PYC 7301 CULTURE & DIVERSITY IN COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY (3)

This course addresses the influence of culture, race, class, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, religion, nationality, age, ability, mental and physical characteristics, education, and family influences, on the provision of counseling services. Students will increase their cultural humility and evaluate societal trends, human roles, subgroups, norms, diverse lifestyles, and communication patterns. The course also emphasizes the examination of personal and institutional prejudice, bias, oppression, and discrimination, as well as psychosocial theories of multicultural counseling and identity development. 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.