PYC 7301 MENTAL HEALTH ACORSS CULTURES (3)

This course addresses the influence of diverse social, cultural, and personal variables on the provision of psychotherapy and counseling services, including culture, religion, nationality, education, and family influences. Students will increase their cultural literacy and evaluate societal trends, human roles, subgroups, norms, and communication patterns. Students will develop and increase personal awareness of cultural issues and professional multicultural counseling competencies, as well as gain insight into personal assumptions, values, beliefs, and expectations about self and others as a means of working more effectively with diverse populations in the therapeutic process. The role of placebos and indigenous therapies will also be explored in this course.