Social, Cultural, and Family Issues

Catalog description

This course emphasizes the development of students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes for effective counseling with persons from all social, cultural, and family backgrounds. Attention is given to exploring students’ awareness of their own values, attitudes, and beliefs as they relate to the counseling process. Topic areas explored include the studies of change; social, cultural, and individual/family backgrounds; family systems; urban and rural patterns; and lifestyles.