CLPY600 Professional Seminar I (3 cr.)

This course introduces students to the profession of clinical psychology, including professional roles, identity, values, attitudes and behaviors. Students explore professional associations, credentialing, and career paths. The course provides an introduction into Catholic intellectual thought and principles that are integrated into the curriculum and professional identity. Socialization into the program and profession is reinforced by promoting integrity, lifelong learning, integration of faith and reason, on-going self-reflection, concern for others, openness and responsiveness to feedback, and community building. Foundational microskills needed to establish and maintain helping relationships are introduced and practiced through guided experiential learning exercises. 

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to do the following:

1. Demonstrate effective relationships with faculty and peers that will contribute to a positive culture and community within the program.
2. Apply microskills to establishing helping relationships.
3. Articulate clinical psychology as a health service psychology profession.
4. Integrate Catholic intellectual thought into clinical psychology.

* First required weekend residency