online msc degree

本推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜涉及从婴儿到老年人类发展的各个方面. Emphasis is placed on biological, cognitive, and psychosocial development within the context of gender, family systems, social roles, and culture. Some topics included will be childbirth, child rearing, parenting and step-parenting, aging, long term care, end-of-Life and grief. Students evaluate clinical situations and assess potential therapeutic interventions in context.

This course explores models of personality theory, psychotherapy, and counseling practice, including psychodynamic, affective, cognitive behavioral, humanistic, interpersonal, multicultural, and systems theory. It incorporates evidence-based practices and cultural diversity issues allowing students to establish a strong theoretical foundation as the basis of clinical practice. 对紧急情况/危机进行评估和干预.

This course covers legal and ethical responsibilities of the marriage and family counselor, 包括加州有关心理健康专业人员的法律. 重点放在当前的法律模式和趋势有关的客户权利, confidentiality, parent consent, multiple relationships, spousal/partner abuse assessment and intervention, child abuse assessment and reporting, elder/dependent adult abuse and assessment, and suicide risk assessment and intervention. Students learn how to apply ethical decision-making models with a recovery-oriented care approach to diverse populations.

This course covers multicultural counseling within the context of a mental health recovery-oriented care model. It addresses multicultural development and cross-cultural interaction involving the psychological, psychotherapeutic, 对社区和健康的影响，特别关注加州文化. Emphasis will be on integrating awareness, knowledge, 以及基于年龄的咨询技巧的异同, race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliations, gender identification, sexual orientation, physical/mental limitations, social class, socioeconomic position, etc.

This course provides an overview of the fundamentals of research and evaluation in the counseling profession. Topics include critical analysis of research literature, statistical analysis, qualitative and quantitative research methods, needs assessment, and program evaluation. 重点放在理解研究和设计之间的联系, theories, 以及在专业咨询实践中成果的运用.

This course covers psychological testing with an emphasis on learning how to integrate testing as an additional tool in counseling. 在咨询领域最常见的测试被识别和审查, 并讨论了以下组成部分:测试的心理测量特性, test selection criteria, administration, interpretation, and reporting of test results.

This course introduces students to models and tools of assessment and diagnosis for the purpose of developing competency in evaluation and treatment planning for professional counseling practice. 学生将学习和实践入学评估技术, mental status examinations, suicide risk assessment and Intervention, 使用精神疾病诊断与统计手册(DSM), outcome‐based treatment planning, and behavioral analysis. Emphasis is placed on writing clear, accurate, and useful assessments and treatment plans. 多元文化和伦理问题的评估也进行了探讨.

Students build on the skills gained in previous courses, focusing on the more complex or problematic disorders. Students enhance their skills by using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders® for report‐writing and treatment plan development. Emphasis is on accepted treatment approaches and outcome‐based assessments; the development of critical‐thinking skills; and on multicultural, legal, and ethical issues.

本推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜着重于个人咨询的强化技能建设. The relationship between assessment, theory, application of strategy and intervention, setting goals with clients, closure, 并强调转诊是咨询环境的必要条件. Emphasis is also placed on treatment plans, ethics, and cultural diversity using mental health recovery-oriented care and methods of service delivery.

Portfolio II is a competency evaluation of professional dispositions and readiness to progress in the Master of Counseling/Marriage, Family, and Child Therapy program. Portfolio II provides an integrative experience requiring the student to bring together all of what has been learned in previous courses in the program and to demonstrate how that learning has been applied. Topics include professional and personal development; application of theory to practice; and sensitivity to diversity issues. 学生将展示自己的吸收、评估和治疗计划能力. The Portfolio II course is 2 weeks in length, 与老师和同学进行重要的同步互动.

This course provides an overview of the development of family systems theory as a discipline and the therapeutic approaches that have emerged. Historic and fundamental concepts of family systems theory are addressed with an integrative approach to the treatment of the broad range of presenting problems that arise within couple and family relationships. Using mental health recovery-oriented care and methods of service delivery students will explore the major systems theories' approaches to diagnosis, treatment, and change and explore culture-specific interventions used for the treatment of diverse families.

This course prepares students to understand and treat issues involving individual human sexuality and to use the current developmental and systemic methods to treat couples in distress. Topics include the physiology, psychology, 以及与性行为相关的社会文化变量, gender identity, and assessment and treatment of psychosexual dysfunction. Students will develop familiarity with the language and terms of sexology and demonstrate an ability to apply this knowledge to clinical situations. Students will gain intensive skill building in systemic couples treatment for premarital relations, marriage, committed partnerships, multi-partner relationships, parenting, blended families, and separation/divorce/widowhood. Students will demonstrate competency in working with culturally-diverse populations using a mental health recovery oriented care model.

This course provides students with intensive knowledge, awareness, and skill‐building in group counseling. Content emphasizes such areas as different types of groups, dynamics, norms and boundaries, leadership styles, leading and co‐leading, and treatment plans. Confidentiality, selection procedures, ethics, 多样性是有效的团体咨询实践的关键组成部分.

The course examines the history, biochemistry, main effects and side effects of prescription psychotropic medication and biological bases of human behavior in relation to cognition, emotions and mental health. Topics include an overview of neuroanatomy and biochemistry, biological concepts of mental distress, and principles of drug action and metabolism. Ethics, methods of working with medical personnel, 精神药物对家庭系统的影响也包括在内.

This course addresses addiction concepts and counseling practices in treatment of co-occurring disorders and addictions. Topics include an overview of dependency theories, major substances of abuse, assessment, diagnosis, treatment modalities, special topics, and working with diverse populations using mental health recovery-oriented care and methods of service delivery.

This course provides the student with a comprehensive overview of vocational theory and career counseling. It includes the historical foundations of vocational theory and the relationship of these to skills and techniques utilized in career counseling and vocational development practices. Vocational and career counseling is examined as an integral component of the overall assessment and treatment of clients representing diverse populations found within the scope of community, mental health, and marriage and family counseling. Emphasis is placed on the examination of adults in transition and the nature of work in a changing world. Students develop competencies necessary to provide career and vocational counseling to clients across the lifespan.

This course exposes students to a variety of models in the treatment of children and adolescents, including the developmental variables that may have an effect on behavior and family intervention. Systemic approaches to treatment of chronic illness, incest, delinquent behavior, adolescent chemical dependency, child suicide, psychosomatic disorders, families in crisis, fire setting, school phobia, and other behaviors and learning problems are explored.

In this course, 学生将被要求运用婚姻和家庭咨询理论, along with therapy skills acquired throughout the program. 学生将更深入地了解如何与不同的家庭一起工作, families in transition, families with mental health issues, families facing crisis and trauma, along with current trends in marriage and family counseling.

Portfolio III is 2-weeks in length, 与老师和同学进行重要的同步互动. The final Portfolio focuses on the practical application of Marital and Family Counseling/Systems Approach using advanced counseling skills and competencies. This Portfolio is used to assess professional dispositions and readiness for work with diverse populations during clinical placement in practicum and internship courses. Specific topics include professional orientation, professional identity, personal growth, and self‐care.

This course focuses on the assessment and continuing development of student counseling and clinical documentation skills. Students have a variety of opportunities to receive feedback and to evaluate their ability to integrate theory into practice. 学生决定自己的风格和优势作为专业咨询从业人员, as well as identify areas needing further development. Individualized practice sessions, case management skills, and feedback are designed into the course.

The Marriage/Family/Child Counseling Internship is a clinical experience required of all MFCC students. 实习分为两个部分，每个部分持续15周. 实习经历包括咨询作品集系列的作品集III. Students are placed in community agencies where they provide clinical marriage/family/child counseling services to clients under the direction of an approved licensed site supervisor.

The Marriage/Family/Child Counseling Internship is a clinical experience required of all MFCC students. 实习分为两个部分，每个部分持续15周. 实习经历包括咨询作品集系列的作品集III. Students are placed in community agencies where they provide clinical marriage/family/child counseling services to clients under the direction of an approved licensed site supervisor.