Selected Therapies: Existential and Humanistic Therapies

Catalog description

Surveys conceptual foundations and methods of classic and contemporary humanistic and existential psychotherapies and their practical application and implementation with a variety of clinical populations and presenting issues/needs. Students will employ this knowledge/perspective in case conceptualization and treatment planning, engage in case discussions and skills practice, explore supporting research and practical considerations, and critically examine implications for effective, sustainable, and contextually- and culturally-sensitive therapeutic practice. Prereq: Passed CCEs, PSYC 631 (for Clinical Psychology students) or instructor permission (for Social Work graduate students).