CPS 849 - Professional Seminar: Diversity

3 credit(s)
This course addresses ethnicity, race, gender, class, age, ability, sexual orientation, and oppression as they impact mental health and the provision of mental health services. Topics include psychosocial sources of prejudice; psychotherapy as reflective of cultural values; gender, racial, and ethnic socialization; and self-reflection on one’s own background as it influences clinical transactions. This course explores a variety of cultures and populations and discusses issues relevant to the provision of psychological services to members of these groups. Certain sections of this course are designated as child sections. In addition to covering the preceding material, focus is on issues of diversity when working with children and adolescents and their families.
Prerequisite(s): Second-year status in PsyD program or permission from instructor. Students in child section must be matriculated in the Child and Adolescent proficiency track or have permission from the instructor.

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