CPD 117 - Introduction to Counseling

Credits: 3

Description
This course provides an overview of the history, trends, and contextual issues related to the helping professions. Topics of discussion include scope/practice of helping, confidentiality, ethics, community resources, and the professions that provide mental health services. Through experiential exercises and recording, students will also develop an understanding of basic helping skills.

Student Learning Outcomes

Summarize important historical events related to mental health treatment.
Identify mental health work environments.
Describe the common professional mental health credentials.
Demonstrate basic helping skills.
Analyze ethical issues related to mental health treatment.
Describe community mental health resources.

Prerequisite: None