APSY7312 · Education

Short Term Therapies & Integrated Behavioral Healthcare

Lynch School of Education & Human Development

This course is designed to provide in-depth training and skill development in evidence-based theoretical models of brief therapy within an Integrated Behavioral Health framework. Counseling students will develop an understanding of the fundamental principles of brief therapy models, including Solution Focused Brief Therapy; Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Motivational Interviewing (MI); and Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Other areas of emphasis will include crisis intervention, posttraumatic stress disorder management in integrated primary care; addressing substance use disorders in primary care; and trauma-informed integrated primary care. Students will also be given the opportunity to translate this understanding into practice of techniques and skills from these brief therapies.