EPSY 641 - Child and Youth Psychotherapy

Units: 3
Theories, research, and techniques of psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of children, youth and their families. Developmental considerations, assessment, diagnosis, and interventions; working with special populations. Experiential component combining theory and practice.

Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

An understanding of various cultures and the social and psychological implications of socioeconomic position, and an understanding of how poverty and social stress impact an individual’s mental health recovery.
Provide students with the opportunity to meet with various consumers and family members of consumers of mental health services to enhance understanding of their experience of mental illness, treatment, and recovery.
Applied use of theory and psychotherapeutic techniques.
Assessment, diagnosis, and prognosis.
Treatment of individuals and premarital, couple, family, and child relationships, including trauma and abuse, dysfunctions, healthy functioning, health promotion, illness prevention, and working with families.
Professional writing, including documentation of services, treatment plans, and progress notes.
How to connect people with resources that deliver the quality of services and support needed in the community.