3 hours. Prerequisite: CED6133. Develops students’ knowledge and skill in the cognitive- behavioral approach to counseling with applications to mental health counseling and marital and family counseling. Students examine theoretical foundations, research findings, basic principles, assessment techniques, and intervention strategies of CBT with particular emphasis on a family systems perspective. Practical applications of this therapy are examined, and executive skills required of the cognitive-behavioral therapist are instilled. Students will demonstrate skills in this approach of counseling in class. These examinations are applied to a wide variety of problems in living and are framed within a Christian theological context.
Note: Please reference the syllabus for your specific section to ensure you're completing the correct readings. The readings listed here represent a comprehensive list from all current sections of this course, and may not match each section exactly.
The Life Span: human development for helping professionals by Note: Please reference the syllabus for your specific section to ensure you're completing the correct readings. The readings listed here represent a comprehensive list from all current sections of this course, and may not match each section exactly.
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson by 
Hurt 2.0: Inside the World of Today’s Teenagers by 
Christianity and Developmental Psychopathology: foundations and approaches by 
(Online) Christianity and Developmental Psychopathology: foundations and approaches by 
Nurturing Natures: Attachment and Children’s Emotional, Sociocultural, and Brain Development by (Online) Nurturing Natures: Attachment and Children’s Emotional, Sociocultural, and Brain Development by 
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by 
Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations that All of Us Have to Give Up In Life by Note: Please reference the syllabus for your specific section to ensure you're completing the correct readings. The readings listed here represent a comprehensive list from all current sections of this course, and may not match each section exactly.
Becoming Visible: Counseling bisexuals across the lifespan by 
Moral Development and Reality: beyond the theories of Kohlberg, Hoffman, and Haidt by 
Childhood Cognitive Development: the essential readings by 
Adolescent Rationality and Development: cognition, morality, and identity by 
Possibility and Necessity, Volume 1: The Role of Possibility in Cognitive Development by 
Possibility and Necessity, Volume 2: The Role of Necessity in Cognitive Development by 
(Online) Portraits of Pioneers in Developmental Psychology by 
(Online) Formative Experiences: The Interaction of Caregiving, Culture, and Developmental Psychobiology by Note: Please reference the syllabus for your specific section to ensure you're completing the correct readings. The readings listed here represent a comprehensive list from all current sections of this course, and may not match each section exactly.
(Online) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development by 
(Online) The Newborn Brain by Note: Please reference the syllabus for your specific section to ensure you're completing the correct readings. The readings listed here represent a comprehensive list from all current sections of this course, and may not match each section exactly.
Note: Please reference the syllabus for your specific section to ensure you're completing the correct readings. The readings listed here represent a comprehensive list from all current sections of this course, and may not match each section exactly.
(Online) Personality Pathology: Developmental Perspectives by 
Handbook of Stressful Transitions Across the Lifespan by Note: Please reference the syllabus for your specific section to ensure you're completing the correct readings. The readings listed here represent a comprehensive list from all current sections of this course, and may not match each section exactly.
(Online) The Impact of Early Life Trauma on Health and Disease by 
The Child Survivor: healing developmental trauma and dissociation by Note: Please reference the syllabus for your specific section to ensure you're completing the correct readings. The readings listed here represent a comprehensive list from all current sections of this course, and may not match each section exactly.
Cognitive Neuroscience, Development, and Psychopathology: typical and atypical developmental trajectories of attention by