MACP55031

This course addresses the impact of crises, disasters, and traumatic events on individuals and communities. The psycho-physiological and emotional responses of traumatic experience will be addressed, including cognitive, affective, behavioral, and neurological effects associated with trauma related disorders. Somatic therapies, innovative treatments, and evidence-based brief, intermediate, and long-term theories and approaches for the resolution of trauma symptoms will be explored, as well as assessment strategies and counseling skills applicable to crisis intervention and the treatment of trauma, including psycho-education, stress reduction, affect regulation, emotional processing, and somatically based interventions. This elective is one of the approved courses for the Somatic Counseling Emphasis.
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