COUN-654: Populations in MH Counseling

The course covers the rationale, scope, and nature of providing counseling services to a range of populations in community mental health settings. Populations, groups, and their unique counseling needs will be explored, with topics such as homelessness, addiction and recovery, military veterans, and crisis stabilization explored in depth in both the classroom seminar setting, and in extensive seminars, tours, and discussions with licensed mental health clinicians at remote sites. The course will explore the roles and functions of clinical mental health counselors in various practice settings and the importance of relationships between counselors and other professionals, including interdisciplinary treatment teams. A primary focus will be the range of mental health service delivery, such as inpatient, outpatient, partial treatment, and aftercare, and the clinical mental health counseling services network.