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College of Graduate and Professional Studies Course descriptionsCollege of Graduate andProfessional StudieshSJ 5307 expressive arts Camp Prep 3Theory and practice of developing an expressive arts laboratory forchildren. Child development and the psychology of creativity arecovered as well as the logistics of planning and implementing acamp experience. Emphasizes skills development in groupfacilitation and conflict resolution. Required prior to field placement at JFKU’s expressive arts camp.hSJ 5313 advanced Clinical Skills: Being aPsychotherapist 2This course, designed for third-year students in field practicum,explores the professional use of clinical interventions from somatic,transpersonal, and holistic perspectives. Case material from thetrainee’s current MFT placement will serve as the starting point fordiscussion, role-play, dyad work, and lecture. This course is takenconcurrently with the student’s third quarter of field practicum.hSJ 5315 Counseling Case Seminar 3Clinical case supervision for students in supervised field practicum.Case presentations from the student’s current placement serve as astarting point for lecture, discussion, role-play, and self-exploration.To be taken concurrent with the student’s second quarter ofsupervised field practicum.hSJ 5325 Case Seminar: Families 2Students in supervised field practicum develop formal casepresentations of families and receive feedback from the courseinstructor and peers. This course enables students to comparedifferent ways of working with families and family problems.Prerequisites: HSJ 5315/HSJ 5303.hSJ 5330 Clinical Skills: Partner and Spousal abuse,elder Care 2This course looks at the whole family system and the impact ofviolence and abuse upon it. Trauma issues and their impact on eachfamily member will be discussed, as well as the physiological effectof trauma on the brain. Topics include identification and treatmentof abusers; victims and the children and teens living with them;attachment and physiological issues that keep couples together;identification, treatment, and reporting issues of elder and childabuse; cultural, religious, and GLBT issues and abuse; andcountertransference issues. In addition, mental health issues inaging and long-term care will be addressed. Therapeutic strategieswill be presented to enhance collaboration between families andcare providers and maximize quality of life for the elder client.hSJ 5350 Final integrative Project a 1This course examines the philosophical, personal, and professionalissues raised in the course of graduate study in counselingpsychology. Students develop an outline for an integrative paperthat includes their understanding of holistic studies, transpersonaland somatic psychology, and their own personal growth work. Thisis the first in a two-course sequence.hSJ 5351 Final integrative Project B 2is is the second in a two-course sequence. Students completetheir integrative paper and give an oral presentation on their topic.Students take this course when ready to complete their paper.Prerequisites: HSJ 5350.hSJ 5520 Psychopharmacology 3This course offers an introduction and general overview of the fieldof psychopharmacology as it relates to the practice ofpsychotherapy. Current medications, research inpsychopharmacology, and psychoneurology will be covered. Inaddition alter native medicine, natural remedies, and cultural issuesfrom a holistic perspective will be covered as will the relationshipbetween the psychotherapist and physician in medicationmanagement.hSJ 5530 Psychological Testing 3This survey course is designed to help students understand the basicconcepts and applications of psychological testing and thepsychometric properties of psychological tests. This course willemphasize the appropriate applications and limitations of many ofthe current psychological tests—especially with regard to their usewith people of non-dominant cultures. Issues of validity and ethicswill be reviewed in this regard.hSJ5620 approaches to Trauma and PTSd a 2This course provides an overview of the history of the concept oftrauma and trauma treatment and a basic understanding of thepsychobiology and neurobiology of trauma and PTSD. Conceptualdistinctions will be made between developmental wounding,developmental trauma, and shock trauma. Current diagnosesovertly linked to trauma (PTSD, Acute Stress Disorder, ComplexPTSD and Developmental Trauma Disorder) will be discussed. Thetopics covered include phase-oriented treatment, dissociationmodels, countertransference, and building somatic and relationalresources. The discussion and training will include application ofsomatic trauma approaches to help stabilize situations involvingpersonal trauma, disasters, and violence.hSJ 5792 Practice of Group Psychotherapy 2Students receive comprehensive training and supervision in thepractice of group psychotherapy. As an MFT trainee, the studentco-facilitates a weekly therapy group and participates in groupsupervision for two hours each week. Students learn how to planand publicize a group as well as how to establish and maintain atherapeutic group culture.hSJ 5793 Child and adolescent Therapy in the School 2Students receive comprehensive training and supervision in thepractice and treatment of children and adolescents in the schoolsetting. As an MFT trainee, the student will work with children andadolescents and participate in group supervision for two hours eachweek.hSJ 5900 Topics in holistic Studies 1-3Topics vary and may be repeated for credit with a change in topic.134 College of Graduate and Professional Studies JOHN F. KENNEDy UNIvERSITy