Glossary

What Is Clinical and Counseling Psychology?

Clinical and Counseling Psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with assessing and treating psychological distress and helping people work through personal and emotional difficulties. At InterCoast Colleges it is reviewed in a general education course in the Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program.

What it covers

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.

Alongside it in the same degree sit clinical supervision, co-occurring disorders, crisis prevention and management, and criminal thinking in addiction, all part of the Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program.

This topic is covered in the Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program at InterCoast Colleges.

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