This course focuses on crisis theory, methods of crisis intervention, and specific crises that occur with individuals and families such as suicide, unemployment, natural disasters, illness, divorce, and death. Students are expected throughout the course to apply their exploration of theory to their work and life experiences.

This course focuses on occupational stress research, including the identification of organizational and psychosocial sources of stress. It defines workplace stress and eustress and explores factors including work environments, stress perception, diversity stress, personality, and interpersonal relationships with managers, staff, and co-workers. This course evaluates measurement tools, prevention and remediation strategies for individuals and organizations, and other approaches that create healthy workplaces. Each area is examined from the individual worker's perspective and that of management. Learners apply the major theoretical principles and processes to their own experiences as employees, employers, or military personnel.

This course provides an overview of counseling theories developed by major theorists. The course examines how both the historical context and the scientific knowledge of the time helped to shape the theories developed during the past century. Research findings evaluating the effectiveness of therapeutic modalities are reviewed. Important elements of the counseling process, which include assessments, confidentiality, the therapeutic alliance, and the impact of funding sources on decision making, are examined.

This course provides students with an opportunity to study the important theories, strategies, and skills of addictions-related counseling. Topics are derived from the Twelve Core Functions of Addiction Counselors and will include concepts like screening, referral, intake, assessment, crisis management, treatment, recovery, support, and/or client education.