CSL 150 Foundations of Human Services Counseling

3 hours 

Foundations of Human Services Counseling provides an overview of the careers in human service and the skills, theories and techniques utilized by those who work in this field. The course focuses on how individuals, government and community systems interact with respect to fostering and resolving human problems. Students will acquire foundational helping skills while examining the struggles and demands human service providers are likely to experience. Self-understanding and self-reflection is emphasized as a vehicle for personal and professional growth. Students will examine the different strategies, and conceptual theories utilized in the human services counseling process. Emphasis is placed on the ethical, legal, multicultural, and gender issues that must be considered in all professional helping relationships.