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Problem Gambling Counselling (PGC)
PGC 1: Introduction to Problem Gambling
Students will learn about the history of gambling; types of gambling; proliferation of legalized gambling; economic costs and benefits of legalized gambling; odds and knowledge of randomness; problem gambling epidemiology; and problem gambling incidence and prevalence.
PGC 2: Assessment and Treatment Issues
This course introduces the key concepts and theoretical understanding of assessment, treatment planning, and clinical interventions for people who have problem gambling behaviours.
PGC 3: Concurrent Issues
Students will study the current approaches used when dealing with problem gambling clients with psychiatric disorders and substance abuse/addiction issues. Students will also study the impact of medication and illicit drug use in problem gambling clients.
PGC 4: Aboriginal, Ethno-Cultural/Racial, and Special Populations Health
Students will learn about issues related to Aboriginal, ethno-cultural/racial communities, women, youth, seniors, and the appropriateness of individual/group/family treatment for such groups.
PGC 5: Ethics and Professional Practice
In this course, students will develop the knowledge and skills to work professionally with clients with problem gambling behaviours. They will identify legal and ethical considerations that apply to the field of problem gambling.
PGC 6: Skills Training
Students will learn fundamental problem gambling counselling skills. The course content includes practice in conducting screenings, completing assessments, and developing treatment plans and recovery groups for clients using the Integrated Case Management Model.
Addictions Counselling (AC)
AC 1: Introduction to Addictions
This course will present an overview of addiction. Students will investigate historical and cultural attitudes towards drug (including alcohol) use; physical, psychological, social, emotional, and spiritual factors surrounding addiction; and clinical manifestations of both prevention and treatment.
AC 2: Assessment and Intervention in Addiction
This course introduces the key concepts and theoretical understandings of assessment, treatment planning, clinical interventions, rehabilitation and recovery for people who have addictions.
AC 3: Concurrent Issues
Students will study the current approaches used when dealing with clients with psychiatric disorders and substance abuse/addiction issues. Students will also study the impact of medication and illicit drug use on concurrent disorder clients.
AC 4: Aboriginal, Ethno-Cultural/Racial, and Special Populations Health
Students will learn about issues related to Aboriginal, ethno-cultural/racial communities, women, youth, seniors, and the appropriateness of individual/group/family treatment for such groups.
AC 5: Ethics and Professional Practice
In this course, students will develop the knowledge and skills to work professionally with clients with addictive behaviours. They will identify legal and ethical considerations that apply to the field of addictions.
AC 6: Skills Training
Students will learn fundamental problem gambling counselling skills. The course content includes practice in conducting screenings, completing assessments, and developing treatment plans and recovery groups for clients using the Integrated Case Management Model.
Seminars
Seminar 1: Theories of Counselling & Psychotherapy
This course examines the basic tenets and therapeutic processes that characterize various theoretical approaches to counselling/psychotherapy. The models are clustered according to the four major forces in psychology: Psychodynamic (Psychoanalytic, Adlerian); Behavioural and Cognitive-Behavioural (Behavioural, Cognitive-Behavioural, Reality); Humanistic (Existential, Person-Centred, Gestalt); and Contextual/Systemic (Feminist, Family Systems, Multicultural). Emphasis is placed on critical analysis of the various approaches as well as self-reflection in relation to values, beliefs, assumptions about human nature, and worldview.
Seminar 2: Methodology / Clinical Skills
Specific issues of counselling and psychotherapy are examined within an integrative framework. An in-depth examination of a counselling model will be included.
Seminar 3: Research / Literature Review
Quantitative and qualitative alternatives in the design and conduct of counselling research will be examined. Limitations on research from practical and ethical considerations will be addressed.
Seminar 4: Report Writing
This course will teach students the style of writing and methods of report writing used in the field of counselling and psychotherapy. It summarizes a lot of the material available in the publication.
Seminar 5: Psychopathology
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