APSY 9844 Counseling Psychology in Context: Social Action, Consultation, and Collaboration

For doctoral students in Counseling Psychology, and others by permission only. This is a year-long course, 1 credit in the fall, 2 credits in the spring. Accompanying the First Year Experience (FYE) practicum, exposes students to research and practice at the meso- (community, organizations) and macro (government, policy, social norms) levels, in addition to the more traditional micro (individual) level. Students discuss their personal experiences within their FYE placement and read and discuss a series of articles and chapters central to the developing fields of critical psychology, liberation psychology, or counseling with a social justice orientation.