Family Relationships: Services and Counseling

The focus of the Family Relationships: Services and Counseling is on the interdependence between individuals, families and broader social systems. This concentration introduces students to techniques of counseling with particular attention to a family systems approach. It is designed to familiarize students with individual and family developmental tasks, demands for adaptation and potential family problems over the lifespan. For more information, visit the Department's Advising Center located in the Family Studies Building and get a copy of the full descriptions there.

RECOMMENDED COURSES

• Introduction to Counseling
• Family Pathology
• Issues in Human Sexuality
• Adolescence: Youth and Society
• Parenthood
• Latinos: Sexuality and Gender
• Family and Work
• Black American Family Patterns
• Low Income Families
• Supervised Field Experience

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

• Inpatient and outpatient mental health services
• Family medicine and related services
• Marriage and family therapy
• Juvenile and family legal services
• Rehabilitation counseling
• Sex education
• Employee assistance programs
• Women's services