COUN 510A - Applied Counseling Techniques and Assessment

Unit(s): 4

This course helps students to develop necessary basic multiculturally competent assessment and counseling skills to prepare them for field based training experiences in a wide variety of settings. Students will learn interview and assessment methodologies including intake interviewing, crisis assessment, and suicide assessment. Training is done through the use of videotape feedback and in-class practice demonstrations involving personal disclosure, role-play, and group and instructor feedback. This course is normally taken in the first semester by new students. This course also includes focus on 2 units of special topics toward the California LPCC license. Course restricted to Counseling M.A. students only.

Prerequisite(s): Course restricted to Counseling MA Students only.
Typically Offered Fall Only
Teaching Mode: Face-to-Face Grading: Graded