COU67360/PSY6736 - Crisis, Trauma and Emergency Response Issues in Counseling

(3 units)

This course introduces students to the knowledge, skills and professional dispositions, needed to address crisis and trauma counseling issues with diverse populations. Diagnosis and treatment of PTSD in a variety of populations, cultures, and age ranges will be addressed. This course will also incorporate: crisis theory; cognitive, affective, behavioral, and neurological effects associated with trauma, and differential diagnosis. The short-term and long-term effects of early childhood crises and trauma including; assessment and interventions strategies are reviewed. Also covered are effective emergency response interventions for clinical counselors during crises situations and disasters.