Child/Family Therapy Concentration Requirements
(60 credits)
1. Core Courses (45 credits)
- PY 500 Educational and Career Counseling, Mental Health Counseling
- PY 516 Human Development: Life Span
- PY 521 Research Design, Methods and Evaluation
- PY 570 Professional Issues in Counseling
- PY 572 Concepts of Mental Health and Mental Illness
- PY 574 Clinical Psychopharmacology
- PY 586 Theories and Techniques of Counseling
- PY 610 Group Counseling
- PY 620 Advanced Counseling Techniques
- PY 625 Psychological Testing
- PY 688 Cultural Bases of Counseling
- PY 630B Internship (6 credits, 300 hours)
- PY 631B Internship (6 credits, 300 hours)
2. Concentration and elective courses (15 credits)
- PY 611 Couples and Family Therapy
- PY 615 Child and Adolescent Counseling: Clinical and School Applications
- PY 621 Advanced Child and Adolescent Counseling
- Two electives approved by the administrators of the program.
3. PY 587 Practicum (non-credit)
A non-credit Practicum experience consisting of at least 100 hours of documented, supervised counseling experience in an approved setting is required before the student is permitted to enroll in internship.
