2023-2024 General Catalog

PSY 6519 Crisis and Trauma Counseling

The focus of this course is on the assessment, intervention and treatment of individuals, families, and communities that have experienced crisis, disaster and/or trauma. Major theoretical models of situational crises are demonstrated across a variety of service delivery systems. Crisis intervention theory and models are applied to a variety of problems including suicide, sexual assault, violent behavior, domestic violence/intimate partner violence, substance abuse, grief and loss, and mass tragedies. The emphasis of this course is on recovery and resilience.

Credits

3