Mental Health Systems, Practice, and Advocacy in Diverse Communities

Catalog description

Explores counseling practices and social justice advocacy in various mental health systems and settings across diverse communities, including individuals with historically marginalized ethnic, sexual, and gender identities; foster youth; immigrants; and veterans. Addresses interventions and service delivery of mental health recovery oriented care to vulnerable groups and severely mentally ill individuals, including mental health assessment, collaborative treatment, advocacy, and case management in consideration of the effects of socioeconomic status and community resources. Also covers human sexuality and assessment and treatment of psychosexual dysfunction. Enrollment Restrictions: Enrollment restricted to students in the Master’s in Clinical Counseling Psychology program, who have obtained consent of program director.