Individual and group clinical practice with intensive supervision totalling more than 100 hours over eight months. The course includes an average of one hour individual supervision and 1.5 hours of group supervision each week. Students must complete a minimum of 40 direct client hours, of which at least 10 hours must be group work. Any incomplete hours must be made up during internship placements. The practicum course is designed to be completed in teams of five students and a faculty supervisor. Practicum I and II must be completed consecutively.

Individual and group clinical practice with intensive supervision totalling more than 100 hours over eight months. The course includes an average of one hour individual supervision and 1.5 hours of group supervision each week. Students must complete a minimum of 40 direct client hours, of which at least 10 hours must be group work. Any incomplete hours must be made up during internship placements. The practicum course is designed to be completed in teams of five students and a faculty supervisor. Practicum I and II must be completed consecutively.

Students are engaged in this course using a laboratory format. Classes include conceptual presentations on advanced counselling skills, in-class demonstrations, and triad exercises designed to facilitate counsellor development. Students also analyze and transcribe portions of video recordings of sessions. Professional roles, functions, preparation standards, ethics, and cultural differences are addressed.

Provides a critical introduction to scholarly literature on cultural, philosophical, historical, and theological perspectives on counselling, psychotherapy and research. Students explore their personal worldviews in relationship to professional, biblical, and scientific standards and begin to formulate their approaches to serving in socially, spiritually and culturally diverse professional settings. The course is taught and is to be attended sequentially over three terms. Each successive 1 s. h.

Provides a critical introduction to scholarly literature on cultural, philosophical, historical, and theological perspectives on counselling, psychotherapy and research. Students explore their personal worldviews in relationship to professional, biblical, and scientific standards and begin to formulate their approaches to serving in socially, spiritually and culturally diverse professional settings. The course is taught and is to be attended sequentially over three terms. Each successive 1 s. h.

Provides a critical introduction to scholarly literature on cultural, philosophical, historical, and theological perspectives on counselling, psychotherapy and research. Students explore their personal worldviews in relationship to professional, biblical, and scientific standards and begin to formulate their approaches to serving in socially, spiritually and culturally diverse professional settings. The course is taught and is to be attended sequentially over three terms. Each successive 1 s. h.

Helps to orient students to several significant research areas in counselling and psychology as well as issues critical to the successful completion of thesis research. Students present their research ideas in class and develop a research proposal.

The course covers advanced quantitative and qualitative data analysis strategies, such as: multiple regression, different models of analysis of variance, factor analysis, content analysis and coding across several qualitative methods (e.g., grounded theory, phenomenology, ECIT, etc.). An additional focus of the course will be on integrating quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods (mixed methods research).

An overview of some of the most useful major career development theories and resources. A wide range of issues such as gender, culture, socio-economic status, age, and mental health concerns are also addressed, as these issues impinge upon career. Students are introduced to a variety of career counselling and implementation strategies within the current labour market. In addition, each student completes a set of career assessment instruments, and interprets them for a class partner.

An overview of meta-theory and skill applications necessary for leadership of effective group processes. Participants develop and demonstrate introductory group facilitation skills. In addition to an overview of group dynamics, the course includes an introduction to the major models of group counselling and therapy, and a laboratory section to facilitate the development of group counselling skills and competencies. Ethics and cultural differences are also addressed.