PSY 536 - Community Mental Health Counseling

Units: 3
When Offered: Fall
This course introduces the student to the contemporary context of community mental health settings. Course content emphasizes recovery-oriented treatment for severe mental illness, disaster and trauma response, services for victims of abuse, the homeless, foster care services, case management, client advocacy, in-home and in-school services, bilingual client services, professional collaboration and medical family therapy. This is an elective course for which students wishing to pursue licensure as a Professional Clinical Counselor in the State of California should register.
Grade Type: Letter Grade
Pre- or Co- Requisite(s): PSY 535