developmental issues and challenge.

This course provides students with a variety of mental health related, career-related, and personality-based tests and assessments used in counseling. Students will successfully proctor and score several assessments. Further, students will understand the limitations of tests and assessments in counseling along with the need to understand psychometric properties associated with each instrument the use with clients.

This course requires students to apply assessment and appraisal techniques to case studies. Students will use data from multiple measures to improve the counseling process. Specifically, students will combine outcome data from projective techniques (thematic apperception test, early recollections, dreams), with formal assessments and tests (e.g., Beck Depression Inventory-II), and personality instruments (e.g., Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator), to influence and guide their clinical direction with clients.

This course is a combination of students engaging in counseling and counseling activities at their chosen site while meeting weekly with their instructor and class. Students will complete a minimum of 15 direct counseling hours and 40 total hours (includes both direct and indirect counseling). Additionally, students will meet weekly for one and a half (1 ½) hours of group supervision each week with their instructor, and one (1) hour of individual/triadic supervision each week with their approved site supervisor.

This course is a combination of students engaging in counseling and counseling activities at their chosen site while meeting weekly with their instructor and class. Students will complete a minimum of 25 direct counseling hours and 60 total hours (includes both direct and indirect counseling). Additionally, students will meet weekly for one and a half (1 ½) hours of group supervision each week with their instructor, and one (1) hour of individual/triadic supervision each week with their approved site supervisor. Note that for a student to take Internship I (A), they must have completed a total of 40 direct hours, 60 indirect hours (100 total hours) across Counseling Practicum I and II.

This course is a combination of students engaging in counseling and counseling activities at their chosen site while meeting weekly with their instructor and class. Students will complete a minimum of 30 direct counseling hours and 75 total hours (includes both direct and indirect counseling). Additionally, students will meet weekly for one and a half (1 ½) hours of group supervision each week with their instructor, and one (1) hour of individual/triadic supervision each week with their approved site supervisor.

This course is a combination of students engaging in counseling and counseling activities at their chosen site while meeting weekly with their instructor and class. Students will complete a minimum of 30 direct counseling hours and 75 total hours (includes both direct and indirect counseling). Additionally, students will meet weekly for one and a half (1 ½) hours of group supervision each week with their instructor, and one (1) hour of individual/triadic supervision each week with their approved site supervisor.

This course is a combination of students engaging in counseling and counseling activities at their chosen site while meeting weekly with their instructor and class. Students will complete a minimum of 30 direct counseling hours and 75 total hours (includes both direct and indirect counseling). Additionally, students will meet weekly for one and a half (1 ½) hours of group supervision each week with their instructor, and one (1) hour of individual/triadic supervision each week with their approved site supervisor.

This course covers technologies associated with the documentation, facilitation and communication used in professional counseling. Specific technologies including Zoom, Therapynotes, and VSee will be explored, and legal and ethical issues related to the use of technology will be addressed.

This course is a combination of students engaging in counseling and counseling activities at their chosen site while meeting weekly with their instructor and class. Students will complete a minimum of 30 direct counseling hours and 75 total hours (includes both direct and indirect counseling). Additionally, students will meet weekly for one and a half (1 ½) hours of group supervision each week with their instructor, and one (1) hour of individual/triadic supervision each week with their approved site supervisor.

This course prepares students for success in the business of clinical mental health counseling from establishing, marketing, and managing a successful clinical practice to monetizing their knowledge in innovative ways. Diverse practice models will be explored.