Professional Training Based on Demonstrated Outcome
The Department of Counseling Psychology offers two competency/outcome-based programs of academic and professional training, a general master's degree and a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy. The concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy is designed to meet the requirements of the Business and Professions Code, Section 4980.37 for licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist.
Dominican's Master's Program in Counseling Psychology delivers a broad-based, comprehensive curriculum through a combination of coursework, supervised fieldwork and the student's participation in personal psychotherapy.
As a result of coursework and supervised fieldwork placements, students will develop competency in:
- Assessment, including a review of individual and group psychological, educational and vocational testing, and interviewing techniques including mental status examiniation .
- Psychodiagnosis and treatment planning with a focus on evidence based treatments.
- Counseling skills involving children, adolescents, adults and seniors using Alternative and Innovative, Behavioral and Cognitive Behavioral, Brief and Strategic, Client-Centered, Crisis Intervention, Group and Psychodynamic techniques.
- Consultation techniques.
- Research in human systems and treatment outcome.
- Human diversity considerations.
- Professional ethics and law.
- Human communication.
- Human biological, psychological and social development.
- Alcohol and substance abuse including co-occuring mental health disorders.
- Child abuse assessment and reporting.
- Domestic Violence.
- Geriatrics and long-term care.
- Client advocacy.
- Collaborative care.
- Building client resilience.
- Recovery oriented care.
- Disaster and trauma response.
- Behavioral addiction.
- Illness prevention and health promotion.
- Utilization of community resources.
