Traumatic Stress Concentration

This concentration is designed for students seeking specialized training to provide therapy and assessment services for individuals with symptoms of traumatic stress, including people who have experienced combat, disasters, accidents, life-threatening illnesses, or interpersonal violence. Students obtain the knowledge and skills to provide clinical services and support to improve clients’ psychological, physical, social, and vocational functioning. An understanding of the broader structural and systemic factors that impact survivors is also emphasized.

Course Requirements

706 Trauma-Focused Interventions (3 credits)
806 Advanced Trauma-Focused Interventions (3 credits)

In addition, three electives must be chosen from the following menus.

Elective Menu, Special Populations (choose one or two of the following):

864 Systemic Interventions with Children and Adolescents (3 credits)
822 Death, Dying, Bereavement & Loss-Focused Interventions (3 credits)
815 Mental Health Disaster Response Counseling (3 credits)
816 Refugee Mental Health Counseling (3 credits)

Elective Menu, Research-Supported Interventions (choose one or two of the following):

702 Advanced Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Intervention (3 credits)
685 Child and Adolescent Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (3 credits)
710 Theories and Techniques of Clinical Hypnosis I (3 credits)
711 Theories and Techniques of Clinical Hypnosis II (3 credits)