COUN 601 - Trauma and Grief Counseling

(3 units)

Prerequisites: COUN 556 or consent of instructor.
Required course for students in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program and a recommended course for graduate students in the other Counseling Programs. Overview of developmentally informed models of trauma response, identifying and assessing problematic responses to trauma and loss, and guidelines for working with traumatized children, adolescents and families in various settings. Current treatment approaches of forms of post-traumatic distress and traumatic bereavement.

Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students with credit in EDP 601.