Helping Skills in Mental Health Intervention

Catalog description

This course will assist you in developing an understanding of mental health intervention through examining individual and group counseling microskills. This course will utilize practical skill building activities to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively intervene in clinical situations. Students will be guided through the stages of counseling both within a single session and across the span of treatment. This course explores issues of building therapeutic relationships, accurate empathy, treatment planning, culturally responsive approaches to counseling, therapeutic efficacy and crisis prevention, response, and recovery. Prerequisite: graduate standing.