Domestic Violence

Catalog description

This course covers counseling processes and psychotherapeutic techniques of practice used by marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and art psychotherapists in a culturally diverse society. Students learn how to work with bilingual clients and special populations, the impact of cultural factors, how to understand spousal or partner abuse assessments, and same-gender abuse dynamics. Students develop knowledge of detection and intervention strategies, community resources, assessment and treatment planning, specific treatment issues, and application of counseling constructs.