MHCO 850 - Advanced Theories and Applications in African-Centered Couseling

3 Credits

Prerequisite(s): COUN 650 This course is designed as an advanced focus on African and African-centered counseling theories and applications. The course will explore the definition, etiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of illness from various peoples across the developmental lifespan from African-centered perspectives. Students will also examine African traditional medicine as it exists in communal, familial and individual settings. Students will examine the intergenerational effects of internal and external colonization and enslavement on people of African ancestry. Students will explore systems of mental healing throughout the continent and diaspora from various ethnic groups across time to develop a specific approach to African-centered counseling.