HSP 3040 - Brief Therapy for Couples

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010, ENG 1020, HSP 1010, HSP 2030, and HSP 2040; or permission of instructor

Description: Students will study the counseling of persons involved in emotionally intimate relationships from the perspective of childhood experiences with parents or other primary caretakers. Topics covered will include the influence on the clients of emotional abandonment, childhood wounds, male and female issues, and the tendency to project unmet childhood needs onto adult relationships. Counseling interventions to improve the communication skills of couples will be addressed.