COU 650 Sexual Trauma
This course is designed to provide the graduate counseling student with skills to evaluate and treat persons who have experienced sexual trauma. The course examines the characteristics of various forms of sexual trauma, the dynamics of incestuous families, the after-effects of sexual trauma (including family and relationship issues), and the associated DSM-5 and/or ICD-10 diagnoses. Graduate counseling students practice case conceptualization and learn how to develop treatment plans to assist clients who have experienced sexual trauma. The class also incorporates the assessment and treatment planning of sexual trauma within the context of marriage and family systems