SOWK7581: Clinical Social Work Counseling & Crisis Intervention

This course focuses on social work practice skills in brief therapy and crisis intervention with individuals. Students examine the historical foundations of mental health theory, including psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic, and postmodern approaches, and learn to apply these perspectives within an integrative practice framework. Emphasis is placed on the Transtheoretical Model of Change as a guide for assessment and intervention. Students develop skills in therapeutic assessment, intervention, and evaluation using brief, trauma-informed, and crisis-focused approaches that link theory to practice. This class will have intensives meaning that the students will be expected to participate in one synchronous session during the semester—4 hours on a Saturday.