Counseling Across the Lifespan

Catalog description

This course is designed for students/practitioners who are intending to enter the counseling field. This course helps students to view their clients from a developmental perspective with the understanding that development does not take place in isolation; rather, human development is deeply embedded within and inseparable from the context of family, social network and culture. Students analyze the basic assumptions held by behaviorists, constructivists, developmental systems theorists and nativists, and consider how these paradigms influence knowledge about human behavior. This course is also designed to help counselors recognize the importance of individual and systemic influences on human growth and development and emphasizes the role of service to others as essential to a sense of well-being and self-esteem.