PSY85543C - Advanced Clinical Skills - Psychotherapy: Child Therapy

(3 Units)

This course will explore the theory, research and clinical applications in the field of child psychotherapy. Students are expected to learn the professional procedures for initiating a therapeutic relationship with a child as a client, as well as their legal and ethical responsibilities regarding that relationship. The course covers a variety of therapeutic interventions and the typical problems they are best suited to treat, with the emphasis on developmentally, ethnically, legally, and culturally responsive strategies in order to meet treatment needs of child clients.