2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

PSYC 420 Theories of Psychotherapy

This course examines in-depth various theories and approaches to psychotherapy, combining lecture, discussion, and multimedia presentations. This course does not fulfill elective requirement for the psychology major or minor. 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PSYC 410 or enrollment in the Addiction Counseling program

Offered

Fall, even years

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. To provide you with information about the therapeutic process and the practical elements of the counseling interaction.
  2. Facilitate your understanding of basic tenets, philosophical underpinnings, key concepts and strengths and weaknesses of theoretical models.
  3. To develop self-evaluation skills, writing skills, and critical thinking skills.
  4. To encourage your integration of theoretical and experiential learning in order to form your own personal model of the counseling process.