25 courses with the subject COUN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Provides students with an understanding of human development from birth to death. Introduces appropriate interventions that can be used in counseling people across their lifespan.
Introduces students to the core concepts, methods, and skills needed to conduct effective interviews in a helping relationship. Students gain practical one-on-one listening skills, develop a framework for the counseling process, and develop competencies in building helping relationships. Students must attend Residency 1 during this course.
Provides an overview of the counseling field and the various roles of professional counselors. Specific topics include preparation for licensure, certifications, professional development and self-care, supervision, integration of faith, and a Christian worldview with the counseling profession.
Explores professional issues for the counseling field. Specific topics include ethical standards (ACA Code of Ethics), ethical decision making, legal issues, consultation, and collaboration.
Introduces students to the major historical and contemporary counseling theories, focusing on empirical research, analysis of theory from a Christian worldview, and application of theory to case studies.
Overview of the theories of career development. Provides instruction on career counseling interview and intervention skills along with a focus on career assessment strategies.
Explores the doctrines, faith-informed counseling skills, and techniques of Christian integration along with an emphasis on using advanced helping interventions and couseling strategies.
Provides an overview of the concepts and principles in crisis counseling, including implementation across a variety of settings and with various problems and concerns. Special attention is given to understanding the impact of trauma on the individual, family, and community. Implications for a trauma informed model of care are addressed. BLC 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 113
Introduction to the etiology of addiction co-occurring with mental illness. Provides instruction on prevention strategies, evidence- based assessment and intervention approaches when working in a dual-diagnosis setting, and a review of the current research on dual-diagnosis treatment.
A study of basic neuroanatomy and functioning, medications and medication issues in psychopharmacology, and implications prescription drugs have for treating individuals with a dual diagnosis.
Provides both theoretical and experiential understandings of small groups, group counseling, group purpose, development, dynamics, and an overview of the major theories informing the practice of group counseling. Additionally, this course will contain an emphasis on group counseling methods, skills, and interventions. Students must attend Residency 2 during this course.
A study of the social and cultural topics and issues of a multicultural and diverse society. Specific topics include age, gender, sexual orientation, education, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, nationality, religious values, spirituality, and mental/physical characteristics. Cross-cultural approaches will be explored.
Overview of the systemic theories that inform family and couple counseling. Healthy relational functioning, contemporary issues in families and couples, and effective counseling techniques will be addressed.
Explores the fundamental skills, strategies, and interventions for counseling children and adolescents across a variety of settings; including, schools, multidisciplinary clinics and hospitals, in-home, and residential programs.
Explores the adaptations that can be used when counseling older adults. Specific topics include grief and loss, chronic illness, cognitive impairment, family caregivers, interdisciplinary collaboration, and ethics.
Provides an overview of psychological, developmental, social-cultural, and spiritual variables associated with sexuality.
This course will prepare students to engage in understanding and critically evaluating research in education and the mental health field. Students will gain a thorough knowledge of APA format and experience in designing, implementing, and presenting research and program evaluation.
Survey of measurement and evaluation techniques that can be used in individual, family, and group services. Students will gain experience analyzing and interpreting psychometric data from standardized instruments, self-report forms, objective and projective assessments. The ethical considerations of testing and assessment will be discussed.
Provides information on the etiology, prevalence, current literature, and diagnostic classification of psychopathology from childhood through adulthood. Diagnostic methods using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders will be emphasized.
This course will review the current literature on evidence based clinical counseling interventions and prepare students to develop targeted treatment plans for the prevention and treatment of mental disorders and dysfuntional behaviors.
This course serves as a professional experience where students integrate core counseling concepts: Evidence-based practice and faith informed clinical identity and practice into a professional project to be presented during Residency III's professional symposium. Prerequisite: COUN661.
The intial supervised, field-based, clinical experience in providing counseling services. The practicum course required a minimum of 100 clock hours (40 direct service hours). Supervision will be onsite and in class. This course has a synchronous component of weekly supervision facilitated by faculty. The timing of this supervision is determined by the course instructor.
Supervised, field-based, clinical training where students will gain direct experience in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues. Internship requires a total of 600 clock hours (240 direct service hours) between Internship I and II. Supervision will be BLC 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 114
Supervised, field-based, clinical training where students will gain direct experience in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues. Internship requires a total of 600 clock hours (240 direct service hours) between Internship I and II. Supervision will be onsite and in class. This course has a synchronous component of weekly supervision facilitated by a faculty. The timing of this supervision is determined by the course instructor. Prerequisites: COUN603, COUN630, and COUN695.
Supervised, field-based, clinical training where students will gain direct experience in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues. Internship III provides students with additional hours of academic supervised clinical experience. Supervision will be onsite and in class. This course has a synchronous component of weekly supervision facilitated by a faculty. The timing of this supervision is determined by the course instructor. Prerequisite: COUN698.
Source: Bethany Lutheran College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
