Working with Clients' Defenses: Psychodynamic and other Emotion-Focused Approaches

3.0 credits

This elective course is designed to further counselor capacities to work with/bypass clients defenses and to work directly with their emotions/core affect. In addition to theoretical content and readings, the course relies heavily on practicing skills from brief/intensive psychodynamic and/or emotion-focused approaches. Practice experiences involve other students in the course. Students participate in both counselor roles and client roles with peers.