Mental Health Counseling
MH 700. INTRODUCTION TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING 3 HRS.
(Prerequisite, consent of instructor.) This course serves as the basic course introducing students to the theoretical and historical framework within which a mental health counselor functions. The student will be introduced to various mental health professions and to the interfacing of all mental health professions.
MH 703. SPECIAL TOPICS IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING 1-3 HRS. To create a new course that enables the Mental Health Counseling program to offer on demand courses about topics of current relevance to the field. MH 703 enables the Mental Health Counseling program to teach on demand a course to provide in-depth-consideration of specialized topics and current issues in Mental Health Counseling.
MH 711. COUNSELING SURVIVORS OF CATSTROPHIC EXPERIENCES 3 CR. HRS. To provide a comprehensive crisis intervention course for mental health professionals which deals with all types of crises, with emphasis on catastrophic experiences.
MH 740. COUNSELING THE ADULT AND AGED 2 HRS. Counseling the Adult and Aged focuses on the issues involved in providing effective counseling for the elderly; the skills needed for counseling the elderly; and knowledge and information related to understanding elderly in our society, their needs, characteristics and special physiological, and social conditions that affect them. The course is appropriate for persons working with, or planning to work with, the elderly segment of the population.
MH 770. RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY COUNSELING 3 HRS. (Prerequisite, 9 graduate hours in Mental Health Counseling or permission required.) This course serves as an introduction to marriage and family counseling. This course presents the basic theories, history, issues and procedures following in marriage and family counseling. In addition, this course focuses on giving the student experience in completing relevant documentation and appraisal instruments pertinent to marriage and family counseling. The ethical, legal, and related professional issues as well as implications of socio-cultural and lifestyle diversity relevant to the field will be covered. Major approaches will be demonstrated and discussed.
MH 830. GROUP PROCESSES IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING 3 HRS. (Prerequisite, 9 graduate hours in Mental Health Counseling or permission required.) This course provides an understanding of group dynamics, stages of group development, group leadership styles, group counseling methods and skills, and presents group process theories and methods applicable in all group counseling settings. Specifically, this course is designed to provide experiential techniques and intervention strategies essential for counselors treating mental disorders in therapeutic groups in mental health settings. Part of this course provides students the opportunity to participate in brief counseling groups facilitated by the professor during which techniques and interventions reflecting various group counseling theorists and group processes are implemented.
MH 860. ASSESSMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING 3 HRS. This course focuses on the theory, standardization, and application of various assessment instruments necessary for conducting a comprehensive Mental Health Evaluation and doing mental health counseling. These assessment instruments include projective and standardized personality tests, aptitude, intelligence, achievement, and interest inventories. Administering, analyzing, and interpreting the findings of assessment instruments and the writing of comprehensive mental health evalutions is the major exphasis of this course.
MH 861. EVALUATION DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING 3 CR. HRS. To supplement the required testing course in the Mental Health Counseling curriculum by adding a behavioral assessment course.
MH 880. THESIS MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING 1-3 HRS. (Prerequisite, ER851 and consent of thesis chair.) To create a new course for thesis in case a student selects the thesis option for the Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling program. The student completes an important research study appropriate to Mental Health Counseling. Prerequisite for the course is Research Design and Writing.
MH 881. RESEARCH PROBLEM IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING 1-3 HRS. To create a new course in case a student wants to work on a research project in Mental Health Counseling program. A project of special interest is investigated by the student under the immediate supervision of a faculty member. This problem can entail a review of the research literature or data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
MH 890. ADMINISTRATION OF MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING PROGRAMS 2 HRS. (Prerequisite, permission required.) This course will provide students with an understanding of various principles of mental health/human services administration and management, and supervision models. Students will explore their own management and supervisory styles as well as principles of effective leadership. Students will gain knowledge in understanding the necessary components for planning and evaluation in human service programming, customer satisfaction, organizational culture, funding resources, and regulations and laws. The Impact of funding sources, e.g. Medicaid, Medicare, and JCAHO and accrediting agencies will also be examined.
MH 891. LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN COUNSELING 1 HR. This course provides an in-depth exploration of critical, ethical, and legal issues facing practicing counselors in mental health, rehabilitation, school, university, and other settings.
MH 898. SUPERVISED PRACTICUM IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING 3 HRS. (Prerequisite, CE 805, CE 810, CE 825 and at least one of the following: CE 820, CE 710, MH 830, RE 832, or MH 700, and permission is required.) This supervised practicum will assist students to improve their counseling skills through counseling sessions with clients. The course provides opportunities for students to obtain supervised practice in the area of group counseling, as well as experience in preparing case notes, consulting with other professionals, and critiquing audio and video tapes of counseling sessions. Students receive one hour of individual and one and one-half hours of group supervision each week. Liability insurance coverage is required.
MH 899. MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING INTERNSHIP 9 HRS. (Prerequisite, MH 898, Supervised Practicum in Mental Health Counseling.) This course supports interns who engage in field experiences at a site or sites that offer opportunities for working with mental health clients. Over the course of their program, interns complete 900 clock hours of experience for 9 hours of academic credit. The intern will engage in individual and group counseling, and may engage in family counseling, substance abuse counseling and work with a variety of populations in various settings. In addition, interns will perform a variety of other activities that a regularly employed staff member in the setting would be expected to perform. The internship is a cognitive and skill-building opportunity that must extend the intern beyond her/his current skill and knowledge base. Each intern will learn experientially through their own site work, as well as from the insights, information, and evaluation of other sites from class peers.
Last Updated January 7, 2008