Clinical and counseling psychology is the area of psychology concerned with understanding psychological distress and treating it through assessment, counseling, and therapy. At InterCoast Colleges it is reviewed in a general education course.
What it covers
The two names refer to closely related specialties within psychology, both concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental and emotional problems.
The catalog states: “This general education course reviews clinical and counseling psychology, its history, perspective, and conceptual framework and treatment modalities.”
Which program covers it
In InterCoast Colleges’ Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program, clinical and counseling psychology is covered in the course PSY316, Counseling Psychology.
The Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies outline lists PSY316 Counseling Psychology at 45 clock hours (45 lecture, 0 laboratory) and 3 semester credits.
Prerequisites for PSY316: none.
Clinical and counseling psychology sits alongside the other counseling subjects of the Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program, among them clinical supervision, co-occurring disorders, integrated care, crisis prevention and management, criminal thinking in addiction, and substance abuse prevention.
This topic is covered in the Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program at InterCoast Colleges.