Graduate Bulletin 2010-2011 - John Jay College Of Criminal Justice ...

Graduate Courses Offered
objective measures of personality. Forensic applications of objective
personality measures are discussed.
Prerequisite: PSY 745
Advanced Forensic Assessment
PSY 754
30 HOURS PLUS CONFERENCES, 3 CREDITS. (OFFERED FALL SEMESTER)
This capstone assessment course further develops the capacity of
students to perform forensic evaluations, integrating multiple sources
of data, and enables the student to present the results of such
evaluations in a lucid and useful manner. Focuses on detailed
interpretations of representative forensic assessment protocols and
case histories. Topics include: competency to stand trial; criminal
insanity defenses; pre-sentencing evaluations; dangerousness;
assessment of police candidates; job disability and fitness to return to
full-duty status; malingering; and forensic hypnosis. Lays special
emphasis on ethical standards as they relate to confidentiality,
selection of testing procedures and responsibilities to the “client” as
well as the role of the forensic clinician as a consultant to attorneys,
judges and criminal justice personnel.
Prerequisites: PSY 700 or the equivalent; completion of either PSY
751, 752, 753, 734 or 779; and enrollment in a second assessment
course
Introduction to Forensic Mental Health Counseling
PSY 755
30 HOURS PLUS CONFERENCES, 3 CREDITS. (OFFERED FALL SEMESTER)
This course will first explore the history and professional orientation
of the counseling profession, the development of licensure laws, and
the role of mental health counseling in the forensic mental health
field. Next, ethical codes of the American Counseling Association
and others will be considered, along with regulatory standards of
professional conduct. Finally, social and cultural issues will be
discussed, with particular reference to diversity issues pertaining to
forensic mental health.
Clinical Instruction
PSY 758
30 HOURS PLUS CONFERENCES, 3 CREDITS. (OFFERED FALL SEMESTER)
This course offers the final preparation of the forensic mental health
counseling student for the internship fieldwork experience. It covers
the application of interviewing, testing and diagnostic skills to
clinical and forensic situations; the selection and application of
modalities for counseling, psychotherapy and crisis intervention; the
development of skills in defining scope of practice; the theory and
practice of client supervision; the development of note taking, report
writing, case summary and clinical presentation skills; and the use of
software and non-electronic aids in clinical practice and research.
The course will combine review of texts with role-playing, and other
simulated clinical presentations and assignments.
Counseling and Psychotherapy Methods
PSY 760
30 HOURS PLUS CONFERENCES, 3 CREDITS. (OFFERED EVERY SEMESTER)
Examines the techniques and processes of individual and group
counseling and psychotherapy from the cognitive behavioral
perspective as well as from the psychodynamic viewpoint. Particular
attention will be paid to the extent to which various counseling
methods are evidenced-based. An additional focus will be the study
of counseling with persons suffering from DSM-IV, antisocial,
narcissistic and borderline disorders, whose difficulties are of interest
to the forensic clinician.
Clinical Interviewing and Assessment
PSY 761
30 HOURS PLUS CONFERENCES AND PRACTICUM, 3 CREDITS.
(OFFERED EVERY SEMESTER)
Focuses on the clinical interview as a means of gathering relevant life
data, defining problems, resolving conflicts and establishing
diagnoses where appropriate. Surveys the theory and use of the
interview particularly as related to various counseling theories.
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