RP 400 Essentials of Distance Education

This course is often the student’s first opportunity to try a distance learning format. It is designed to aid the student through his or her distance education journey. It will help the student know what is expected for distance learning and aid the student in finding the answers needed to accomplish this goal. Finally, this course will prepare the student on how to begin college writing.

CP 593 Group Work

Students taking this course need to be familiar with the history and theories of group work. This course will focus on procedures, group dynamics, effective group leadership, member selection, as well as ethical and legal aspects of group work. Different styles of group leadership will be discussed.

CP 572 Dealing with Verbal Aggression

Words can and do hurt. As a practitioner, you will become aware of the importance of recognizing verbal attacks. This course will give the student insight about conversations, silences, body language, facial expression, tone of voice and more. Not only will students learn how to recognize verbal attacks, but they will also learn how to defend themselves in any situation.

FL 502 Focal Groups

In this course, the student will explore basic concepts and group intervention techniques as applied to co-dependency, survivors of rape, shyness, adult survivors of incest, agoraphobia, survivors of toxic parents, depression, domestic violence offenders, alcohol and drug abuse, eating disorders, and parental training.

CP 583 Practicum: Application of Counseling Skills

Students doing counseling on any level need to develop observational skills, sensitivity to body language and the tone of voice of the client while remaining aware of their own impact on the counseling interaction. This practicum will take into account the level of sophistication of the student and will require the following: students will tape ten 15-minute segments of interviews, counseling, or therapeutic sessions. Students will be required to transcribe those sessions in writing.

CP 582 Wisdom in the Practice of Psychotherapy

This course is based on experiences of treatment and will illustrate a wide variety of situations to prepare the practitioner with experience in counseling or therapy. The course will address psychological theories and their limitations, patient withdrawal, the mythology of therapeutic settings, the subtleties of clinical listening, patterns of therapeutic relationships, the subtleties and difficulties in verbal communications, treatment processes, techniques and boundaries of therapy, as well as the deceptions of curative agents in psychotherapeutic procedure. This course transcends the direct applications of techniques into a sphere encompassing a global view of the interaction between the client and therapist.

CP 588 Advanced Case Studies in Counseling

This course is geared toward developing the student’s critical abilities. The course will require the student to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of several transcribed cases.

CP 589 Group Counseling: Concepts and Procedures

Group leaders need to be aware and anticipate problems that arise in group interactions. Students will be provided with an insightful and practical examination of group counseling procedures applicable to children, adolescents, adults and the elderly. Also included will be techniques for abused children, juvenile offenders, and clients with chronic conditions.

CP 580 Advanced Application of Drawings in the Process of Assessment

This course will teach the student the possible dangers involved in hypnotherapy and/or counseling and will offer techniques that will be useful in assessing the pathology as well as all the modalities the therapist needs in working with the client. DAPTH is an invaluable technique of assessment for any counselor or hypnotherapist. This technique provides the counselor or hypnotherapist with an assessment tool when measuring the strengths and weaknesses of the client’s personality.

AD 590 Clinical Training – 1,000 Hour Externship

The student will be required to document 1,000 hours of applied clinical observations and experiences to demonstrate knowledge in the field of addiction counseling at the Master’s Degree level.

TH 510 MA Thesis – 15,000-word minimum

Upon completion of the required credit hours of coursework, the student will submit a 15,000-word thesis, demonstrating his or her understanding of the field of their choice. Students will have to demonstrate their grasp of the basic concepts in their fields and are encouraged to do a comparative study of techniques or philosophies. Students will be able to apply to the thesis some of their homework, if relevant to the proposal.