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College of Graduate and Professional StudiesProgram Learning OutcomesStudents completing the Certificate in Ecotherapy will be ableto:• Apply a variety of nature-based techniques for use in social andpsychological healing;• Understand and discuss the research supporting the field ofecotherapy;• Mentor their communities of origin in the psychological,scientific, somatic, and systemic dimensions of sustainability.is includes a capacity for translating ecological concepts intounderstandable terms and educational images in a variety ofmedia;• Enter intelligently into the scientific, financial, and politicaldiscourse surrounding sustainability, localization, alternativeenergy, food production, and climate change;• Engage with the subjective states related to environmentaltrauma;• Offer constructive alternatives to “eco-anxiety,” the deep fearsaroused by accelerating climate change;• Challenge and change entrenched attitudes and biases thatprevent adaptation to environment ally wise solutions andhabits;• Identify a personal area of focus and apply learnings gainedwithin an internship work setting.Counseling Psychologyadmission requirementsIn addition to a completed application, an applicant for theEcotherapy Certificate program must submit:• One set of official transcripts of the conferred BA degree andany post-Bachelor credits or degrees.• A personal statement of 5 to 8 pages describing their interest inthe program, prior experience (if any) in the healing andteaching arts, and how they plan to use what you learnprofessionally.Upon receipt of a completed application, an admissions interviewwill be scheduled.Certificate requirementsCNS 5820 Intensive I: Ecotherapy Methods and Practices I (2)CNS 5822 Dimensions of Holistic Sustainability (3)CNS 5824 Horticultural erapy (3)CNS 5826 Healing the Human-Nonhuman Relationship (3)CNS 5828 Intensive 2: Ecotherapy Methods and Practices II (2)CNS 5832 A, B, C Earth, Body, Spirit A, B, C (1) (1) (1)CNS5830 Ecopsychology and Ecotherapy as Cultural Work (3)CNS 5833 Intensive 3: Ecotherapy Methods and Practices III (2)CNS 5834 Ecotherapy Internship (3)Total required units 24College of Graduate andProfessional StudiesMaster of arts in Counseling Psychology(formerly Marriage and Family Therapy)e Master of Arts (MA) in Counseling Psychology programsupports the mission of JFK University and the College of Graduateand Professional Studies (CGPS) by providing a curriculumemphasizing student learning with faculty involvement thatintegrates academic vigor, clinical practice, while promoting theunique development of each student. e goal of the program,which is to develop excellent future practitioners, is successfullyachieved by providing intimate classroom learning experiences withexperienced faculty, offering hands-on supervisory feedback invarious clinical practicum settings, and encouraging personalexploration and growth in the student’s own psychotherapyexperience. Graduates of the MA in Counseling Psychologyprogram proceed to licensure and professional positions providingmental health services in a variety of settings. e necessity ofpost-degree learning is encouraged and emphasized.is unique MA in Counseling Psychology program offers twospecializations: 1) MFT specialization which fulfills all educationalrequirements for the California Marriage and Family erapy(MFT) license as prescribed by the Board of Behavioral Sciences(BBS). 2) PCC specialization meets the BBS requirements for theCalifornia Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor LPCC) license.Both specializations prepare students for future clinical work incounty and community based agencies, residential and addictiontreatment programs, inpatient and outpatient hospital settings,health care facilities, veterans’ centers, school districts, private andnonprofit outpatient clinics as well as private practice settings.Scope of Practice – Licensed Marriage and FamilyTherapiste Scope of Practice of a Marriage and Family erapist is definedby Section 4980.02 of the Business and Professions Code. isprovision allows practitioners to perform services “ …withindividuals, couples, or groups wherein interpersonal relationshipsare examined for the purpose of achieving more adequate, satisfying,and productive marriage and family adjustments. is practiceincludes relationship and premarriage counseling.” “e applicationof marriage and family principles and methods includes, but is notlimited to, the use of applied psychotherapeutic techniques, to enableindividuals to mature and grow within marriage and the family…”Scope of Practice – Licensed Professional ClinicalCounselore Scope of Practice of a LPCC is defined by 4999.20 of theBusiness and Professions Code. “Professional Clinical Counselingmeans the application of counseling interventions andpsychotherapeutic techniques to identify and remediate cognitive,mental, and emotional issues, including personal growth, adjustmentto disability, crisis intervention, and psychosocial and environmentalproblems.” “Professional Clinical Counseling is focused exclusively onthe application of counseling interventions and psychotherapeutictechniques for the purpose of improving mental health and is notintended to capture other, nonclinical forms of counseling for thepurposes of licensure. For the purposes of this paragraph,“nonclinical” means nonmental health.Professional clinical counseling does not include the assessment ortreatment of couples or families unless the professional clinicalcounselor has completed additional training and education, asJOHN F. KENNEDy UNIvERSITy College of Graduate and Professional Studies 85