Trauma Counseling.

Catalog description

This course on provides an advanced exploration of trauma including strategies for assessing, managing, and providing short and long term- treatment for acute and chronic stress reactions. Empirically supported risk and protective factors, and evidence-based treatments are emphasized. The course will highlight the development of trauma within a sociopolitical context to inform a culturally responsive intervention approach. Students will also learn how to critically examine assumptions of trauma interventions, to consider potential harms of trauma intervention, and to identify gaps and limitations in contemporary knowledge about trauma intervention.