The focus of learning in this course will be the established theories of counseling employed by professional counselors. Through lecture, readings, and illustrative videos, students will be exposed to prominent theorists and to the history and development of counseling and counseling theories. Particular attention will be given to the application of these theories in the field. Fall, Spring.
Face-to-Face.
Graduate Courses
Course Delivery DEFINITIONS:
- Online Courses: In online teaching, 100% of instruction takes place online via Canvas and with supplemental platforms like Zoom. There are two types of online courses: asynchronous and synchronous.
- Asynchronous online: Course is fully online, with lessons, assignments, and activities posted in Canvas with due dates. Students complete coursework, engage in discussions, etc., based upon their own schedules, but are required to meet posted deadlines.
- Synchronous online: Online course that includes real-time class meetings using technology (e.g. Zoom). The number of required meetings varies based upon the particular class, but meetings take place during the scheduled class times. Faculty will inform students of the schedule for real-time meetings in their courses.
- Hybrid Courses: Hybrid courses combine both in-person, on-campus meetings with online instruction. All face-to-face activities take place during the regularly-scheduled meeting times in the rooms assigned on the course listing. The number of people in classrooms is limited by social distancing requirements, and the number of in-person meetings varies by course. Faculty will notify students of the exact meeting schedule for their courses.
If your class is not listed as online or hybrid, it will meet fully face-to-face with proper social distancing following the noted class schedule.
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This course is an introduction to the profession of counseling with a focus on mental health counseling. Students will be exposed to the historical, philosophical, societal, economic, and political dimensions of mental health counseling. The focus will be on fostering students' knowledge and professional identity by increasing awareness of various roles and duties of professional mental health counselors as well as learning how they interact with professionals from other disciplines within the mental health field. The course provides an overview of the issues, needs, populations, skills, and models in mental health settings with an emphasis on prevention, wellness and advocacy. Students will also learn about the organization and administration of mental health services. Students will learn about professional issues that are unique to mental health counseling, including national recognition in the field, reimbursement, core provider status, and access to and practice privileges within managed care systems. The ethical and legal issues in the contact of mental health counseling in a diverse society will also be discussed. Fall.
Face-to-Face.
This course provides an in-depth look at the roles and responsibilities of the transformed school counselor at the P-12 level in New York with a focus on developing culturally responsive school counselor leaders. Students examine the transformed view of the professional school counselor as leader, advocate and change agent within the context of a school environment. Students will develop skills essential in consulting and collaborating with other school professionals and parents to develop and evaluate programs and interventions that promote the academic, career and personal/social development of all P-12 students within the context of comprehensive, developmental school counseling programs. Factors that impact equity in learning and educational opportunity and outcomes will be examined. Fall.
Face-to-Face.
This course examines the current issues that influence research methods in the field of counseling. It is designed to introduce graduate students to single subject and group designs as well as qualitative methods used by counselors. Emphasis will be placed on developing research studies that evaluate practice with individuals, families and communities across school, agency and higher education settings. Students will develop a basic understanding of descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS and will be required to demonstrate interpretation of research results. Students will also complete a final research proposal which demonstrates critical thinking and social science principles. Fall, Spring.
Face-to-Face.
This practicum will give students hands on, supervised experience in the field prior to internship. Students will achieve growth towards becoming informed, ethical, and competent professional by using appropriate counseling skills with clients in supervised experiences in community agencies and other related settings. Students will demonstrate knowledge appropriate to professional counseling and to the setting, application of learned skills, and a disposition toward counseling. A return to campus for weekly supervision is a requirement of this course. A minimum of 100 hours is required. Prerequisites: core classes, CSDL 501 & CSL 585; all workshops; requires advisor approval. Corequisite: CSL 553 or CSL 554 or CSL 529. Fall.
Face-to-Face
This practicum will give students hands on, supervised experience in the field prior to internship. Students will achieve growth towards becoming informed, ethical, and competent professional by using appropriate counseling skills with clients in supervised experiences in community agencies and other related settings. Students will demonstrate knowledge appropriate to professional counseling and to the setting, application of learned skills, and a disposition toward counseling. A return to campus for weekly supervision is a requirement of this course. A minimum of 100 hours is required. Prerequisites: core classes, CSDL 501 & CSL 585; all workshops; requires advisor approval. Corequisite: CSL 553 or CSL 554 or CSL 529. Fall.
Face-to-Face.
This course is an orientation to the profession of counseling with a focus on school counseling. Professional issues in counseling will be emphasized including: an examination of the history of the profession; the role of the transformed school counselor as advocate, leader and change agent; relevant professional associations and certification; a review of current issues and future trends in education and counseling; a review of the ethical codes; and legal and ethical practice in school counseling. An emphasis is placed on helping the student develop a counselor identity. Students will review best practices in comprehensive, developmental school counseling programs and the ASCA National Model, with a focus on using data in planning and evaluating these programs to foster personal, social, educational and career development in P-12 students. Eight hours of fieldwork are required. (Fall)
Face-to-Face.
This course will focus on emerging trends in professional school counseling with a focus on technical fluency as a means to operationalize the role of a school counselor. This course will review how school counselors incorporate technology into the delivery and evaluation of academic, personal/social and college/career readiness services to P-12 students. Students will learn to utilize technology resources to analyze school counseling program effectiveness as well for the promotion of school counseling programs consistent with the American School Counseling Association standards. Fall.
ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS.
This course introduces students to various counseling techniques and skills based on established counseling theories. The course focuses on the development of basic counseling skills and essential competencies in relations to effective psychotherapy with an emphasis of self-reflective ability. Student will also be exposed to a conceptual model of counseling. Skills will be developed via discussion, course activities, video demonstration, and practice in simulated/experiential sessions. Prerequisites: CSL 500 with a B or better. Fall, Spring.
Face-to-Face; Meets in Lally 036.
This course introduces students to various counseling techniques and skills based on established counseling theories. The course focuses on the development of basic counseling skills and essential competencies in relations to effective psychotherapy with an emphasis of self-reflective ability. Student will also be exposed to a conceptual model of counseling. Skills will be developed via discussion, course activities, video demonstration, and practice in simulated/experiential sessions. Prerequisites: CSL 500 with a B or better. Fall, Spring.
Face-to-Face; Meets in Lally 036.
This course introduces students to various counseling techniques and skills based on established counseling theories. The course focuses on the development of basic counseling skills and essential competencies in relations to effective psychotherapy with an emphasis of self-reflective ability. Student will also be exposed to a conceptual model of counseling. Skills will be developed via discussion, course activities, video demonstration, and practice in simulated/experiential sessions. Prerequisites: CSL 500 with a B or better. Fall, Spring.
Face-to-Face; Meets in Lally 036.
This course prepares students to understand client issues using a working knowledge of developmental theories and research. Emphasis is placed on current developmental theories and their application to counseling clients across the lifespan. The interplay between culture and developmental norms, as well as socio-structural factors that impact the client's immediate environment, will be discussed. Fall, Spring.
Face-to-Face.
This course will provide students with an overview of various methods of child interventions and assessment. Students will be introduced to psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and medical methods of assessing and treating specific behavioral and emotional problems in children and adolescents. Students will apply theories and research to ecological intervention strategies. Fall.
Face-to-Face
This course provides students with an understanding of the social-cultural contexts of human development and behavior for developing culturally sensitive therapeutic interventions. This course addresses issues of culture, race, ethnicity, gender, social class, age, sexual orientation, and ability in relation to current counseling theory, research, and practice at individual and systematic levels. A focus of this course is the development of students’ self-awareness and self-exploration of their own worldview and identities to serve as the foundation of multicultural competence and cultural humility in working with diverse populations. Fall, Spring.
Face-to-Face.
This course will focus on the theory and skills associated with facilitating groups in a variety of school and community settings. Counselors may work in a variety of settings in which they may be in the role of group facilitator, group counselor, group member or consultant. This course will provide a theoretical understanding of group dynamics and the techniques associated with the application of these principals to practical situations. The course includes the opportunity for students to participate in a small experiential group experience. Fall, Summer.
Face-to-Face.
This course examines counseling approached to assist mental health professionals in effectively addressing crises, disaster and other traumatic events in individuals, schools and communities with an emphasis on counselor self-care. Centered on the principles of crisis intervention, disaster mental health and trauma-informed care, this course examines the psychological impact of traumatic events from multiple perspectives, including neurobiological and post-traumatic growth approaches. Special attention is placed on helping students apply skills grounded in culturally informed assessment and intervention with a focus on ethical and legal issues. Fall.
Face-to-Face.
This course will expose students to the skills needed to be an effective case manager in a community mental health program or agency. Students will be exposed to phases of case management practice and theories. Emphasis will be placed on practical application and building a working knowledge base of community providers. Types of organizational structures and strategies for working within and changing organizational structures will be introduced. The legal and ethical issues that confront mental health counselors working in the community are discussed. Students are expected to make on-site visits to community agencies and programs and evaluate those programs in class presentations; some fieldwork is required. Fall .
Face-to-Face.
This workshop is designed to help students prepare for their qualifying examination. This workshop reviews the format of the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE) and the departmental policy on the qualifying exams. The structure of the exam is reviewed. Students are exposed to essential study skills and test taking skills. This workshop is mandatory and must be taken the semester prior to registering for CSL 999. Fall, Spring.
Meets Saturday, 9/23/23 9AM-12PM ONLY. ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS.
This 300-hour structured internship will give students hands on experience doing professional counseling in a school-based setting under the supervision of a cooperating, experienced professional school counselor and faculty liaison. Students will achieve growth towards becoming ethical and competent professionals with a focus on reducing barriers to student achievement, culturally competent individual and group counseling, classroom interventions designed to promote the academic, career, and personal/social development of students, and a focus on performing the services of a professional school counselor as leaders and change advocates in the schools. A return to campus for weekly supervision in seminar is a requirement of this course. Three hundred hours of experience are required for three credits, with at least 120 of these being direct contact hours. Permission of advisor is required. Pre-requisites: CSL 508, CSL 532, CSL 553, successfully passing the Qualifying examination. (Fall)
Independent Study Application and Permission of faculty advisor required.
Requires approval and IS application.
Permission of faculty advisor required.
Requires approval and application.
The Counselor Education Comprehensive Examination (CECE) is a standardized 120 question multiple-choice exam which is designed to assess students’ comprehensive knowledge of counseling information in the following areas: Human Growth and Development, Social and Cultural Foundations, Helping Relationships, Group Work, Career and Lifestyle Development, Appraisal, Research, and Program Evaluation, and Professional Orientation and Ethics. Pre-requisite: CSL 584. Fall, Spring, Summer.
Meets 10/14/23 9AM-12PM ONLY. ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS.