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23 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.

COUN 501Prof Orientation/Ethics3

COUN-521 COUN-531

Subject: COUN
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 508Foundations of School Counseling

This course studies the history and trends of the modern school guidance and counseling movement and examines the challenges and situations the school counselor faces in the school setting. Curriculum development and teaching methods utilizing best practices for the effective delivery of a comprehensive guidance program encompassing cultural diversities and special needs are emphasized. Ethical and legal standards, as well as organizations governing the profession of school counseling are addressed. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 509Foundations of Mental Health Counseling

This course provides an overview of the history, philosophy, and current trends in clinical mental health counseling. Attention is paid to the role and scope of practice of the mental health counselor, including prevention, intervention, consultation, education, and advocacy, as well as the operation of programs and networks that promote mental health in a multicultural society. Ethical and legal standards, as well as organizations governing the profession of clinical mental health counseling are addressed. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 521Career Counseling

This course studies the various theories, practices, methods, and processes of career development and educational planning and provides information on the interpretation and utilization of current data pertaining to career development and counseling. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 531Social/Cultural Aspects

This course will highlight the importance of cultural factors on the counseling relationship. It provides a study of social changes and trends in sex roles stereotyping, societal subgroups, and all lifestyles. Attention is given to how stereotyping and personal world views may influence counselors' judgments and dynamics within the counseling relationship. Credits 3 232

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 541Counseling Skills

This course provides an understanding of the philosophical bases of the counseling processes. It focuses on the application of counseling theories and inculcation of core counseling micro-skills, emphasizing the analysis of solution-focused brief counseling approaches to bring an integrative perspective to problems of parents and their children. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 551Personality/Mental Health Issues

This course provides an overview of the personality theories with application to counseling and education and includes adjustment issues and various perspectives of mental health with application to education and counseling settings. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 577Addiction Counseling

This course provides students with an overview of the theories and etiology of addictions and addictive behaviors. Topics to be covered include substance abuse and other addiction issues, diagnosis, comorbidity, treatment planning, and psychopharmacology. Students will explore treating all populations from individual, family, and group counseling approaches. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 581Human Growth & Development

This course emphasizes the study of the psychological, intellectual, moral, social, and physical development of the individual across the life span and analysis of current research with all populations. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 593Practicum

The practicum is a field-based experience consisting of 100 supervised clock hours which provide candidates with opportunities to put into practice the knowledge and skills developed in their program of counseling study. Pass/Fail grade. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 595Topics in Counseling

A special topic developed by a member of the graduate faculty to enrich the existing course offerings and to afford expanded learning and experiences for candidates. Topics are announced in advance and the faculty member submits an outline with requirements to the Dean of the School of Education prior to offering the topic. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 611Counseling Theories

This course provides an overview of various theoretical orientations used in counseling. The experiential part of the course gives candidates practice in using counseling and relationship skills in preparation for counseling practicum and/or field experience. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 621Crisis Intervention and Consultation

The purpose of this course is to highlight the importance of crisis intervention and disaster relief counseling and the role consultation plays in the counseling relationship. Focus will be on working with clients who are in crisis, disaster response and other current topics in crisis intervention and consultation. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 631Group Counseling

The course emphasizes didactic and experiential learning in group counseling and guidance. This course involves experience as a group leader and/or group participant. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 651Evidence-Based Trmnt/Planning

This course is designed to assist clinical mental health counselors in designing client-centered, individualized, and culturally sound treatment plans for a wide variety of clinical mental health disorders. Candidates completing this course with satisfactory evaluation will be able to create basic treatment plans using evidence-based interventions for depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, and other common presenting problems, and to construct means of evaluation for client progress. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 662Psychopathology

This course studies disorders and pathologies that affect children, adolescents, and adults. Etiologies and the current diagnostic criteria (DSM IVTR) are analyzed along with treatments and interventions appropriate for these disorders. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 669Psychopharmacology

The understanding of the basic neurobiology of psychopathology and how psychotropic medications treat such conditions is the foundation of this class. An emphasis is placed on the role of the counselor as a member of a treatment team who helps facilitate client treatment compliance and monitors the efficacy and side effect manifestations of psychotropic treatment, while helping to integrate that treatment with other nonpharmacological modalities. Credits 3 233

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 671Assessment in Counseling

Individual assessment of cognitive, affective, motor, and academic performance. Topics covered include review of psychometric properties of standardized assessment, clinical assessment interviewing, structured observations, rating scales and the role of assessment in the treatment planning process. Candidates will administer a standardized test, complete structured observations, clinical assessments interviews, rating scales, and an integrated assessment report. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 677Legal & Ethical Issues in Professional

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 681Children and Families

This course provides for the study of family dynamics and key issues and addresses the related needs of children. Emphasis is on using insights from family systems thinking, basic concepts of marriage and family counseling, and solution-focused brief counseling approaches to bring an integrative perspective to problems of parents and their children. Skills training for parents in handling behavior disorders is also studied. Credits 3

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 687Foundations of Marriage and Family

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 698Internship/Seminar School Counseling

The internship is a capstone experience designed to provide school counseling candidates opportunities to use and apply the knowledge, concepts, and skills acquired in their graduate program. Interns take on role(s) of a guidance counselor at their school site(s). They will engage in a full range of activities including student planning, implementation of a guidance curriculum, individual and group counseling, services for the disabled, and staff development. Six hundred on-site clock hours are required; and supervision is provided through scheduled professional seminars and field supervision on the school site. Pass/Fail grade. Credits 6

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

COUN 699Internship/Seminar Mental Health Counseling

This internship is a capstone experience designed to provide clinical mental health counseling candidates opportunities to use and apply the knowledge, concepts, and skills acquired in their graduate program. Interns take on the role(s) of a counselor at their placement site(s). They will engage in a full range of activities, including intake, assessment, diagnosis, and individual and group counseling. Six hundred on-site clock hours are required, and weekly faculty supervision is provided on an individual and group basis, as well as on-site supervision by an appropriately credentialed practitioner. Pass/Fail grade. Credits 6

Subject: COUN
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: www.lmunet.edu

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