Master’s (M.A.) in Counselling Psychology

The course covers advisement and mentoring around Adler degree requirements and mission, orientation to the field of professional psychology, issues of diversity as it relates to the field and students’ personal and professional growth, and overview of the ethical codes and professional standards of psychology.

The course covers advisement and mentoring around Adler degree requirements and mission, orientation to the field of professional psychology, issues of diversity as it relates to the field and students’ personal and professional growth, and overview of the ethical codes and professional standards of psychology.

This course examines the history, theory, methods and application of group psychotherapy in professional psychology. The development of competence in group methods is enhanced through a combination of lectures, student presentations, class exercises, break-out practice groups, and participation in and experience leading an experiential in-class group.

Introduction to Adlerian Psychology and Psychotherapy covers the major principles of Adlerian or Individual Psychology. Students learn the theoretical principles as a basis for understanding each individual’s creation of a “unique style of life” or personality.

This course is designed to provide students with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary for entry-level counselling practice. In the area of intervention, the course familiarizes students with the primary elements of the psychotherapeutic relationship, common factors in counselling and psychotherapy, and basic diversity competency in helping relationships.

The 473 pre-practicum lab is designed to provide additional practice of basic counselling and intervention skills before the students start their clinical practicum experience. Students will have the opportunity to work with their peers or in community, build clinical relationships, receive support and feedback from the lab supervisor, and experience a peer consultation group.

This course will focus on more advanced counselling skills (e.g., silence, immediacy, self-disclosure, use of metaphor, inferring client feelings, enhancing responses, body awareness). Students will be introduced to theories of change and will learn and practice interventions related to those theories from different counselling orientations.

This course discusses the assumptions and methods of a range of both qualitative and quantitative research designs used in counselling psychology research.

This course is designed to provide students with a solid foundation for the ethical practice of counselling psychology. Students will become familiar with the codes of ethics used by counsellors as well as a systematic process of ethical decision making when faced with ethical dilemmas.

Using a peer consultation model facilitated by a qualified clinical instructor, this seminar provides students engaged in practicum training with an opportunity to integrate learning about assessment, case conceptualization and treatment planning and intervention through application to their clinical practicum experiences.

Using a peer consultation model facilitated by a qualified clinical instructor, this seminar provides students engaged in practicum training with an opportunity to integrate learning about assessment, case conceptualization and treatment planning and intervention through application to their clinical practicum experiences.

This course will familiarize students with assessment and evaluation commonly used in counseling practice. The following topics will be addressed: theoretical and historical bases for assessment techniques, validity, reliability, appraisal methods, strategies for selecting, administrating, interpreting, and using assessment and evaluation instruments and techniques in counselling.

This course presents an overview of the history, theory, and neurobiology of trauma and how to treat its various presentations. The impact of early trauma and/or neglect on the brain and nervous system, and how this impact differs from trauma events later in life will be reviewed.

This survey course presents an examination and analysis of the major theories, principles, and techniques of psychotherapy.

This course offers students a framework to implement multicultural counselling competencies from a social justice perspective through developing necessary attitudes, knowledge, skills, and advocacy interventions when working with diverse populations.

Upholding the complementary relationship between assessment and intervention, this course is designed to provide students with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary for entry-level clinical practice.

This course offers an in-depth understanding of several evidence-based models for intervening with families and couples. This course covers a range of dysfunctions within couple and family systems and appropriate interventions.

Traditionally, psychologists and counsellors work within circumscribed clinical contexts within which mental health issues are deemed functions of individual pathology.

The Qualifying Examination consists of the presentation of a clinical case including an audiotape, an analysis of key interchanges within the session presented, a written case conceptualization and treatment plan, a paper integrating research with the clinical case, and a paper examining social issues pertinent to the clinical case.

This course is designed to provide an introduction to substance dependence, substance abuse, and other addictive disorders.

This course will examine a person’s career trajectory and dynamics within the context of the person’s individual circumstances (e.g., ability, culture, ethnicity, etc.). Students will learn to assess career interests, aptitudes, and options.

The theoretical principles of Individual Psychology (IP) including holism, phenomenology, teleology, and social interest are applied to address the cognitive, affective, socio-cultural dimensions of personality development.

This course provides an introduction to sex therapy, with a focus on the foundational underpinnings required for clinical practice. The course will address theory and research about the historical, biological, psychological and social/cultural influences on human sexuality and its expression.

This course is designed to introduce students to the theory and practice of depth psychology. The course will review the seminal works of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung and the contemporary developments of their work including such authors as: Anna Freud, Karen Horney, Melanie Klein, Thomas Ogden, Wilfred Bion, Sandor Ferenczi, James Hillman and others.