Counseling Psychology (Master's)

Degrees and Certificates

Courses

MLR1000 : Creative Expression Concentration Orientation Course

Credits 0

Once students are approved by the Registrar and the CEC Director for admittance to the CEC, studentsenter the CEC through the Certificate Orientation Course housed in Canvas. The Creative Expression Certificate (CEC) Orientation course is a self-directed course that introduces students to requirements and information related to the CEC. This short course offers students a certificate overview, orientation, and guidance related to the Creative Expression Certificate and expressive arts witnessing etiquette. These offerings will be delivered through short readings and videos. Students will also be invited to imagine how they might like to use creative expression in a professional application through the creation of long- and short-term goals and a Vision Statement. These documents are expected to be refined over the students’ time of study in the CEC curriculum. This course will serve as a place to set intentions, learn about the CEC program, and as an entry point into the final showcase portfolio course. 

MLR1001.1: Creative Expression, Part 1

Credits 1
This primarily experiential course introduces creative expression as a practice. Upon the completion of this class, students should have: a working familiarity with the use of a variety of art modalities; an understanding of the relationship between the arts and personal and social transformation; and increased confidence in individual capacity for creating aesthetic experiences. This course lays the conceptual foundation for the i3ntegration of creative expression techniques into the student's personal practice, professional studies, and future professional work.

MLR1001.2: Creative Expression, Part 2

Credits 1
This primarily experiential course introduces creative expression as a practice. Upon the completion of this class, students should have: a working familiarity with the use of a variety of art modalities; an understanding of the relationship between the arts and personal and social transformation; and increased confidence in individual capacity for creating aesthetic experiences. This course lays the conceptual foundation for the integration of creative expression techniques into the student's personal practice, professional studies, and future professional work.

MLR1065: Transpersonal Skills Lab 1 (Creative Focus)

Credits 1
Topics will vary and include components of improvisational skills for therapists, psychosynthesis, cinematherapy, Jungian dream analysis, process painting, creative expression, sandtray and play therapy, poetry therapy, and bibliotherapy. Each skills lab will teach tools and techniques in the chosen topic to help the therapists work more effectively in the creative modalities with clients.

MLR1066: Transpersonal Skills Lab 2 - Psychosynthesis (Creative Focus)

Credits 1

This transpersonal skills lab will focus on experiential, creative expression through psychosynthesis. Self-exploration practices will be included in this course as an essential component of psychosynthesis. There will be an emphasis on students developing their ability to access their own creativity, as well as their ability to facilitate their clients' creative self-exploration and self-expression. In service of this, students will be offered a variety of creative arts materials and prompted to use them while participating in psychosynthesis exercises. 

MLR1067: Transpersonal Skills Lab 3 (Creative Focus)

Credits 1
Topics will vary and include components of improvisational skills for therapists, psychosynthesis, cinematherapy, Jungian dream analysis, process painting, creative expression, sandtray and play therapy, poetry therapy, and bibliotherapy. Each skills lab will teach tools and techniques in the chosen topic to help the therapists work more effectively in the creative modalities with clients.

MLR2000.1: Group Dynamics, Part 1

Credits 0.5
This course will introduce group counseling theories and leadership skills and techniques. This will include group dynamics, group process, and developmental stage theories. Group leadership training will include style and approaches, methods, and evaluation. Research and literature will be addressed. Students will have a chance to “try on” group membership and leadership. Closed, cohort process course. This class is open to MACP Students only.

MLR2000.2: Group Dynamics, Part 2

Credits 0.5
This course will introduce group counseling theories and leadership skills and techniques. This will include group dynamics, group process, and developmental stage theories. Group leadership training will include style and approaches, methods, and evaluation. Research and literature will be addressed. Students will have a chance to “try on” group membership and leadership. Closed, cohort process course. This class is open to MACP Students only.

MLR2000.3: Group Dynamics, Part 3

Credits 0.5
This course will introduce group counseling theories and leadership skills and techniques. This will include group dynamics, group process, and developmental stage theories. Group leadership training will include style and approaches, methods, and evaluation. Research and literature will be addressed. Students will have a chance to “try on” group membership and leadership. Closed, cohort process course. This class is open to MACP Students only.

MLR2000.4: Group Dynamics, Part 4

Credits 0.5
This course will introduce group counseling theories and leadership skills and techniques. This will include group dynamics, group process, and developmental stage theories. Group leadership training will include style and approaches, methods, and evaluation. Research and literature will be addressed. Students will have a chance to “try on” group membership and leadership. Closed, cohort process course. This class is open to MACP Students only.

MLR2000.5: Group Dynamics, Part 5

Credits 1.5
This course will introduce group counseling theories and leadership skills and techniques. This will include group dynamics, group process, and developmental stage theories. Group leadership training will include style and approaches, methods, and evaluation. Research and literature will be addressed. Students will have a chance to “try on” group membership and leadership. Closed, cohort process course. This class is open to MACP Students only.

MLR2000.6: Group Dynamics, Part 6

Credits 0.5
This course will introduce group counseling theories and leadership skills and techniques. This will include group dynamics, group process, and developmental stage theories. Group leadership training will include style and approaches, methods, and evaluation. Research and literature will be addressed. Students will have a chance to “try on” group membership and leadership. Closed, cohort process course. This class is open to MACP Students only.

MLR2000.7: Group Dynamics, Part 7

Credits 0.5
This course will introduce group counseling theories and leadership skills and techniques. This will include group dynamics, group process, and developmental stage theories. Group leadership training will include style and approaches, methods, and evaluation. Research and literature will be addressed. Students will have a chance to “try on” group membership and leadership. Closed, cohort process course. This class is open to MACP Students only.

MLR2006.1: Human Development Across the Lifespan: Part 1

Credits 3
This course will include human growth and development and personality formation across the lifespan, including death and dying issues. Normal and abnormal behavior and developmental crises will be addressed, and personality theory will be used as a way to organize ideas about intervention. We will consider individual, couple, and family development and the effects of developmental issues on relationships and personality formation. The context of California cultural norms will be included along with the effect of cultural and socioeconomic status and position on development and personality formation.

MLR2006.2: Human Development Across the Lifespan: Part 2

Credits 1.5
This course will include human growth and development and personality formation across the lifespan, including death and dying issues. Normal and abnormal behavior and developmental crises will be addressed, and personality theory will be used as a way to organize ideas about intervention. We will consider individual, couple, and family development and the effects of developmental issues on relationships and personality formation. The context of California cultural norms will be included along with the effect of cultural and socioeconomic status and position on development and personality formation.

MLR2007.1: Counseling Principles and Practices, Part 1

Credits 2
Foundational interpersonal skills of counseling and psychotherapy based on Carkhuff’s integrative Human Relations Development (HRD) model will be introduced. The HRD model is a research-based, “common factors” model drawing on the humanist, existential, and behavioral approaches. Students will acquire competence in attending and listening, responding empathically, and discerning significant themes to facilitate client exploration, understanding, and action. This is a practical, "hands-on" course, and a significant portion of class time is dedicated to experiential learning. In addition, students will develop a facility in giving effective feedback. Closed, cohort process course. This class is open to MACP Students only.

MLR2007.2: Counseling Principles and Practices, Part 2

Credits 1
Foundational interpersonal skills of counseling and psychotherapy based on Carkhuff’s integrative Human Relations Development (HRD) model will be introduced. The HRD model is a research-based, “common factors” model drawing on the humanist, existential, and behavioral approaches. Students will acquire competence in attending and listening, responding empathically, and discerning significant themes to facilitate client exploration, understanding, and action. This is a practical, "hands-on" course, and a significant portion of class time is dedicated to experiential learning. In addition, students will develop a facility in giving effective feedback. Closed, cohort process course. This class is open to MACP Students only.

MLR2007.3: Counseling Principles and Practices, Part 3

Credits 1.5
Foundational interpersonal skills of counseling and psychotherapy based on Carkhuff’s integrative Human Relations Development (HRD) model will be introduced. The HRD model is a research-based, “common factors” model drawing on the humanist, existential, and behavioral approaches. Students will acquire competence in attending and listening, responding empathically, and discerning significant themes to facilitate client exploration, understanding, and action. This is a practical, "hands-on" course, and a significant portion of class time is dedicated to experiential learning. In addition, students will develop a facility in giving effective feedback. Closed, cohort process course. This class is open to MACP Students only.

MLR2011.1: Systems Theory and Application, Part 1

Credits 0.5
This course outlines systems theory and intervention, and historical and current trends in family therapy. The family is considered as the unit of treatment, and symptoms are viewed as a Part of the systemic matrix of relationship. The family is considered within larger sociocultural and spiritual systems. Assessment, diagnosis, and intervention are addressed from the systemic perspective.

MLR2011.2: Systems Theory and Application, Part 2

Credits 3
This course outlines systems theory and intervention, and historical and current trends in family therapy. The family is considered as the unit of treatment, and symptoms are viewed as a part of the systemic matrix of relationship. The family is considered within larger sociocultural and spiritual systems. Assessment, diagnosis, and intervention are addressed from the systemic perspective.

MLR2011.3: Systems Theory and Application, Part 3

Credits 1
This course outlines systems theory and intervention, and historical and current trends in family therapy. The family is considered as the unit of treatment, and symptoms are viewed as a part of the systemic matrix of relationship. The family is considered within larger sociocultural and spiritual systems. Assessment, diagnosis, and intervention are addressed from the systemic perspective.

MLR2012.1: Advanced Couples Counseling, Part 1 (LMFT Focus)

Credits 1
This class will focus on the formation of couple and committed relationships and the improvement, restoration, and maintenance of healthy marital commitment. Evidence-based systemic principles will be taught. This course will include diagnosis and treatment for a variety of committed couples. The variety will include ethnic, cultural, gender, and couple-specific definitions of commitment. The ethical and legal aspects of treating domestic violence are explored. Emphasis will be placed on cultural, socioeconomic, spiritual, and contextual considerations. The added stresses of family, employment, and aging will be explored. This course is a requirement for all LMFT-track students and an elective for LPCC-track students.

MLR2012.2: Advanced Couples Counseling, Part 2 (LMFT Focus)

Credits 1
This class will focus on the formation of couple and committed relationships and the improvement, restoration, and maintenance of healthy marital commitment. Evidence-based systemic principles will be taught. This course will include diagnosis and treatment for a variety of committed couples. The variety will include ethnic, cultural, gender, and couple-specific definitions of commitment. The ethical and legal aspects of treating domestic violence are explored. Emphasis will be placed on cultural, socioeconomic, spiritual, and contextual considerations. The added stresses of family, employment, and aging will be explored. This course is a requirement for all LMFT-track students and an elective for LPCC-track students.

MLR2012.3: Advanced Couples Counseling, Part 3 (LMFT Focus)

Credits 1
This class will focus on the formation of couple and committed relationships and the improvement, restoration, and maintenance of healthy marital commitment. Evidence-based systemic principles will be taught. This course will include diagnosis and treatment for a variety of committed couples. The variety will include ethnic, cultural, gender, and couple-specific definitions of commitment. The ethical and legal aspects of treating domestic violence are explored. Emphasis will be placed on cultural, socioeconomic, spiritual, and contextual considerations. The added stresses of family, employment, and aging will be explored. This course is a requirement for all LMFT-track students and an elective for LPCC-track students.

MLR2013: Child and Adolescent Focused Therapy and Intervention

Credits 2
This course will outline theories of child and adolescent diagnosis and interventions in schools and in families. This course will consider collaborative treatment and will look at issues of community, social position, and behavior in the context of the child’s multiple systems and location. Further, this class will address the testing that is typically used in the California school systems and interpretation of those tests for the clinician’s use and well as working in treatment teams in the service of children and adolescents. Further, the course will address how to support and refer families whose children are in therapy or therapeutic settings. Children who are incarcerated or institutionalized in a California setting will also be addressed. This course will also address issues of identity in race, culture, spiritual, and sexual identity.

MLR2023: Addiction: Social Implications and Recovery

Credits 4.5
This course will examine addictions counseling including substance abuse, co-occurring disorders, and major approaches to identification, evaluation, and treatments in the individual and in the family. The etiology of drug use and addiction, populations, prevention, medicals aspects, and effects of drug abuse will be presented along with persons and systems that support or compound use and abuse of substances. Support systems and community supports will be outlined along with prevention at the individual, family, and community level.

MLR2028.1: Power, Culture, and Identity in Counseling Psychology, Part 1

Credits 0.5
The course will explore different aspects of identity and culture including ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, SES, age, religion, spirituality, ability, size, and more, with an awareness of intersectionality and how aspects of identity impact and influence each other. We will examine equity, power, privilege, and oppression as they relate to identity and the therapeutic space and how systems, institutional structures, and socio-political historical factors have influence on unconscious bias and internalized beliefs. Students will have many opportunities to explore identities, individual experiences, and how they impact beliefs and norms and influence clinician interactions to help cultivate shared, safer spaces within the power dynamic of therapy. This course also aims to inspire students to seek out further knowledge of various identities and expand their personal view of the world while acknowledging their own cultural lens. Students will better understand how to assume a stance of cultural humility as part of ethical development in becoming a clinician.

MLR2028.2: Power, Culture, and Identity in Counseling Psychology, Part 2

Credits 3
The course will explore different aspects of identity and culture including ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, SES, age, religion, spirituality, ability, size, and more, with an awareness of intersectionality and how aspects of identity impact and influence each other. We will examine equity, power, privilege, and oppression as they relate to identity and the therapeutic space and how systems, institutional structures, and socio-political historical factors have influence on unconscious bias and internalized beliefs. Students will have many opportunities to explore identities, individual experiences, and how they impact beliefs and norms and influence clinician interactions to help cultivate shared, safer spaces within the power dynamic of therapy. This course also aims to inspire students to seek out further knowledge of various identities and expand their personal view of the world while acknowledging their own cultural lens. Students will better understand how to assume a stance of cultural humility as part of ethical development in becoming a clinician.

MLR2028.3: Power, Culture, and Identity in Counseling Psychology, Part 3

Credits 1
The course will explore different aspects of identity and culture including ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, SES, age, religion, spirituality, ability, size, and more, with an awareness of intersectionality and how aspects of identity impact and influence each other. We will examine equity, power, privilege, and oppression as they relate to identity and the therapeutic space and how systems, institutional structures, and socio-political historical factors have influence on unconscious bias and internalized beliefs. Students will have many opportunities to explore identities, individual experiences, and how they impact beliefs and norms and influence clinician interactions to help cultivate shared, safer spaces within the power dynamic of therapy. This course also aims to inspire students to seek out further knowledge of various identities and expand their personal view of the world while acknowledging their own cultural lens. Students will better understand how to assume a stance of cultural humility as part of ethical development in becoming a clinician.

MLR2030.1: Advanced Trauma and Crisis Interventions: Part 1

Credits 3
This course will address trauma and crisis theory and counseling. Multidisciplinary responses and referrals will be included. Cognitive, behavioral, and neurological effects associated with trauma will be addressed as well as brief, intermediate, and long-term treatment approaches. Assessment and treatment strategies for families, couples, children, and individuals in crisis will be addressed along with principles of intervention for those with mental or emotional disorders during times of crisis, emergency, or disaster. The course will address the means of connecting clients with resources in the community during crisis and disaster as well as follow-up referrals. Resilience-focused models of intervention including personal and community qualities that enable persons to cope with adversity, trauma, tragedy, threat, or other stressors will be presented. The course will also address familial trauma: divorce, death and dying, and recovery principles for individuals, couples, and families.

MLR2030.2: Advanced Trauma and Crisis Interventions: Part 2

Credits 1.5
This course will address trauma and crisis theory and counseling. Multidisciplinary responses and referrals will be included. Cognitive, behavioral, and neurological effects associated with trauma will be addressed as well as brief, intermediate, and long-term treatment approaches. Assessment and treatment strategies for families, couples, children, and individuals in crisis will be addressed along with principles of intervention for those with mental or emotional disorders during times of crisis, emergency, or disaster. The course will address the means of connecting clients with resources in the community during crisis and disaster as well as follow-up referrals. Resilience-focused models of intervention including personal and community qualities that enable persons to cope with adversity, trauma, tragedy, threat, or other stressors will be presented. The course will also address familial trauma: divorce, death and dying, and recovery principles for individuals, couples, and families.

MLR2040.1: Advanced Theory and Skills, Part 1 (LMFT Focus)

Credits 1
This course will deepen the student’s knowledge of modern and postmodern models of transpersonal systems therapy. Emphasis will be placed on the common factors model of psychotherapy. The course will include role-play, team assessment, and intervention. This course is a requirement for all LMFT- track students and an elective for LPCC-track students.

MLR2040.2: Advanced Theory and Skills, Part 2 (LMFT Focus)

Credits 1
This course will deepen the student’s knowledge of modern and postmodern models of transpersonal systems therapy. Emphasis will be placed on the common factors model of psychotherapy. The course will include role-play, team assessment, and intervention. This course is a requirement for all LMFT- track students and an elective for LPCC-track students.

MLR2040.3: Advanced Theory and Skills, Part 3 (LMFT Focus)

Credits 1
This course will deepen the student’s knowledge of modern and postmodern models of transpersonal systems therapy. Emphasis will be placed on the common factors model of psychotherapy. The course will include role-play, team assessment, and intervention. This course is a requirement for all LMFT- track students and an elective for LPCC-track students.

MLR2053.1: Law and Ethics, Part 1 (MFT/PCC Focus)

Credits 1.5
This course provides a professional orientation to ethics and to laws in marriage and family therapy, and in counseling. This course will review national ethical codes from the MFT and PCC professions along with legal requirements. Licensing laws, regulations delineating the scope of practice, counselor-client privilege, confidentiality, danger, and treatment of minors both with and without parental consent, child abuse, and domestic violence assessment and reporting laws, will be addressed. The relationship between the practitioner’s sense of self and human values, ethical and spiritual mandates, relationship with and responsibilities to other providers and legal entities will be explored. Further, advocacy processes needed to address institutional and social barriers that impede access, equality, and success for clients will be examined. Differences in legal and ethical standards in different work settings (private practice, public practice, collaboration, team-based, institutional, etc.) will be discussed. Assessment of abuse and the mandatory reporting laws for the child, spousal, and elder abuse will be covered. Requires enrollment in MACP or approval of MACP Program Chair. Single- course students (licensed clinicians or interns) may be admitted with approval of the MACP Program Chair.

MLR2053.2: Law and Ethics, Part 2 (MFT/PCC Focus)

Credits 3
This course provides a professional orientation to ethics and to laws in marriage and family therapy, and in counseling. This course will review national ethical codes from the MFT and PCC professions along with legal requirements. Licensing laws, regulations delineating the scope of practice, counselor-client privilege, confidentiality, danger, and treatment of minors both with and without parental consent, child abuse, and domestic violence assessment and reporting laws will be addressed. The relationship between the practitioner’s sense of self and human values, ethical and spiritual mandates, relationship with and responsibilities to other providers and legal entities will be explored. Further, advocacy processes needed to address institutional and social barriers that impede access, equality, and success for clients will be examined. Differences in legal and ethical standards in different work settings (private practice, public practice, collaboration, team-based, institutional, etc.) will be discussed. Assessment of abuse and the mandatory reporting laws for the child, spousal, and elder abuse will be covered. Requires enrollment in MACP or approval of MACP Program Chair. Single- course students (licensed clinicians or interns) may be admitted with approval of the MACP Program Chair.

MLR2069: Pre-Practicum: Clinical Training Preparation (MFT/PCC Focus)

Credits 1.5
The course provides an opportunity to begin setting up your clinical practicum training that will begin during the following year. The course includes instruction on MACP Clinical Training Handbook and MACP program policies regarding practicum, pre-practicum paperwork and non- coursework requirements prior to beginning practicum, accessing and understanding the practicum experience requirements, information about postgraduate intern registration and the education, training and licensure requirements, preparing resumes and writing cover letters, searching for potential practicum training sites, making initial contacts, and preparing for practicum interviews. California students will learn California Board of Behavioral Sciences requirements for practicum, internship, and licensure. Low-residency students will research their jurisdictions specific requirements including pre-degree experience, post-degree experience, and licensure or equivalent qualification to practice independently of supervision. Closed course. This class is open to MACP students only.

MLR2070: Practicum 1

Credits 3
This course will begin the practicum sequence by introducing case management, intake, note taking, and the use of supervision and training. This will include assessment, diagnosis and prognosis, and treatment planning including individuals, couples, and families. Further, this course will provide students with the opportunity to hear the perspectives of various consumers of mental health services and their family members to enhance the understanding of their experience of mental illness, treatment, and recovery. The principles of recovery-oriented care and methods of service delivery will be discussed. Professional writing and connecting clients with resources will be addressed. The influence on the mental health profession of ongoing developments in public health, social and cultural forces, and technology innovations will also be considered.

MLR2072: Practicum 2B: Transpersonal-Based Case Formulation, Treatment Planning, and Applications

Credits 3
The second 3.0 units of this A/B course will focus on practicum applications of transpersonal theory. The class will focus on the clients the students are currently seeing at their practicum sites. Principles of recovery-oriented care and collaborative treatment will be incorporated. This work will include the treatment of individuals, couple, family, and child relationships. It will address trauma and abuse, dysfunctions, healthy functioning, health promotion, illness prevention, and working with families and groups. May be repeated for credit if a student needs an additional quarter of practicum.

MLR2076: Practicum 4B: Evidence-Based Case Formulation, Treatment Planning and Applications

Credits 3
The second 3.0 units of this A/B course will focus on practicum applications of evidence-based theory. The class will focus on the clients the students are currently seeing at their practicum sites. Principles of recovery-oriented care and collaborative treatment will be incorporated. This work will include the treatment of individuals, couple, family, and child relationships. It will address trauma and abuse, dysfunctions, healthy functioning, health promotion, illness prevention, and working with families and groups. Students will learn case presentation and peer supervision. May be repeated for credit if a student needs an additional quarter of practicum.

MLR2077: Psychopharmacology, Brain Structure and Development, and Severe Mental Illness

Credits 4.5
This course will include current research and applications on brain structure and impact on relationship styles and learning styles. Psychopharmacology will be looked at in terms of biological bases of behavior, basic classifications, and indications and contraindications for medications. Appropriate use of medication in a transpersonal, whole-person framework will be addressed. Working in a collaborative team in referral and management of medication and therapy will be discussed.

MLR2078.1: Psychopathology: Part 1 (MFT/PCC Focus)

Credits 1.5
This course will include the principles of the diagnostic process and will include assessment and testing procedures. The diagnostic process will include the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; the impact of co-occurring substance use disorders and psychological disorders; and continuum of care and treatment modalities. Assessment through testing will include basic concepts of standardized and non-standardized testing and assessment. It will include social and cultural factors related to the assessment and evaluation of groups and ethical strategies for selecting, administering, and interpreting assessment instruments and techniques in counseling. Appropriate use of assessment in a transpersonal, whole-person framework will be addressed.

MLR2078.2: Psychopathology: Part 2 (MFT/PCC Focus)

Credits 3
This course will include the principles of the diagnostic process and will include assessment and testing procedures. The diagnostic process will include the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; the impact of co-occurring substance use disorders and psychological disorders; and continuum of care and treatment modalities. Assessment through testing will include basic concepts of standardized and non-standardized testing and assessment. It will include social and cultural factors related to the assessment and evaluation of groups and ethical strategies for selecting, administering, and interpreting assessment instruments and techniques in counseling. Appropriate use of assessment in a transpersonal, whole-person framework will be addressed.

MLR2079: Supplemental Practicum

Credits 1

This course is offered from time to time for students who have completed the practicum sequence but have not yet completed the minimum number of pre-degree, supervised clinical hours required for their licensing track under the laws or regulations of the jurisdiction where they plan to license. The class will focus on the clients the students are currently seeing at their practicum sites, with continued development of skills in case formulation, assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and intervention. This course may take a transpersonal, systems, somatic, or expressive arts focus depending on the needs of the students. This course may be repeated multiple times for credit.

MLR2080: Practicum Evaluation (MFT/PCC Focus)

This 0-unit online course provides a container in which the MACP faculty will track and mentor each student throughout the MACP Capstone Project. Approval to enter this year-long course is required prior to enrollment in the Clinical Practicum sequence, and the student remains enrolled in this course concurrently while completing the sequence. This course is completed when the student has met all clinical practicum requirements for the student's licensing track, including verification of required clinical hours under state regulation, as well as submission of satisfactory evaluations from the community practicum site. Completion of Practicum Evaluation is required for graduation. Requires approval of MACP Chair.

MLR3001.1: Clinical Applications of Meditation and Mindfulness, Part 1

Credits 0.5
This three-part course will provide students with a foundation in clinical applications of mindfulness for different disorders with research proven methods. The course will expose students to different meditation techniques, assessment of mindfulness, and use of technology in mindfulness. Students will develop an understanding of measures used to assess effectiveness of mindfulness and understand different technological developments and applications available to practice mindfulness.

MLR3001.2: Clinical Applications of Meditation and Mindfulness, Part 2

Credits 1
This three-part course will provide students with a foundation in clinical applications of mindfulness for different disorders with research proven methods. The course will expose students to different meditation techniques, assessment of mindfulness, and use of technology in mindfulness. Students will develop an understanding of measures used to assess effectiveness of mindfulness and understand different technological developments and applications available to practice mindfulness.

MLR3001.3: Clinical Applications of Meditation and Mindfulness, Part 3

Credits 0.5
This three-part course will provide students with a foundation in clinical applications of mindfulness for different disorders with research proven methods. The course will expose students to different meditation techniques, assessment of mindfulness, and use of technology in mindfulness. Students will develop an understanding of measures used to assess effectiveness of mindfulness and understand different technological developments and applications available to practice mindfulness.

MLR3065: Transpersonal Skills Lab 1 (Spiritual Focus)

Credits 1
Topics vary and may include components of Holotropic Breathwork, using the Enneagram with clients, psychosynthesis, spiritual emergency/emergence therapy, and mindfulness-based CBT and DBT techniques. Each skills lab will teach tools and techniques in the chosen topic to help therapists work more effectively in spiritual and transpersonal modalities with clients.

MLR3066: Transpersonal Skills Lab 2 - Psychosynthesis (Spiritual Focus)

Credits 1

This transpersonal skills lab will focus on Self-realization, a key concept in Psychosynthesis theory and psychotherapy theory. Self-realization can be defined as the individual discovering and actualizing their own truth in their life. In this course, there will be an emphasis on students developing their ability to access their inner wisdom/truth and their ability to recognize conditioning that pulls them away from it. In service of this aim, an assignment in the course is to spend time each week being in a relationship to whatever the student conceives Spirit to be. Additionally, the readings, video, and vignettes in the text support the student in understanding and developing this goal.

MLR3067: Transpersonal Skills Lab 3 (Spiritual Focus)

Credits 1
Topics vary and may include components of Holotropic Breathwork, using the Enneagram with clients, psychosynthesis, spiritual emergency/emergence therapy, and mindfulness-based CBT and DBT techniques. Each skills lab will teach tools and techniques in the chosen topic to help therapists work more effectively in the spiritual and transpersonal modalities with clients.

MLR4001: Mind-Body Integration: Aikido A

Credits 1
This course introduces the principles of Aikido and its application to human relationships. It provides a basic foundation for the student who wishes to adopt Aikido as a practice as well as for the future application of the principles of Aikido to psychotherapy and other fields. It provides practical training in maintaining center and awareness under pressure, learning to blend and harmonize with others, and the development of a personal sense of presence. Emphasis on the relationships between Aikido, daily life, relationships, and therapy are explored. Basic back and forward rolls will be learned and practiced (accommodations can be provided.)

MLR4002: Mind-Body Integration: Aikido B

Credits 1
This course introduces the principles of Aikido and their application to human relationships. It provides a basic foundation for the student who wishes to adopt Aikido as a practice as well as for the future application of the principles of Aikido to psychotherapy and other fields. It provides practical training in maintaining center and awareness under pressure, learning to blend and harmonize with others, and the development of a personal sense of presence. Emphasis on relationships between Aikido, daily life, relationships, and therapy are explored. Basic back and forward rolls will be learned and practiced (accommodations can be provided.)

MLR4065: Transpersonal Skills Lab 1 (Somatic Focus)

Credits 1
Topics will vary and include components of Yoga Indra and transformative yoga, Hakomi, Qigong, meditation and mindfulness, body-oriented psychotherapy tools and techniques, etc. Each skills lab will teach tools and techniques in the chosen topic to help therapists work more effectively in the somatic modalities with clients.

MLR4066: Transpersonal Skills Lab 2 - Psychosynthesis (Somatic Focus)

Credits 1

This transpersonal skills lab will focus on supporting students in developing their ability to be aware of their somatic experiences and utilizing somatic focus for seeing their clients as a whole person. Students will be offered opportunities to participate in psychosynthesis exercises that involve movement and attention to their body sensations.

MLR4067: Transpersonal Skills Lab 3 (Somatic Focus)

Credits 1
Topics will vary and include components of Yoga Nidra and transformative yoga, Hakomi, Qigong, meditation and mindfulness, body-oriented psychotherapy tools and techniques, etc. Each skills lab will teach tools and techniques in the chosen topic to help therapists work more effectively in the somatic modalities with clients.

MLR5025: Career Development A

Credits 1.5
This course introduces career development theories and techniques, including career development decision-making models. The course emphasizes the holistic interrelationship between career and contextual factors over lifespan transitions. The course also examines ethical issues and professional standards in career counseling.

MLR5026: Advanced Career Development (LPCC Focus)

Credits 3
This course builds and expands on Career Development A. It will include deeper study of career development theories and techniques, including career development decision-making models and interrelationships among and between work, family, and other life roles and factors that affect both normal and abnormal behavior. The focus is on career counseling competencies expected of Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors. This course is a requirement for all LPCC-track students and an elective for LMFT-track students.

MLR6001: Transpersonal Theory and Literature

Credits 2
An introduction to the Transpersonal as a field of study. Transpersonal studies encompass a continuum of human experience including an interest in the immanent and transcendent dimensions of human experience: exceptional human functioning, experiences, performances and achievements, true genius, the nature and meaning of deep religious and mystical experiences, non-ordinary states of consciousness, and how we might foster the fulfillment of our highest potentials as human beings. Transpersonal studies is interdisciplinary, drawing on insights and literature from not only the various areas of psychology, but also the sciences of cognition, consciousness, and the paranormal; philosophy; social and cultural theory; integral health theories and practices; poetry, literature, and the arts; and the world's spiritual and wisdom traditions. Literature by both founders and current researchers in the field will be reviewed and discussed. Research skills for broadening the student's knowledge of transpersonal literature will be introduced.

MLR6035: Research Methods A

Credits 1.5
This course covers research and evaluation. This will include an understanding of both qualitative and quantitative methods. Students will understand methods, analysis, and the use of research to inform evidence-based practice, the importance of research in advancing the profession. Needs assessment, programs evaluation, and practice-based research will be presented. This is a required course for all students.

MLR6036: Advanced Research Methods (LPCC Focus)

Credits 3
This course covers advanced research design and application. Students will be able to critique clinical research literature regarding research quality and effectiveness of clinical practice techniques. Students will be able to review demographic and social data, social and economic issues, and wider social forces that contribute to definitions of health and its management. Students will gain the tools and experience to apply research to their clinical practice and to contribute to new knowledge. This course is a requirement for all LPCC-track students and an elective for LMFT-track students.

MLR6037: Assessment, Appraisal, and Testing of Individuals

Credits 4.5
This course covers: assessment, appraisal, and testing of individuals, including basic concepts of standardized and non-standardized testing and other assessment techniques, norm-referenced and criterion-referenced assessment, statistical concepts, social and cultural factors related to assessment and evaluation of individuals and groups, and ethical strategies for selecting, administering and interpreting assessment instruments and techniques in counseling.