Systems of Psychotherapy   [Archived Catalog]
2016-2017 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook with Spring Addendum
   

PSY 2025 - Systems of Psychotherapy


This course explores four broad categories into which the types of therapy fall: a) psychodynamic; b) behavioral and cognitive-behavioral; c) existential, humanistic, and transpersonal; and d) family systems approaches. The course surveys the history and development of each school and its views on human nature, psychological health, normal development, psychopathology, and approaches to intervention. 3 credit(s)