PSYC 639 - Advanced Parent and Child Problems

(3 hours) Prerequisites: Admission to the MS Program, PSYC 537 and PSYC 538. This course provides advanced training for students in assessing and treating parent-child problems encountered in marriage and family counseling. Special attention is given to understanding the psychology of parenthood and counseling strategies for helping parents deal with childhood problems like defiance, attention-deficits, anxiety, and compulsions, and with the special problems associated with single and step-parenting. Consideration is also given to counseling strategies with children using play therapy, as well as the ethical and practical issues that must be addressed when counseling minors.