Treatment Approaches

Course Code

COUN 2000

Academic Year

2016-2017

This course will introduce students to the major schools of thought in the psychological treatment of children and adolescents. The initial focus of the course will be on familiarizing students with developmental stages, historical perspectives on counselling, ethical and legal issues that arise during therapy and the mental health needs of children and adolescents. Once this context has been established, students will be introduced to various therapeutic techniques: psychodynamic approaches, Adlerian psychotherapy, person-centred therapy, cognitive-behavioural and rational-emotive therapies, reality therapy, family therapy and systemic interventions, and art, play and narrative therapies.