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2011-2012 TCSPP Academic Catalog and Student Handbook [Archived Catalog]
Course Descriptions
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Clinical Psy.D. - all Concentrations and Certificate |
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PY 543 - Advanced Play Therapy
This course will address the phenomena of play and play therapy from multiple theoretical perspectives. This course will examine how play is used as a therapeutic intervention and assessment tool to help children and adolescents communicate ideas, feelings and experiences, how play is used to help children rehearse and master life skills, resolve events such as trauma or loss, and how play may provide a window for adults into a child’s lived experience. This course will address specific techniques for guiding, participating in, observing and interpreting play behavior both in dyads, small groups and systemically. The influences of culture, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, and spirituality on play will be identified. Non-verbal and verbal therapeutic modalities will be explored. (3 credits)
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PY 546 - Biopsychosocial Aspects of Medical Disorders
Prerequisite(s): PY 449 . Using a biopsychosocial paradigm, this course provides a general introduction to the epidemiology, etiology, assessment, and treatment of medical disorders seen by clinical health psychologists. Physical systems covered include cardiovascular, endocrine, gastroenterological, gynecologic, immune, nervous, pulmonary, and urologic. Specific medical disorders including AIPY, arthritis, asthma, cancer, chronic pain, headache, heart disease, hypertension, multiple sclerosis, Raynaud’s disease, stroke, and temporomandibular disorders are also examined. (2 credits)
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PY 547 - Hypnotherapy
Prerequisite(s): PY 504 . This course considers models of hypnosis and their clinical application. Students participate in demonstrations and have an opportunity to practice methods of hypnotic induction and deepening. (1 credit)
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PY 548 - Therapeutic Uses of Dance/Movement in Psychology
This course provides an understanding of the inherent relationship between movement, dance and emotional expression. It includes both didactic and experiential components that serve to promote students’ awareness of body and movement expression as being intrinsic to the process of self-exploration, learning, creativity and therapy and develop attunement skills that serve to expand and deepen individual or group experiencing and communication. Dance/Movement Therapy is introduced as an alternative therapeutic modality and examined in terms of its historical development, basic theoretical principles, professional training, ethical standards, and clinical methodology. No previous experience in dance or movement is necessary. (1 credit)
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PY 549 - Divorce and Child Custody
Divorce and Child Custody is an advanced fourth year course introducing students to the reliable and valid methods of assessment, the forensic issues, and the ethical requirements for psychologists conducting child custody evaluations. The course also includes the conceptualization of intervention in such cases. (2 credits)
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PY 550 - International Perspectives on Mental Health I
This course introduces student to international perspectives in mental health. The course consists of a preparatory seminar and an in-country portion. As part of the in-country portion, students will participate in a variety of mental-health related and cultural activities. Students will learn about mental health delivery, socio-cultural issues, and cultural diversity as they relate to the country visited. The course includes both experiential and academic work on international perspectives in mental health. (2 credits)
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PY 551 - Seminar in Brief Psychotherapy
Prerequisite(s): PY 462 and PY 464 and PY 466 and PY 468 . This course presents theory, methodology and practice of several models of brief psychotherapy, including the crises intervention model. Emphasis is placed on the acquisition of essential skills for the effective practice of short-term psychotherapy. (2 credits)
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PY 552 - Development Disabilities
This course builds upon basic principles of learning and applied behavior analysis. The course will offer advanced coverage of special topics and will include behavior analysis in applied settings such as schools and hospitals; parent training; assessment and treatment procedures for improving communication skills of individuals with developmental disabilities; managing problem behaviors such as self-injury, food refusal, and noncompliance; and working with special populations such as children with autism. (2 credits)
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PY 554 - Intentional Use of Music and Sound in Health, Psychology
The goal of this course is to help students develop skills and rationale for the selection of music/sound stimulation for intentional, therapeutic, self-care, and educational uses. Topics covered, include the effects of music on physiological response (e.g. stimulative vs. sedative music affecting stress, relaxation, pain stimulation, immune factors, sleep); emotions, cognitive/intellectual development; self actualization; and creativity. Discussions, class demonstrations, and projects emphasize factors impacting selection, use, and outcome effectiveness of music/sound. Ethical issues for individual and group use, as well as cultural implications of music/sound, are also considered. (1 credit)
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PY 555 - Youth Interventions with Rap Music and Hip-Hop
Modern Rap music and related Hip-Hop culture are increasingly influential phenomena on urban youth in particular and contemporary youth in general both in the United States and around the globe. This interactive course will explore and illustrate the use of themes, lyrics, and images in Rap/Hip-Hop as a mechanism for enriching youth interventions for various mental health issues across home, school, and community settings. (2 credits)
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PY 556 - Psychology, Creativity and Community
This course examines the psychology of creativity from psychoanalytic, behavioral, cognitive, existential, humanistic, and physiological theories. Following this, the practical application of creativity theories and research findings are applied to intellectual and emotional growth, community development, and arts production. Specific issues such as collaboration, identity, creative style, and moral/social responsibility are highlighted. Students are engaged throughout the class in the process of creativity through individual and group activities. (1 credit)
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PY 557 - Substance Abuse
This course explores the fundamentals of substance abuse treatment. Models of addiction are reviewed and students are exposed to issues involved in treatment including denial, continued use while in treatment, the importance of family functioning and adult/child pathology. A survey of the types and classes of addictive substances are covered. (2 credits)
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PY 558 - Introduction to Drama Therapy
This class will focus on an introduction to theoretical terms and metaphors. Major theatrical movements and terns will be related to drama therapy. In addition, this class gives an overview of the history of drama therapy from the earliest recorded reference of theater in the treatment of the mentally ill to modern day practices. There will also be a brief survey of the three major theories of drama therapy. (1 credit)
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PY 564 - Applied Stress Management
Inducing a relaxed state is one of the major interventions in psychology, especially in health and rehabilitation contexts. This course provides a rationale for the use of such techniques by examining the concept of stress and ways of coping. It then provides an overview of the various specific techniques used to induce a relaxed state, with some guidance for use with different client populations or target problems. Direct instruction for induction procedures and subsequent use in clinical settings is provided. (2 credits)
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PY 565 - Psychotherapy and Spirituality
This course explores the relationship between psychotherapy and spirituality, including the historical, phenomenological, multicultural, and clinical expressions of various relationships between these two disciplines or practices. Throughout the course we will explore common clinical issues and interventions that arise in therapeutic encounters related to spirituality, including the loss of meaning in life, the problem of evil, spiritual emergency and/or transformation, the search for hope, the relationship of morality and spirituality, conversion, mystical experience, death and the afterlife, guilt and forgiveness, spiritual community and intimacy, the relationship between consciousness and spirituality, the use of ritual, meditation, mindfulness, and prayer in treatment, the significance of religious language, the discernment of healthy and pathological forms of spirituality, and psychotherapy as spiritual discipline, among other topics. Lastly, we will explore the notion of homo spiritus, or an understanding of the human being as inherently spiritual, and the relationship of this perspective to the original understanding of the psychologist as an iatros tes psyche, or “physician of the soul.” (2 credits)
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PY 568 - Trauma Therapy in Clinical Practice
This course will examine the psychological and physiological impact of trauma on individuals and systems. Particular consideration will be paid to issues of acute reaction, adaptations to trauma, memory mechanisms and processes, and practical applications in therapy. Developmental, social, cultural, and multicultural issues in assessment and treatment of trauma and traumatic stress will be considered. Multiple types of trauma and a variety of treatment models will be explored. (2 credits)
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PY 570 - Applied Neuropsychology
Prerequisite(s): PY 479 . This course will familiarize students with the most commonly used neuropsychological tests including their administration, scoring, and interpretation, with emphasis on integrating test results with interview, observational, historical, and medical information for the purposes of diagnosing brain disease or dysfunction, assessing change in brain function, and making recommendations. (2 credits)
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PY 571 - Psychology of Aging
Prerequisite(s): PY 439 . This course discusses biological, social, and psychological factors related to late life issues. Relevant research and theoretical models are presented. Attention is given to issues specific to psychological testing and psychotherapy with the elderly. (2 credits)
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PY 573 - Child Trauma
This course will examine the psychological and physiological impact of trauma on children, adolescents, and their families. Particular consideration will be paid to issues of acute reaction, adaptations to trauma, memory mechanisms and processes, and practical applications in therapy. Developmental, social, cultural, and multicultural issues in assessment and treatment of trauma and traumatic stress will be considered. Multiple types of trauma and a variety of treatment models will be explored. (3 credits)
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PY 574 - Play Assessment and Treatment
Prerequisite(s): PY 437 and PY 462 and PY 464 and PY 466 and PY 468 . This course will review multiple theoretical play therapy perspectives in the assessment and treatment of children from early childhood through early adolescent developmental stages. Cultural, socioeconomic, gender-related, and religious influences as they occur in the multiple systems of children’s lives will be identified. Non-verbal and verbal therapeutic modalities will be explored. (1 credit)
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PY 575 - Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Prerequisite(s): PY 4241 and PY 437 and PY 4231 . This course offers an in-depth exploration of the syndromes of psychopathology observed in children and adolescents. In addition to examining the descriptive characteristics of each syndrome, leading etiological theories and relevant research are considered. Epidemiological trends and developmental factors relevant to clinical work with children and adolescents are also studied. (2 credits)
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PY 577 - Assessment of Children and Adolescents
Prerequisite(s): PY 437 and PY 453 . This course covers the selection, administration, scoring, and interpretation of cognitive, personality, and educational tests, as well as behavioral rating scales commonly used in psychological assessment of children and adolescents. Integration of information from diverse tests into a written report is also covered. Special considerations that arise in assessing these age groups are emphasized throughout the course including interpretation within a normative-development framework. (2 credits)
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PY 579 - Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents
Prerequisite(s): PY 437 and PY 462 and PY 464 and PY 466 and PY 468 . This course examines the relevant therapeutic and developmental considerations encountered in psychotherapy with children and adolescents. In addition to a survey of the major theoretical approaches and the basic techniques of child and adolescent psychotherapy, topics considered include working with parents and schools, the importance of the context or referral and treatment, and the relationship between a child’s developmental stage and therapeutic activities and goals. (2 credits)
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PY 580 - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender: Cultural Considerations
This course will introduce special considerations in working with gay lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) clientele including issues of coming-out, identity development, surrogate families, GLBT subcultures, gender roles, relationship issues, experiences of prejudice and oppression, homophobia, heterosexism, barriers to affirmative treatment, being GLBT and a member of another stigmatized group, and the gay-pride movement. This course also offers an historical perspective on psychology’s conceptualization and treatment of GLBT people. (2 credits)
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PY 584 - Advanced Hypnosis
Prerequisite(s): PY 547 . It builds upon the foundation laid by that course and develops student skills in trance induction and utilization, such as crafting of therapeutic suggestion for particular clinical problems. In addition the theoretical and empirical foundations of hypnosis are discussed as an aid to preparing clients for therapeutic hypnosis. Ethical issues in use of this technique are also covered. A portion of each class session will be used in the practice of techniques using other students in the class as partners. (1 credit)
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PY 586 - Supervision
Prerequisite(s): PY 462 and PY 464 and PY 466 and PY 468 . This course introduces students to a range of supervision models that can be used to monitor performance, facilitate supervisee growth, and improve quality of therapeutic and assessment services. Students will supervise a less experienced trainee in a clinical course or on a Practicum in addition to participation in class discussion and activities. Supervision of supervision, ethical issues, and legal obligations will also be addressed. (2 credits)
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PY 588 - Learning to Teach
This course will introduce students to issues of classroom instruction, adult learning models, learning assessment, exam and project development, facilitation of discussion and class activities, grading, and syllabi creation. As a component of class activities, students will prepare a statement of teaching philosophy, a teaching demonstration, and a sample syllabus that could be included in a set of application materials for an adjunct teaching position. While this course is an elective available to any student in the Department, those wishing to teach at The Chicago School are required to complete this course, obtain the recommendation of their Department chair, and undergo the normal processes associated with adjunct hiring, including application, interviewing, orientation, and quality assurance. Students wishing to teach at The Chicago School must also take the Learning to Teach Seminar I and II for the first two semesters they teach. (2 credits)
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PY 589 - Teaching Practicum Seminar
This course provides a small consultation group in which students examine relevant professional and personal development issues that arise as a result of adjunct teaching. Activities will involve discussion of experiences as an adjunct teacher with readings as indicated. Part of the class will be classroom observation of teaching by the instructor. (1 credit)
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PY 595 - International Perspectives in Mental Health II
Prerequisite(s): PY 550 . This course introduces student to international perspectives in mental health. The course consists of a preparatory seminar and an in-country portion. As part of the in-country portion, students will participate in a variety of mental-health related and cultural activities. Students will learn about mental health delivery, socio-cultural issues, and cultural diversity as they relate to the country visited. The course includes both experiential and academic work on international perspectives in mental health. (2 credits)
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PY 598 - Gender and Transgender
Using a feminist framework, this course will address social contexts and issues impacting gender roles of females, males, and transgendered persons. It will explore traditional gender role expectations, the social systems that reinforce traditional presentations, gender development theories, and the unique challenges encountered when working with transgendered clients. (1 credit)
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PY 604 - Advanced Practicum Seminar
Prerequisite(s): PY 506 . This is the first course in the Advanced Practicum sequence. The Advanced Practicum is designed to offer students advanced experience in a particular area of interest. This course provides a small consultation group in which students examine relevant clinical and professional development issues that arise as the result of participation in Advanced Practica. Students present practicum cases to gain mastery in the integration of theory and practice. Case conceptualizations consider client/therapist relationship, broad system issues (e.g., family, school, community, court, political, other treatment professionals/programs), and areas of diversity and difference (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status) as contextual variables. (Pass/Fail) (2 credits)
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PY 605 - Advanced Practicum Seminar
Prerequisite(s): PY 604 . This is the second in the Advanced Practicum sequence. (Pass/Fail) (1 credit)
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PY 606 - Advanced Practicum Seminar
Prerequisite(s): PY 605 . This is the third course in the Advanced Practicum sequence. (Pass/Fail) (1 credit)
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PY 615 - Advanced Practicum Seminar: Clinical Pastoral Education (Fall Semester Only)
This course is a specialized form of Advanced Practicum and is facilitated as a clinical pastoral education experience, providing an action/reflection and/or process experiential model of education in the practice of pastoral care of others’ spirituality within various crisis situations (i.e., physical, mental, social, political, economic, or legal). This is an extremely rare opportunity for the integration of clinical psychology and pastoral care. The experience is inclusive of all spiritual pathways, including non-theistic or polytheistic perspectives, such as (but not limited to) Buddhism, Indigenous African and Caribbean traditions, or Neo-paganism, as well as being inclusive for those wishing to train in the new branch of chaplaincy that is ever increasing in its presence in various settings, humanistic chaplaincy. The word, “pastoral,” is to be understood in a qualitative way of “being-with” others in crisis, particularized to each respective tradition, rather than as denoting the office of a professional cleric. The process includes group discussions of clinical situations based on a “case study” model of education with a hermeneutic of clarifying spiritual meaning, need, and/or care; interpersonal group relations encounters with one’s peers to gain a better sense of who one is in relation to others in group settings; and seminar/classroom didactics related to the particular needs of the group’s participants in their own professional development, relative to each group’s needs at the time of the seminar, and may include (but not limited by) such topics as the theory and practice of spirituality in crisis intervention, traumatic loss, palliative care, explorations of religious or spiritual traditions different from one’s own, spiritual assessment, diagnostics, and therapeutic/pastoral care and counseling from various traditions, interdisciplinary staff relations regarding the spiritual care of staff and those served by staff in particular settings, addressing joint commission requirements of specific institutions regarding the mandated spiritual care of its consumers. (2 credits)
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PY 616 - Advanced Practicum Seminar: Clinical Pastoral Education (Spring Semester Only)
This course is a specialized form of Advanced Practicum and is facilitated as a clinical pastoral education experience, providing an action/reflection and/or process experiential model of education in the practice of pastoral care of others’ spirituality within various crisis situations (i.e., physical, mental, social, political, economic, or legal). This is an extremely rare opportunity for the integration of clinical psychology and pastoral care. The experience is inclusive of all spiritual pathways, including non-theistic or polytheistic perspectives, such as (but not limited to) Buddhism, Indigenous African and Caribbean traditions, or Neo-paganism, as well as being inclusive for those wishing to train in the new branch of chaplaincy that is ever increasing in its presence in various settings, humanistic chaplaincy. The word, “pastoral,” is to be understood in a qualitative way of “being-with” others in crisis, particularized to each respective tradition, rather than as denoting the office of a professional cleric. The process includes group discussions of clinical situations based on a “case study” model of education with a hermeneutic of clarifying spiritual meaning, need, and/or care; interpersonal group relations encounters with one’s peers to gain a better sense of who one is in relation to others in group settings; and seminar/classroom didactics related to the particular needs of the group’s participants in their own professional development, relative to each group’s needs at the time of the seminar, and may include (but not limited by) such topics as the theory and practice of spirituality in crisis intervention, traumatic loss, palliative care, explorations of religious or spiritual traditions different from one’s own, spiritual assessment, diagnostics, and therapeutic/pastoral care and counseling from various traditions, interdisciplinary staff relations regarding the spiritual care of staff and those served by staff in particular settings, addressing joint commission requirements of specific institutions regarding the mandated spiritual care of its consumers. (1 credit)
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PY 617 - Advanced Practicum Seminar: Clinical Pastoral Education
This course is a specialized form of Advanced Practicum and is facilitated as a clinical pastoral education experience, providing an action/reflection and/or process experiential model of education in the practice of pastoral care of others’ spirituality within various crisis situations (i.e., physical, mental, social, political, economic, or legal). This is an extremely rare opportunity for the integration of clinical psychology and pastoral care. The experience is inclusive of all spiritual pathways, including non-theistic or polytheistic perspectives, such as (but not limited to) Buddhism, Indigenous African and Caribbean traditions, or Neo-paganism, as well as being inclusive for those wishing to train in the new branch of chaplaincy that is ever increasing in its presence in various settings, humanistic chaplaincy. The word, “pastoral,” is to be understood in a qualitative way of “being-with” others in crisis, particularized to each respective tradition, rather than as denoting the office of a professional cleric. The process includes group discussions of clinical situations based on a “case study” model of education with a hermeneutic of clarifying spiritual meaning, need, and/or care; interpersonal group relations encounters with one’s peers to gain a better sense of who one is in relation to others in group settings; and seminar/classroom didactics related to the particular needs of the group’s participants in their own professional development, relative to each group’s needs at the time of the seminar, and may include (but not limited by) such topics as the theory and practice of spirituality in crisis intervention, traumatic loss, palliative care, explorations of religious or spiritual traditions different from one’s own, spiritual assessment, diagnostics, and therapeutic/pastoral care and counseling from various traditions, interdisciplinary staff relations regarding the spiritual care of staff and those served by staff in particular settings, addressing joint commission requirements of specific institutions regarding the mandated spiritual care of its consumers. (1 credit)
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PY 630 - Proposal Development Seminar
Prerequisite(s): PY 455 . Through weekly meetings with peers and their dissertation chair, students complete their dissertation proposal in this course. Students present their dissertation ideas to their chair and their peers and, through feedback and independent work, craft a high-quality dissertation proposal. Students that register for this class must complete their dissertation within the articulated areas of expertise and within the methodologies/types of dissertations approved by their chair. Successful completion of the course requires producing a complete proposal that meets instructor approval. (3 credits)
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PY 631 - Dissertation Maintenance I
Prerequisite(s): PY 630 and the previous semester of Dissertation Maintenance. Students meet regularly with their dissertation chair in small groups to monitor their ongoing progress on their dissertations. Specific deadlines are set for the completion of committee approval of the proposal, and IRB application (Dissertation Maintenance I), steps for completion of the sections of the dissertation (Dissertation Maintenance II and III), completion of an 85% complete approved draft (Dissertation Maintenance III), submittal of the dissertation draft to the committee (Dissertation Maintenance IV), and oral defense (Dissertation Maintenance V). Students must register for Dissertation Maintenance every semester after the completion of PY 630 until the dissertation is complete. A total of five semesters of Dissertation Maintenance is required, in addition to the completion of PY 630 , to complete the dissertation. (credit/no credit) (2 credits)
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PY 632 - Dissertation Maintenance II
Prerequisite(s): PY 630 and the previous semester of Dissertation Maintenance. Students meet regularly with their dissertation chair in small groups to monitor their ongoing progress on their dissertations. Specific deadlines are set for the completion of committee approval of the proposal, and IRB application (Dissertation Maintenance I), steps for completion of the sections of the dissertation (Dissertation Maintenance II and III), completion of an 85% complete approved draft (Dissertation Maintenance III), submittal of the dissertation draft to the committee (Dissertation Maintenance IV), and oral defense (Dissertation Maintenance V). Students must register for Dissertation Maintenance every semester after the completion of PY 630 until the dissertation is complete. A total of five semesters of Dissertation Maintenance is required, in addition to the completion of PY 630 , to complete the dissertation. (credit/no credit) (2 credits)
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PY 633 - Dissertation Maintenance III
Prerequisite(s): PY 630 and the previous semester of Dissertation Maintenance. Students meet regularly with their dissertation chair in small groups to monitor their ongoing progress on their dissertations. Specific deadlines are set for the completion of committee approval of the proposal, and IRB application (Dissertation Maintenance I), steps for completion of the sections of the dissertation (Dissertation Maintenance II and III), completion of an 85% complete approved draft (Dissertation Maintenance III), submittal of the dissertation draft to the committee (Dissertation Maintenance IV), and oral defense (Dissertation Maintenance V). Students must register for Dissertation Maintenance every semester after the completion of PY 630 until the dissertation is complete. A total of five semesters of Dissertation Maintenance is required, in addition to the completion of PY 630 , to complete the dissertation. (credit/no credit) (2 credits)
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PY 634 - Dissertation Maintenance IV
Prerequisite(s): PY 630 and the previous semester of Dissertation Maintenance. Students meet regularly with their dissertation chair in small groups to monitor their ongoing progress on their dissertations. Specific deadlines are set for the completion of committee approval of the proposal, and IRB application (Dissertation Maintenance I), steps for completion of the sections of the dissertation (Dissertation Maintenance II and III), completion of an 85% complete approved draft (Dissertation Maintenance III), submittal of the dissertation draft to the committee (Dissertation Maintenance IV), and oral defense (Dissertation Maintenance V). Students must register for Dissertation Maintenance every semester after the completion of PY 630 until the dissertation is complete. A total of five semesters of Dissertation Maintenance is required, in addition to the completion of PY 630 , to complete the dissertation. (credit/no credit) (2 credits)
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PY 635 - Dissertation Maintenance V
Prerequisite(s): PY 630 and the previous semester of Dissertation Maintenance. Students meet regularly with their dissertation chair in small groups to monitor their ongoing progress on their dissertations. Specific deadlines are set for the completion of committee approval of the proposal, and IRB application (Dissertation Maintenance I), steps for completion of the sections of the dissertation (Dissertation Maintenance II and III), completion of an 85% complete approved draft (Dissertation Maintenance III), submittal of the dissertation draft to the committee (Dissertation Maintenance IV), and oral defense (Dissertation Maintenance V). Students must register for Dissertation Maintenance every semester after the completion of PY 630 until the dissertation is complete. A total of five semesters of Dissertation Maintenance is required, in addition to the completion of PY 630 , to complete the dissertation. (credit/no credit) (2 credits)
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PY 636 - Continuing Dissertation
Prerequisite(s): Successful oral defense of the dissertation, incorporation of all required committee revisions and permission to proceed to copy editing. Students work independently with a copy editor to ensure appropriate formatting and presentation of their dissertation. A maximum of two semesters of PY 636 are permitted. Students are considered less than half-time as a result of enrollment in this course. (credit/no credit) (0 credits)
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PY 641 - Dissertation Maintenance I
Prerequisite(s): . Students meet regularly with their specific dissertation chair in small groups to monitor their ongoing progress on their dissertations. Specific deadlines are set for the completion of committee approval of the proposal, and ORB application (Dissertation Maintenance I), steps for completion of the sections of the dissertation (Dissertation Maintenance II and III), completion of an 85% complete approved draft (Dissertation Maintenance III), submittal of the dissertation draft to the committee (Dissertation Maintenance IV), and oral defense (Dissertation Maintenance V). Students must register for Dissertation Maintenance every semester after the completion of PY 630 until dissertation is complete. A total of five semesters of Dissertation Maintenance is required, in addition to the completion of PY 630, to complete the dissertation. (1 credit) (credit/no credit)
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PY 642 - Dissertation Maintenance II
Prerequisite(s): Students meet regularly with their specific dissertation chair in small groups to monitor their ongoing progress on their dissertations. Specific deadlines are set for the completion of committee approval of the proposal, and IRB application (Dissertation Maintenance I), steps for completion of the sections of the dissertation (Dissertation Maintenance II and III), completion of an 85% complete approved draft (Dissertation Maintenance III), submittal of the dissertation draft to the committee (Dissertation Maintenance IV), and oral defense (Dissertation Maintenance V). Students must register for Dissertation Maintenance every semester after the completion of PY 630 until dissertation is complete. A total of five semesters of Dissertation Maintenance is required, in addition to the completion of PY 630, to complete the dissertation (1 credit) (credit/no credit)
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PY 643 - Dissertation Maintenance III
Prerequisite(s): . Students meet regularly with their specific dissertation chair in small groups to monitor their ongoing progress on their dissertations. Specific deadlines are set for the completion of committee approval of the proposal, and IRB application (Dissertation Maintenance I), steps for completion of the sections of the dissertation (Dissertation Maintenance II and III), completion of an 85% complete approved draft (Dissertation Maintenance III), submittal of the dissertation draft to the committee (Dissertation Maintenance IV), and oral defense (Dissertation Maintenance V). Students must register for Dissertation Maintenance every semester after the completion of PY 630 until dissertation is complete. A total of five semester of Dissertation Maintenance is required, in addition to the completion of PY 630, to complete the dissertation. (1 credit) (credit/no credit)
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PY 644 - Dissertation Maintenance IV
Prerequisite(s): . Students meet regularly with their specific dissertation chair in small groups to monitor their ongoing progress on their dissertations. Specific deadlines are set for the completion of committee approval of the proposal, and IRB application (Dissertation Maintenance I), steps for completion of the sections of the dissertation (Dissertation Maintenance II and III), completion of an 85% complete approved draft (Dissertation Maintenance III), submittal of the dissertation draft to the committee (Dissertation Maintenance IV), and oral defense (Dissertation Maintenance V). Students must register for Dissertation Maintenance every semester after the completion of PY 630 until dissertation is complete. A total of five semester of Dissertation Maintenance is required, in addition to the completion of PY 630, to complete the dissertation. (1 credit) (credit/no credit)
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PY 645 - Dissertation Maintenance V
Prerequisite(s): . Students meet regularly with their specific dissertation chair in small groups to monitor their ongoing progress on their dissertations. Specific deadlines are set for the completion of committee approval of the proposal, and ORB application (Dissertation Maintenance I), steps for completion of the sections of the dissertation (Dissertation Maintenance II and III), completion of an 85% complete approved draft (Dissertation Maintenance III), submittal of the dissertation draft to the committee (Dissertation Maintenance IV), and oral defense (Dissertation Maintenance V). Students must register for Dissertation Maintenance every semester after the completion of PY 630 until dissertation is complete. A total of five semesters of Dissertation Maintenance is required, in addition to the completion of PY 630, to complete the dissertation. (1 credit) (credit/no credit)
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PY 649 - Internship Seminar
The Internship Seminar provides students with the opportunity to intensively reflect on their academic and clinical training to date. Using this information, students will assess their personal and professional strengths, relative weaknesses, and goals. Students will use this information to develop an early career professional plan, which will guide their predoctoral internship search strategy and subsequent postdoctoral training. Among other tasks, students will: prepare drafts of all internship application materials; begin to research predoctoral internship training programs; and draft a preliminary list of sites to which they will apply. After successfully completing this required course, students will be ready to participate in the national predoctoral internship search process. (1 credit)
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PY 650 - Internship I
Prerequisite(s): Internship eligibility (see detailed Internship information under “The Department” section). Students must register for internship during each semester while on internship. A total of 3 full-time semesters of Internship are required for graduation. Internship I requires the successful completion of Dissertation Maintenance V or Dissertation VI (PY 635 ). (Pass/Fail) (0 credits)
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PY 651 - Internship II
Prerequisite(s): Internship eligibility (see detailed Internship information under “The Department” section). (Pass/Fail) (0 credits)
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PY 652 - Internship III
Prerequisite(s): Internship eligibility (see detailed Internship information under “The Department” section. (0 credits)
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PY 653 - Internship IV
Prerequisite(s): Internship eligibility (see detailed Internships information under “The Department” section). Internship IV is required for students who have an internship that extends into a fourth semester. (Pass/Fail) (0 credits)
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PY 660 - Half-Time Internship I
Prerequisite(s): Internship eligibility (see detailed Internship information under “The Department” section). Students must register for internship during each semester while on internship. Students completing a half-time internship, register for six semesters of half-time internship in lieu of registering for Internship I-III. (Pass/Fail) (0 credits)
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PY 661 - Half-Time Internship II
Prerequisite(s): Internship eligibility (see detailed Internship information under “The Department” section). Students must register for internship during each semester while on internship. Students completing a half-time internship, register for six semesters of half-time internship in lieu of registering for Internship I-III. (Pass/Fail) (0 credits)
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PY 662 - Half-Time Internship III
Prerequisite(s): Internship eligibility (see detailed Internship information under “The Department” section). Students must register for internship during each semester while on internship. Students completing a half-time internship, register for six semesters of half-time internship in lieu of registering for Internship I-III. (Pass/Fail) (0 credits)
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PY 663 - Half-Time Internship IV
Prerequisite(s): Internship eligibility (see detailed Internship information under “The Department” section). Students must register for internship during each semester while on internship. Students completing a half-time internship, register for six semesters of half-time internship in lieu of registering for Internship I-III. (Pass/Fail) (0 credits)
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PY 664 - Half-Time Internship V
Prerequisite(s): Internship eligibility (see detailed Internship information under “The Department” section). Students must register for internship during each semester while on internship. Students completing a half-time internship, register for six semesters of half-time internship in lieu of registering for Internship I-III. (Pass/Fail) (0 credits)
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PY 665 - Half-Time Internship VI
Prerequisite(s): Internship eligibility (see detailed Internship information under “The Department” section). Students must register for internship during each semester while on internship. Students completing a half-time internship, register for six semesters of half-time internship in lieu of registering for Internship I-III. (Pass/Fail) (0 credits)
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PY 700 - Human Sexuality
This course provided foundational knowledge concerning biophysical and psychological aspects of human sexual functioning. Issues related to sexual diseases, sexual variance, and sexual dysfunction are explored. Students receive an overview of basic sex therapy techniques. Ethical and legal issues involved in sex therapy are discussed. (2 credits)
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PY 701 - Alcohol and Chemical Substance Abuse and Dependency
This course is designed to increase the individual’s understanding of etiology, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of alcohol and chemical substance abuse and dependence. DSM and other frequently used diagnostic systems are explored. Effective treatment modalities are explored. Ethical and legal prevention strategies are considered. (2 credits)
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PY 702 - Child Abuse Assessment and Reporting
This course makes explicit the ethical and legal issues and dilemmas involved in child abuse assessment and reporting. The various forms of child abuse, models of abuse, and characteristics of both the victim and perpetrator of abuse are discussed. Specific attention is given to treatment. (2 credits)
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PY 703 - Spouse/Partner Abuse Assessment and Reporting
This course emphasizes the dynamics of domestic violence in intimate relationships. Assessment, treatment, and prevention strategies for both the victim and perpetrator of domestic violence are examined. Ethical and legal concerns related to reporting of domestic violence are made explicit. (2 credits)
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PY 704 - Working with Transference Countertransference
Prerequisite(s): PY 491 This course is designed to provide understanding of the evolving concepts of transference and countertransference in the psychoanalytic literature, with special emphasis on recognizing and using transference and countertransference to inform therapeutic interventions. The course will be open to advanced students and will have a seminar/role play format. Discussions will focus on tracking the client’s experience of the therapist, steps in the analysis of transference, and recognition and usage of countertransference experiences. Classroom role playing and /or reviewing of student therapy tapes will provide hands-on experience with responding to intersubjective experiences, and also provide classmates with experience in the clinical observation and feedback processes involved in consultation and supervision. (2 credits)
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PY 710 - Gender and Global Human Rights
Prerequisite(s): This course examines gender and human rights within the context of the international human rights system and in the context of global feminist, civil, liberation, and human rights movements. This course will provide a foundation for understanding the human rights system and examine how gendered human rights violations, particularly those against women around the world impede the actualization of human rights, justice, and wellness for all. The interdependency of political, civil, social, economic, and cultural systems will be utilized in understanding issues of gender justice and human rights in general. The course will focus on several thematic issues such as domestic violence, trafficking, genocide and gender, and genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) by utilizing a number of historical and current cases from countries in numerous world regions. Corequisite(s): (2 credits)
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PY 711 - Refugee Issues and Trauma
Prerequisite(s): PY 464 and PY 468 and PY 462 and PY 466 . The course will explore best practices in international psychosocial responses in the context of domestic, communal, natural and human made catastrophes and traumatic events. In addition to trauma theory and intervention, this course intertwines the psychosocial, political, ethical, and human rights dimensions of traumatic suffering and humanitarian intervention into the curriculum. Utilizing a multidisciplinary curriculum that also includes the healing arts and indigenous practices, this course seeks to introduce students to clinical and social interventions based upon trauma research. (2 credits)
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PY 712 - Psychosocial Perspectives of Genocide, Democide, and Politicide
Prerequisite(s): PY 443 and PY 446 and PY 451 . This course explores the theory, history, and psychosocial consequences of genocide, democide, politicide, and mass violence. The course further assesses the conditions for, and limitations to, achieving justice in domestic politics and international affairs with a particular emphasis on critical exploration of the role of U.S. and international peace keeping organizations (e.g. United Nations). Utilizing historic and current cases from countries in numerous world regions, students will become familiar with relevant psychological and social methods of prevention and intervention with the myriad psychosocial sequelae following mass violence and trauma. (2 credits)
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PY 713 - Psychosocial Considerations of Domestic and International Terrorism
Prerequisite(s): PY 464 and PY 451 and PY 468 and PY 462 and PY 466 . Acts of war and terrorism are unparalleled in their deleterious effects on community wellness and psychological stability. War and terror are substantial public health issues with significant health consequences, of which mental health issues are a principal component. Psychologists must be prepared to understand and meet the needs of populations with acute and chronic exposure to terror and conflict. This course will explore the psychological and social consequences of war and terrorism, including state-sanctioned terror with an emphasis on individual, familial, and community coping, resilience, and rebuilding. (1 credit)
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PY 714 - International Psychology and Human Rights
This course explores the individual and community consequences of global events and introduces the basic principles of human rights. Specifically, students will explore the relationship between human rights and global events on psychological health and well-being. This course will explore the meaning of human rights and their challenge to cultural traditions and state sovereignty. Students will be introduced to the international and regional conventions that encode and monitor human rights violations. Specific case studies will be utilized to illuminate both the challenges and potential in effecting psychological health through the promotion of human rights and development. Students will gain the knowledge and skills to utilize a human rights based approach to improve the psychological health of individuals and communities. (2 credits)
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PY 720 - Foundations in Psychology and Spirituality: Comparative Histories and Issues
Prerequisite(s): PY 426 . This course is the basic foundation course for the psychology and spirituality concentration. We will explore the history of issues in theory and practice among multiple cultures. We will include in our survey the history of healing, the history of contemplative psychology, the phenomenology of religious experience, the history and practice of pastoral care and counseling among various traditions, comparative inter-religious dialogue, as well as historical and contemporary topics addressed such as the problem of evil, conversion, forgiveness, the numinous, pathos and suffering, mysticism and consciousness studies, among other topics. (2 credits)
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PY 721 - Discernment: Diagnostics, Assessment, and Research in Psychology and Spirituality
Prerequisite(s): PY 720 . This course will address both assessment and research in the field of psychology and spirituality. We will begin with the origins of the history of assessment and diagnosis in the “discernment of the spirits” among various traditions. We will explore both formal instruments used to assess spirituality and significance in individual lives, as well as explore the un-thematized spiritual aspects of more commonly used instruments in administrating psychological batteries. We will also explore various kinds of diagnostic discourse used in spiritual assessment (i.e., DSM, Pastoral Diagnoses, etc.), as well as critique the presumptions and practices of diagnosis and assessment by way of various pastoral traditions. As this concentration understands research to also be an activity of assessment, we will also explore various research methodologies and topics in the field of psychology and spirituality in order to facilitate more clarity and options for future projects, including but not limited to the student’s dissertation. (2 credits)
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PY 722 - Social Psychology and Spirituality: Contemporary Issues in Culture and Society
Prerequisite(s): PY 451 and PY 720 . This course will address the presence and purposes of spirituality within current issues in social-political-economic-cultural context, both nationally and internationally, and explore the role of the professional psychologist as assessor and intervener in these matters. The course will survey the centrality of spirituality in war, allocations of resources, technology, conflict mediation, among other issues. The course will then proceed to an exploration of a current issue in world politics to address in academic and practical ways. The contemporary topic of concern may vary each time the course is taught. (2 credits)
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PY 723 - Neuro-Biology and Spirituality
Prerequisite(s): PY 449 and PY 479 . This course will explore various topics in the field of neuro-science (e.g., imaging, psychophysiology, pharmacology, etc.) and spirituality. The topics in the course will include the biology of belief, the theology of the body, neurobiological understandings and measurements of various states of consciousness (i.e., altered, meditative, etc.), neurobiological understandings of spiritual, transcendent, and paranormal experiences, and spirituality among individuals with various brain pathologies, among other topics. (2 credits)
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PY 724 - Special Topics in Psychology and Spirituality Weekend Intensive Seminar
(1 credit)
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PY 739 - Psychology of Aging
Prerequisite(s): PY 437 . This course explores developmental issues from early adulthood through advanced age. Topics considered include the process of consolidation of the middle years and the psychological, social, and biological issues surrounding late life adjustment, long-term aging and care. Current clinical approaches are examined from diverse theoretical viewpoints and in view of research findings. Cultural diversity and individual differences are integral to this course. (2 credits)
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PY 740 - Applications of Neuroimaging Techniques for Clinicians
(2 credits)
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PY 741 - Introduction to Clinical Neuroscience
The field of human behavioral studies is entering a new age of inquiry. Developments in human psychophysiology, endocrinology and imaging provide opportunities to study human behaviors based on objective physiological and neurophysiologic presentations. This course will provide an overview of our current understanding of brain anatomy and physiology, as related to normal and abnormal behaviors. In this course students will learn the basic layout of the human brain, as well as central and peripheral nervous systems that will lead to an understanding of basic functional pathways of perception as integrated into the concept of self. The emphasis will be on the understanding of the cellular events that lead to complex behavioral presentations that are commonly observed in clients/patients presenting with psychological diagnoses. Students will begin to explore how the integration of the sensory inputs, in light of personal history/experience, and the presentation of situational choices result in observable decisions that are expressed in the activation of neuronal networks. Examples of normal and abnormal behaviors will also be discussed in respect to central and peripheral nervous system functions. (2 credits)
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PY 742 - Biofeedback I
This course teaches the student how to use biofeedback and applied psychophysiology in clinical settings. This course’s training structure is modeled after the certification requirement of the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America. In addition to learning the basic anatomy, students will learn the physiology and pharmacology related to biofeedback. Also, students will learn how to define individualized patient treatments. Students will show proficiency in determining a treatment modality, selecting equipment, and designing treatment plans. The following biofeedback modalities will be covered and practiced in the classroom and lab: galvanic skin response (GSR), electromyography (EMG), heart rate variability (HRV), and respiration rate. Lab required. (3 credits)
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PY 743 - Neurobiofeedback II
Prerequisite(s): PY 742 . This course teaches the student how to use biofeedback techniques in the very specialized field of neurobiofeedback. Neurobiofeedback requires an understanding of brain dysfunctions as defined by quantitative EEG findings; generally, the therapeutic goals will be defined by these features. The training structure of this course is modeled after the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America’s certification requirements. In addition to basic neuroanatomy, physiology, and pharmacology, the students will learn how to use the equipment and conduct therapeutic sessions. Students will learn how to develop individualized patient treatment plans based on clinical data. They will also study the enhancement and suppression of brain frequencies in different brain locations. Lab required. (3 credits)
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PY 744 - Disabilities
This course examines genetic, developmental, and acquired disabilities. The most current data will be examined to understand the mechanisms of disorders and new advances in therapeutics. Students will examine disabilities based on the bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach. (2 credits)
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PY 745 - Advanced Psychopharmacology and Therapeutics
This course is case based. Throughout the course, students will present individual cases. The students will present cases and design therapies basing their decisions on validated, published data. This course will require solid knowledge of neurophysiology, pharmacology, neuropsychology, imaging, and clinical interventions such as cognitive behavioral therapy and biofeedback. Students will learn how to integrate their knowledge of psychopharmacology into the bio-psycho-social-spiritual prospectiv. (2 credits)
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PY 746 - Research Methods in Clinical Neuroscience
This course serves as an overview of imaging techniques, where there will be an emphasis on defining the structural vs. functional imaging modalities. Students will develop a proficiency in utilizing CT and MRI structural imaging techniques as they will be able to identify the principles behind the process and type of data. Clinical significance of the methods will be illustrated by applicable examples. Additional focus will be on EEG and EPs basic principles that are the foundations behind the acquisition process and data analysis. Further focus will be placed on nuclear medicine techniques, such as SPECT and PET, along with identifying the basic principles behind the acquisition process and data analysis. Students will learn to make decisions on how to apply multimodality imaging data in clinical settings. (2 credits)
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PY 760 - Sexual Minority Clients: Cultural Considerations
This course will provide a contextual framework for clinical work with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer identified clients. Starting with the conceptual development of “sexual orientation,” a historical overview of psychology’s treatment of sexual minorities will be provided. The course will include examination of the evolution of DSM definitions, and existing d barriers to affirmative treatment.
Students will examine the process of coming-out , and explore the impact of homophobia, heterosexism and heterocentric perspectives. Sexual minority experiences of prejudice and oppression, and multiple discriminations, will be illuminated as diversity within the LGBT community is explored. Students will examine the current socio-political climate sexual minority clients must navigate, and consider how this impacts their functioning as psychologists. (2 credits)
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PY 761 - Gender Identity: Development, Expression and Clinical Considerations
This course begins with an overview of the biological and physiological underpinnings of gender. Students will then examine the development of gender identity expectations and the systems that reinforce traditional presentations. Social contexts and issues impacting the gender roles of females, males, and transgender and intersex individuals will be explored. Gender development theories will be examined and integrated with clinical perspectives. The unique challenges encountered when working with clients for whom gender identity and/or gender expression do not fit into a binary system will be discussed. (2 credits)
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PY 762 - Life Course Development for Sexual Minorities
Prerequisite(s): PY 760 . In this course students will compare and contrast lifespan development issues between sexual minority and majority-identified clients. Classes will focus on the milestones of lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer development. The impact of non-heterosexual orientation awareness on normative life course development will be explored. Students will gain an appreciation for additional developmental tasks sexual minority individuals must navigate, and how these shape clinical presentations. (1 credit)
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PY 763 - Relational Lives of Sexual Minorities
Prerequisite(s): PY 760 . This course focuses on the relational lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer identified clients. Students will examine the effects of oppression and stigma on the formation and development of same-sex relationships. The commonalities and differences of opposite-sex, lesbian, gay male, and couples with bisexual and transgender partners will explored. The impact of gender transition and gender nonconformity on individuals’ partners and families will be considered.
Students will gain an appreciation for the multiple meanings of “family,” and the differentiations between of family of origin, family of choice and intimate partner family relationships. Students will explore how to modify and apply models of family and couples therapy to work competently with sexual minority clients. (2 credits)
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PY 4231 - Basic Psychopathology
This course surveys major mental disorders and theories of their etiology from a biopsychosocial approach. Mood, anxiety, personality, adjustment, substance, and childhood and adolescent disorders are covered, as well as dementias, schizophrenia, and sexual dysfunctions. Cognitive/behavioral, psychodynamic, humanistic/existential, and systems approaches will be introduced, so as to provide the foundation for a broad understanding of psychopathology. Students in Basic Psychopathology will learn the DSM approach to diagnosis and classification. Cultural [and developmental] factors related to mental illness are emphasized. (3 credits)
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PY 4241 - Advanced Psychopathology
Prerequisite(s): PY 423 or PY 4231 . Advanced Psychopathology builds on students’ understanding of concepts and diagnostic issues presented in Basic Psychopathology as they have gained clinical and training experiences throughout their first year and a half of doctoral studies. Advanced Psychopathology will explore psychopathology and diagnostic issues from applied, multi-dimensional perspectives, adding layers of treatment planning and critical considerations to clinical case material. Students in Advanced Psychopathology will be expected to discuss diagnostic and treatment planning aspects of cases introduced by the instructor (e.g., via written material, oral presentation and other media) and by students themselves. Students will also learn to conceptualize client’s concerns from biopsychological, empirically supported, and theory-specific approaches, with particular attention to the theory students identify as their curricular track. (2 credits)
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PY 4841 - Basic Practicum Seminar I
Prerequisite(s): . This is the first course in the Basic Practicum Sequence. This course provides a small consultation group in which students examine relevant clinical and professional development issues that arise as a result of participation in the Basic Practicum. Case conceptualizations consider rapport development, broad system issues (e.g., family, school, community, court, political, other treatment professionals/programs), and areas of diversity and difference (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability. socioeconomic status) as contextual variables). (2 credits)
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PY 4871 - Assessment Practicum Seminar IV
Prerequisite(s): PY 484 . Students needing to extend their Basic Practicum seminar may, with special permission from the Department Chair, register for one or both additional seminar experiences. Like PY 484 , this course provides a small consultation group in which students examine relevant clinical and professional development issues that arise as the result of participation in the Basic Practicum. (Pass/Fail) (2 credits)
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PY 4872 - Assessment Practicum Seminar V
Prerequisite(s): PY 484 . Students needing to extend their Basic Practicum seminar may, with special permission from the Department Chair, register for one or both additional seminar experiences. Like PC 484 /PY 484 , this course provides a small consultation group in which students examine relevant clinical and professional development issues that arise as the result of participation in the Basic Practicum. (Pass/Fail) (2 credits)
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PY 4921 - Advanced Intervention: Cognitive-Children
Prerequisite(s): PY 464 . This course provides an overview of contemporary cognitive models and therapy techniques as applied to children and adolescents. It presents major cognitive modalities and their theoretical and research foundations from a developmental perspective. Emphasis is on case conceptualization and the further development of a broad range of cognitive assessment and intervention specifically for children and adolescents. (2 credits)
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PY 4931 - Advanced Intervention: CBT- Behavioral Approaches for Children
Prerequisite(s): PY 464 . This course provides an overview of contemporary behavioral models and therapy techniques as applied to children and adolescents. It presents major behavioral modalities and their theoretical and research foundations from a developmental perspective. Emphasis is on the acquisition of a broad range of behavioral assessment, intervention skills, and case conceptualization as it applies to children and adolescents. (2 credits)
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PY 4932 - Advanced Intervention - CBT Group
Students will be familiarized with the overarching functional contextual philosophy of science and its impact on 3rd generation Cognitive Behavioral Therapies. Throughout this course, students will learn about and begin to apply acceptance/mindfulness base strategies towards private experience (thoughts and feelings) in the context of change oriented technologies (values assessments and committed action). Students will learn about Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and their application to adult and adolescent multi-problem (chronic and persistent) populations. This class emphasizes experiential group learning (e.g. learning by doing) and will make use of both didactic (as common in DBT) and experiential oriented technologies (as typical of ACT training). (3 credits)
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PY 4961 - Advanced Intervention: Community Psychology
Prerequisite(s): PY 468 and PY 443 and PY 446 . Community psychology is concerned with the promotion of wellness at the personal, interpersonal, organizational and community levels. A preventive and strength-based philosophy is utilized within community psychology in an effort to understand the ecological context of human experiences, initiate action research, and implement social change. Community psychologists combine psychological techniques with flexible research design and concrete measures to find and document the most effective solutions to various sociopolitical and cultural issues. In this course, students will be introduced to the theories, historical and philosophical foundations, and methodologies of community psychology. (2 credits)
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PY 4991 - Advanced Intervention: HE: Weekend Intensive Seminar
This course is a weekend intensive, one hour credit course that varies in its focal topic according to the nature of the seminar, but would include concentrated seminars held at The Chicago School with invited guests within and outside of the institution on various topics in the Humanistic-Existential psychology and psychotherapy. Topics would include Logotherapy, Daseinsanalysis, Human Science Approaches to Diagnosis and Assessment, and collaborative telepresencing dialogues with students and faculty from various institutions in London, Vancouver, Vienna, Zurich, Prague, and Belgium, just to name a few collegial possibilities. (1 credit)
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PY 4993 - Advanced Intervention: Humanistic-Existential Weekend Intensive Seminar: Phenomenology. Spirituality, and the Paranormal
This course is a weekend intensive, one-hour credit course that entails an overnight experience investigating paranormal phenomena. The experience will provide students with an experiential education of researching what the existential psychiatrist, Karl Jasper, called “boundary situations,” address afterlife issues related to death, dying, and trauma, and exploring how one moves through situations of potential fear, stress, and facing the unknown - experiences that are shared by others seen in therapeutic encounters faced with their own boundary situations. We will also explore the comportment of “critical openness” to such boundary situations, and critically explore our positions on long-standing traditions regarding the existence of, and consultation with, the spirit world of surviving entities among various religious and cultural traditions. Throughout our discussions, we will explore the relationship of the paranormal to transpersonal psychology, psychology and spirituality, trauma, loss, and mourning, and existential-phenomenological psychology. (1 credit)
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PY 5071 - Therapy Practicum Seminar IV
Prerequisite(s): PY 504 . Students needing to extend their Intermediate Practicum seminar may, with special permission from the Department, register for this additional seminar experience. Like PC 504 /PY 504 , this course provides a small consultation group in which students examine relevant clinical and professional development issues that arise as the result of participation in Intermediate Practicum. (Pass/Fail) (3 credits)
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PY 5072 - Therapy Practicum Seminar V
Prerequisite(s): PY 504 . Students needing to extend their Intermediate Practicum seminar may, with special permission from the Department, register for this additional seminar experience. Where the student has not successfully completed their Clinical Competency Exam, successful completion of the CCE is required to receive credit for this course. (Pass/Fail) (3 credits)
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PY 5881 - Learning to Teach Seminar I
Prerequisite(s): PY 588 . This course follows the PY 588 course by offering students a small group seminar experience in which to examine and improve their teaching skills. Students consult with each other on instructional issues and the application of pedagogical theory and research to their own teaching experiences, and may be observed teaching in the classroom and receive instructor and peer feedback. The course functions as a practicum seminar companion when students complete a teaching practicum. (1 credit)
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