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Welcome to our global classroom:
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Continuing Education Online
Courses of special interest to RNs, MFTs and LCSWs
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Mission of the Online Program
World University seeks to make high quality courses available to students throughout the world. All our courses are organized with the intention of allowing students to expand their capacity to love and serve all people and the web of life, and with the intention of creating a supportive environment in which students can relate what they are learning to the spiritual dimensions of human existence.
(At the present time, due to our limited resources, our courses are offered only in English.)
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PSYCHOLOGY 201:
CONSCIOUSNESS
PSYCHOLOGY
Course Mentor:
John Griffin
Tuition: $240
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The premise and focus of Consciousness Psychology - also referred to as Transpersonal Consciousness Psychology and Integral Consciousness Psychology - is an open ended exploration of the way that consciousness creates, pervades, preserves, and transforms all existence. Many mystical wisdom traditions hold that omni-consciousness is the divine substrate that underlies and informs everything, including our own consciousness. This is central to World University's operative philosophy, which has been called Monistic Idealism. We will explore both the personal and transpersonal dimensions of this psychology.
Required Text:
Vaughn, Frances and Walsh, Roger (editors).
Paths Beyond Ego: The Transpersonal Vision. New York: J.P. Tarcher, 1993. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.
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PSYCHOLOGY 206:
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY.
Course Mentor:
Cindy Karubian
Tuition: $240
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A study of the phenomenology of consciousness and behavior exhibited in the life of a human being from birth to adolescence. In child psychology emphasis is given to the maturation of the physiological and psychological processes up to the onset of puberty. In adolescent psychology, emphasis is given to the maturation of glandular, emotional and mental processes.
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PSYCHOLOGY 207:
PARENTING AND
PRE-NATAL
PSYCHOLOGY.
Course Mentor:
Cindy Karubian
Tuition: $240
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Patterns of child behavior and development including physical, cognitive and social growth. A comprehensive review of leading child rearing theories and methods. Group discussions of parental problems and alternative solutions in contemporary society.
Required Texts & Documents:
Readings in Library (open to public)
Laura Davis and Janis Keyser.
Becoming the Parent You Want to Be
Broadway Books. ISBN: 0-553-06750-8 Please order your textbook as soon as you enroll! (You can click on the title to order from the WorldU+Amazon link. To save money, be sure to look for used copies on the Amazon page for each book.) If your text does not arrive in the first week, you will still be able to complete the written part of your assignment and can complete your reading later.
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PSYCHOLOGY 208:
PSYCHOLOGY
OF YOGA.
Course Mentor:
Carol Rainwater, MA
Tuition: $240
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In this course, we will learn about
Yoga, which is defined as “restraint of fluctuations in the consciousness, which has three functions: cognition, conation or volition, and motion” (Iyengar, 1993, p. 46).
Yoga is both an art and a science in discipline of the mind and body; therefore, the mind becomes more matured and cultured. This course will introduce Patanjali's jewel-like style of these ancient but vital teachings to those who seek the path of self-knowledge. In this course, you will learn what
Yoga is, how it works, and how to purify the mind and let it settle into absolute stillness.
Required Texts & Documents:
 Shearer, Alistair (trans.).
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Harmony/Bell Tower, 2002. ISBN: 0609609599. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
 Iyengar, B.K.S.
Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.. Thorsons Publishers, 2003. ISBN: 0007145160.
(Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
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PSYCHOLOGY 221:
JUNGIAN ARCHETYPES
Course Mentor:
Carol Rainwater, MA
Tuition: $240
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An approach to psychology, art, literature, religion, mythology and civilization from the Jungian archetypal perspective.
 Jung, Carl G. and Jaffe, Aniela.
Memories, Dreams, Reflections. New York: Vintage Reissue edition, 1989. ISBN: 0679723951 . (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Used copies are available on the page for this book.)
 Jung, Carl G.
Man and His Symbols. New York: Dell Publishing. 1964. ISBN: 0440351839. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Used copies
are available on the page for this book.)
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PSYCHOLOGY 241:
SELF-ESTEEM
Course Mentor:
Cindy Karubian
Tuition: $240
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An in-depth analysis of self-esteem; its implications and applications from the micro to the macro level, focusing on psychologist Nathaniel Branden's now-classic text,
The Psychology of Self-Esteem. Branden argues that self-esteem is not simply a feel-good phenomenon--rather, it rests on the appropriate exercise of mind and is intimately related to rationality, perseverance, self-responsibility, and personal integrity. Further, he maintains that although others may help or obstruct its development, it must be generated from within.
Required Text:
Branden, Nathaniel.
The Psychology of Self-Esteem. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. ISBN: 0-7879-4526-9 (You can click on the title to order from the WorldU+Amazon link. To save money, be sure to look for used copies on the Amazon page for this book.)
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PSYCHOLOGY 242:
LOVE AND
RELATIONSHIPS
Course Mentor:
Cindy Karubian
Tuition: $240
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Works of such authors as D. H. Lawrence and James Joyce will be compared with the psychological basis of love according to Carl Jung, Erich Fromm and Abraham Maslow. Love will also be explored through the lenses of music, poetry and film.
Required Text:
Fromm, Erich.
The Art of Loving. New York: HarperCollins, 2000.
About this book: A classic in its own time... The original self-help treatise that has inspired countless numbers of men and women throughout the world. Explains how love can release hidden potential and become life's most exhilarating experience. In this fresh and candid work, renowned psychoanalyst Erich Fromm guides readers in developing their capacity for love in all its aspects: romantic love, love of parents for children, brotherly love, erotic love, self-love, and love of God. This powerful book is considered the seminal work in the emergence of the psychology of personal growth. (You can click on the title to order from the WorldU+Amazon link. To save money, be sure to look for used copies on the Amazon page for this book.)
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PSYCHOLOGY 265:
INTRODUCTION TO
COUNSELING
Course Mentor:
Theresa Duncan
Tuition: $240
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From Mentor's Introduction:
This course is an introduction to the practice of counseling. It will assist those of you in vocations where you are called upon to help people solve their problems. It will prepare those of you planning a career in psychotherapy to pursue further study.
This course only lightly touches on theory. Of course, theory is implied in many of the techniques. In depth study of theory is covered in other courses.
I have selected two widely acclaimed authors, each with a broad command of technique, and each with a unique approach.
David Martin lyrically, explores the counselor’s vocation, focusing on development of the counselor’s intuition, empathy and compassion, and showing how these qualities, when brought to bear on specific techniques, create a successful counseling experience.
The second book is Lauren Slater’s memoir of a time period early in her career as a therapist. It is a refreshing page-turner providing the reader with an idea of what it is like to be a psychotherapist. I have assigned it in the fourth week of the course, for a nice change of pace.
Required Texts: Please order your texts early enough so that you have them on hand at the beginning of the school Quarter.
Martin , David G.
Counseling and Therapy Skills, 2nd Edition, (ISBN 1-57766-068-4)..(Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
Slater, Lauren.
Welcome to My Country. (ISBN 0-385-48739-8). (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
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PSYCHOLOGY 281:
INTRODUCTION TO
COUNSELING
Course Mentor:
Theresa Duncan
Tuition: $240
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From Mentor's Introduction: Whether you are a veteran self counselor or new to the practice, this course is intended do two things: suggest a theoretical structure to make your self counseling work more enjoyable and fruitful; and take you on an inner adventure of your own life. There are hundreds of disciplines in the area of self counseling, and discovering the ones for you is part of your journey.
In this course we will use three texts. The first is John Bradshaw’s classic text HOMECOMING, which outlines the developmental stages which trauma can interrupt and the behavioral hallmarks of early psychological injuries. It also gives maps that show the way to healing. Bradshaw draws on the wisdom of dozens of great writers whose works you may choose to pursue.
The second text for this course is Etty Hillesum's AN INTERRUPTED LIFE, a masterpiece narrative of the adventures of actually walking the inner path that the great writers theoretically describe.
The third book of required reading is a daily meditation book of your choice. You are encouraged to select one that addresses the issues that confront you in your life.
Three Required Texts: Please order your texts early enough so that you have them on hand at the beginning of the school Quarter.
 1. Bradshaw, John. Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child. City of publication: Name of publisher, year of publication. ISBN. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
 2. Hillesum, Etty.
An Interrupted Life and Letters from Westerbork. (with Forward and Introduction by Eva Hoffman) New York: Owl Books, 1996. ISBN: 0805050876. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
3. A daily meditation book of your choosing. Following are a few suggested titles (there are dozens more at new and used book stores): (Click on the title to see each text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for each book.)
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PSYCHOLOGY 282:
GERONTOLOGY
AND THE
PSYCHOLOGY OF
AGING
Course Mentor:
Cindy Karubian
Tuition: $240
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A broad overview of the major research findings, theoretical concepts and methodology of developmental psychology, with specific emphasis on the older adult. The aging process examined from biological, psychological, social, political and spiritual perspectives.
Required Text:
Tyson, Shirley Rose.
Gerontological Nursing Care. W.B. Saunders, publisher. 1999. ISBN: 0-7216-5009-0 (Click on the book title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
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PSYCHOLOGY 300:
COMPARATIVE
PSYCHOLOGY
Course Mentor:
Jeffrey Dillon, MA
Tuition: $375
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An intensive study of the history of psychology, East and West, ancient and modern. Special emphasis is laid on the changing subject matter and methodology of psychological science. In-depth analysis, critique and evaluation of different schools of psychology in the West, such as the Behavioristic School, the Pschoanalytic School, the Humanistic School, Transpersonal School, etc.
Required Text:
Ryckman, Richard, M.
Theories of Personality. Wadsworth Publishing, 1999, 7th Edition. ISBN: 053434898X. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Be sure to look for used copies that may be available on the Amazon page for this book.)
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PSYCHOLOGY 301:
CONSCIOUSNESS
PSYCHOLOGY
Course Mentor:
John Griffin, PhD
Tuition: $375
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The premise and focus of Consciousness Psychology - also referred to as Transpersonal Consciousness Psychology and Integral Consciousness Psychology - is an open ended exploration of the way that consciousness creates, pervades, preserves, and transforms all existence. Many mystical wisdom traditions hold that omni-consciousness is the divine substrate that underlies and informs everything, including our own consciousness.
Required Texts:
Subject Overview:
Goswami's Hard Questions, a Fair Use copy of an online article by Dr. Amit Goswami.
Text: Vaughn, Frances and Walsh, Roger (editors).
Paths Beyond Ego: The Transpersonal Vision. New York: J.P. Tarcher, 1993. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.
Text: Scotton, Bruce (ed.) et al.
Textbook of Transpersonal Psychiatry and Psychology. New York: Basic Books, 1996. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
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PSYCHOLOGY 302:
GRADUATE STUDIES IN SELFLESS SERVICE
Course Mentor:
John Griffin
Tuition: free for WorldU Degree and Certificate Students
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The focus of the course is on the practice of Selfless Service. The two required texts and other readings will provide a theoretical background indicating how selfless service can and should be performed, its therapeutic temporal and spiritual aspects, and the need to engage it in a transpersonal way. But the heart of the course lies in your engagement with the actual practice of service which is, or will become, transpersonal and selfless in nature.
Required Texts:
Amin, Vijay and Patel, Kirit (compilers).
Yoga of Action. Bombay: Prashanthi Printers, various editions. (This booklet is available for $3.50 plus shipping from The Sathya Sai Book Center of America, 305 W. First Street, Tustin, CA 92780, USA, Tel: (714) 669-0522)
This small booklet is a compilation of messages on selfless service from Sathya Sai Baba, who teaches a path of loving all and serving all as steps on the path toward infinite oneness.
Rhoads, Robert.
Community Service and Higher Learning: Explorations of the Caring Self. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
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PSYCHOLOGY 304:
PARAPSYCHOLOGY
Course Mentor:
John Griffin, PhD
Tuition: $375
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A study and analysis of paranormal phenomena such as Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP), Telepathy, Psychokinesis (PK), and Out-of-Body Experiences (OBE). Case Studies of persons and groups involved with parapsychological phenomena. Parapsychology and spirituality.
Required Texts:
Radin, Dean.
The Conscious Universe:The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena. San Francisco: HarperEdge / HarperSanFrancisco, 1997.
(this text is available from www.harpercollins.com/harperedge or www.amazon.com or www.bn.com)
Schmicker, Michael.
Best Evidence: An Investigative Reporter's Three Year Quest to Uncover the Best Scientific Evidence for ESP, Psychokinesis, Mental Healing, Ghosts and Poltergeists, Dowsing, Mediums, Near Death Experiences, Reincarnation, and Other Impossible Phenomena That Refuse to Disappear. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, (2
nd edition) 2002.
(this text is available online from www.amazon.com or www.bn.com or www.iuniverse.com)
Yogananda, Paramahansa.
Autobiography of a Yogi. A
free online public domain copy is available HERE
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Psychology 317:
Orientation to
Counseling
Course Mentor:
John Griffin, PhD
Tuition: $375
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This course takes a personal approach to introducing students to the field of counseling. Believing that human development is multi-sided, we have chosen texbooks that recognize and include physical, cognitive-behavioral, social, emotional, and spiritual development. Our primary text includes sections on stress management, career choices, responsibilities of counselors, learning counseling skills, theory and practice, and specific foundation areas like group, family, school and community.
Required Texts:
Peterson, Vincent J., and Nisenholz, Bernard.
Orientation to Counseling. Allyn & Bacon, 1999. ISBN: 0-205-27539-7. Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book. The text may also be ordered directly from the publisher's website at 800-278-3525.
Doherty, William J.
Soul Searching: Why Psychotherapy Must Promote Moral Responsibility. Basic Books, 1996. ISBN: 0-465-00945-X (paperback). (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
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PSYCHOLOGY 318:
DREAM
CONSCIOUSNESS,
EAST & WEST
Course Mentor:
John Griffin, PhD,
with Fleur Cynta, MA
Tuition: $375
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A study and analysis of dream consciousness, East and West. A transcultural perspective. Jungian dream theory, the unconscious, the archetypes, and the "little" and "big" dreams. Lucid dreaming. The Eastern concept of Tibetan dream yoga, using dream consciousness to further spiritual realization. Contemporary synthesis of various concepts of dreamwork. Dream journaling and interpretation.
Required Texts:
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Bluestone, Sarvananda. The World Dream Book. Rochester, Vermont:Destiny Books, 2002. ISBN:0892819022
Wangyal, Tenzin. Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications,1998. ISBN: 1559391014.
In the Indo-Tibetan tradition, the development of lucidity in the dream state is aimed at generating greater awareness for the ultimate purpose of "waking up" to greater awareness and ultimately unconditioned consciousness and liberation.
Moss, Robert. Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path For Everyday Life. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1996. ISBN:051788710X
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PSYCHOLOGY 321:
CONSCIOUS
DYING
Course Mentor:
John Griffin, PhD
Tuition: $375
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A consideration of the Socratic-Platonic injunction to "Practice Dying" within the context of Philosophy as the "Love of Wisdom" and "Wisdom of Love" and living a mindful, examined life incorporating the practice of ethical, caring behavior. An East-West perspective on ethics and human values for truly conscious and insightful living and dying. Philosophical implications of testimonies from Near-Death Experiences.
Required Texts:
Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth and Kessler, David. Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living. NY: Touchstone Books, 2001. (You can click on the title to order from the WorldU+Amazon link. To save money, be sure to look for used copies on the Amazon page for this book.)
Reyes, Benito F.
Conscious Dying. Ojai: World University, 3rd Edition, 1993.
(The above listed book is available at World University in Ojai; please order at the time of registration)
Ring, Kenneth (and co-authors). Lessons from the Light: What We Can Learn from The Near-Death Experience. (You can click on the title to order from the WorldU+Amazon link. To save money, be sure to look for used copies on the Amazon page for this book.)
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PSYCHOLOGY 327:
PSYCHO-
PATHOLOGY
Course Mentor:
Deborah Ray, MFT
Tuition: $375
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This course will focus on the development of abnormal behavior as viewed from many theoretical schools of psychology. Topics will include the study of family systems, theory as it relates to the development of deviant behavior, symptomatology and current treatment modalities.
Required Texts:
Ryckman, Richard, M.
Theories of Personality. Wadsworth, 1999, ISBN: 053434898X. (NOTE: This text is also required for Psy 300 Comparative Psychology, a graduate level foundation course which precedes this course as a prerequisite, so all students enrolled for an M.A. degree in psychology should already have it. But if you are taking this course on a non-degree basis for continuing education or State of California Board of Behavioral Science requirement fulfillment, click on the title to order the text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
Seligman, Martin, et al.
Abnormal Psychology (4th edition). New York: W.W. Norton, 2002, ISBN 039394459X. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon Books. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book. This next may also be ordered directly from the publisher at www.wwnorton.com)
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PSYCHOLOGY 328:
HUMAN SEXUALITY:
THERAPY AND
DEVELOPMENTAL
PERSPECTIVES
Course Mentor:
Andrea Lackovic, MA
Tuition: $375
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Theoretical and practical issues will be studied in the understanding and treatment of sexual dysfunctions, problems in communication, attitudes, sexual abuse and incest. Homosexuality and male/female sexual development roles and stages will also be studied.
Required Texts:
Leiblum, Sandra and Rosen, Raymond (editors).
Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy. New York: Guilford Publications, 2000. (ISBN: 1572305746) Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book. The text may also be ordered online from the publisher's website at www.guilford.com.
From the Back Cover
"Continuing in their fine tradition, Leiblum and Rosen give those of us who are learning, providing, or reflecting on the treatment of sexual problems an opportunity to be with the best thinkers in the field. Hope for medication assistance now abounds, yet the authors succeed in conveying the rich psychological and social landscape of human sexual interaction. No one who reads this book will ever again be tempted to reduce sex therapy to a single paradigm." Stephen B. Levine, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.
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PSYCHOLOGY 329:
HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMEMNT
Course Mentor:
John Griffin, PhD
Tuition: $375
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Biological, social, emotional and psychological developmental stages in infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adult; hereditary, environmental and cultural influences will be explored as they relate to the evolving family structure, moral development, personality, and social behavior; consideration of dying, death and bereavement issues.
Required Texts:
Sigelman, Carol K., Rider, Elizabeth A. (2003).
Life-Span Human Development. Wadsworth. ISBN: 0534553508. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
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Psychology 338: Cross-Cultural Mores and Values
Course Mentor: Carol Rainwater, M.A.
Tuition: $375
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This course will explore the psychology of the subcultures of blacks, chicanos, women, homosexuals, and the disabled; their development, uniqueness and inter-relatedness. Cultural patterns and behaviors are explored and clinical issues related to these patterns are presented.
McGoldrick, Monica, Giordano, J., & Pearce, J. K. (Eds.). (1996).
Ethnicity & Family Therapy. New York: Guilford Press. ISBN: 0898629594. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
Root, M. P. P. (1996).
The Multiracial Experience: Racial Borders as the New Frontier. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN: 0803970595. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
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Psychology 339: Professional Ethics and Law
Course Mentor:
Andrea Lackovic, MA
Tuition: $375
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Legal and ethical issues as they relate to the professional practice of marriage, family and child counseling and other counseling specialties, including confidentiality, licensure, client rights, and professional conduct.
Required Textbook:
Corey, Gerald, et al.
Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions. 6th Edition. Brooks/Cole (Thomson Learning). ISBN: 053435615X. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
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Psychology 341: Psycholgical Testing
Course Mentor:
Wayne T. James, PsyD
Tuition: $375
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An Introductory course on psychological testing, including familiarization with several actual tests. Includes some history of psychological assessment and testing. Emphasis will be on the study of the primary psychological tools used by psychologists and therapists or counselors. The student also will study legal and ethical issues that the therapist should be aware prior to testing the client and upon completing the testing of the client. The final part of the study program will be the understanding of how to read or write a psychological assessment report of the client.
Required Textbook (please order as soon as you know you are going to take this course, so that you have the book on hand when the Quarter begins):
Groth-Marnat, Gary. Handbook of Psychological Assessment. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 4th edition. 2003. (Click on the book title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
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Psychology 342: Research Methodology in Psycholgical Testing
Course Mentor:
Wayne T. James, PsyD
Tuition: $375
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A study and analysis of research
methodology in clinical and counseling psychology. Prepares one to design and implement a testable study, and to competently review and utilize the professional literature.
Psychology 342 will cover an understanding
of measurement, sampling issues, important strategies in clinical and counseling
psychology; study of issues of planning, conducting and interpretation
of research material.
Required Textbook (please order as soon as you know you are going to take this course, so that you have the book on hand when the Quarter begins):
Jay, Thomas. UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH
IN CLINICAL AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY. New Jersey:
Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers, 2003. ISBN:0805836713. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
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Psychology 344A: Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
Course Mentor:
Lynnell Holtby, MA
Tuition: $375
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An introductory course exploring the current therapeutic orientations which form the foundation of marriage and family therapy. This includes the approaches of psychoanalysis, behaviorism, humanism, transpersonal psychology and family systems.
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Psychology 344B: Theory and Practice of Family Therapy
Course Mentor:
Debroah Ray, MA, MFT
Tuition: $375
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For general public:
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course through our "Open College"
Program.
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A study and analysis of family therapy based on one of the best known textbooks in the field, Family Therapy, by Irene and Herbert Goldenberg. Family Therapy provides a balanced presentation of the major theoretical underpinnings and clinical practices in the field. By presenting an overview of traditional and evolving viewpoints, perspectives, values, intervention techniques, and goals of family therapy, the Goldenbergs provide current, relevant, practice-oriented content laying the foundation for students to become proficient family therapists. This edition provides students with not only traditional family therapy theoretical frameworks, but also introduces the field's evolving models and areas of practice, including gender, culture, and ethnicity, and alternative family structures such as single-parent families, remarried families, and gay and lesbian families
Required Texts:
Goldenberg, Herbert and Irene. Family Therapy, 6th Ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Thommson Wadsworth Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 0534556698. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book.)
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Psychology 350: Integral Education
Course Mentor:
Sarina Chugani Molina, MA
Tuition: $375
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This course will explore the field of Holistic Education, its
historical development, principles, and vision. This paradigm greatly
differs from the Newtonian-Cartesian paradigm utilized in the current
system of education, which primarily focuses on intellectual
development. The goal of integral education is to prepare children to
become truly Human by nurturing not only their intellectual
development, but also their emotional, social, and spiritual
development.
Required Texts and On-line Documents:
Miller, Ron. 1997. What are schools for? Holistic
education in American culture. (THIRD
EDITION)
Brandon, VT: Holistic Education Press. 1997. (Click on the title
to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com.
Some used copies may be available on the page for this book, BUT
BE SURE TO GET THE THIRD EDITION!)
Miller, John & Nakagawa,
Yoshiharu. Nurturing
Our Wholeness. Perspectives on spirituality in
education. CD-ROM
EDITION (BOOK ON DISK)
Brandon, VT: The Foundation for Educational Renewal. 2005 ISBN:
1885580207. (Click on the title to order this text online through
WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available
on the page for this book.)
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Psychology 371: Communication Skills in Counseling
Course Mentor:
Deborah Ray, MA, MFT
Tuition: $375
ENROLLMENT:
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This course will focus on the “how’s” of the Clinical Interview, exploring the Clinical Interview and its components from the perspective of the microskills approach developed over many years by Allen E. Ivey and colleagues.
You will have the opportunity to integrate parts of this approach with your counseling style, if you choose. You will have the opportunity to reexamine your counseling style, which is always valuable, and to enhance your way of communicating with clients, perfecting the techniques that work, and acquiring new ones.
Required Texts and On-line Documents:
Allen E. Ivey and Mary Bradford Ivey. Intentional Interviewing and Counseling (5th ed.)
Pacific Grove, CA: Thompson - Brooks/Cole, 2002. ISBN: 0534519857. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book. Please be sure to get the Fifth Edition.)
DESCRIPTION: The new Fifth Edition of this hallmark text enables students of many backgrounds to master basic skills in a step-by-step fashion, thus rapidly empowering them to conduct a full interviews using only listening skills. Following this, students learn confrontation and influencing skills and by the time the text is completed, students will be able to conduct interviews from several theoretical perspectives: person-centered, decisional interviewing, assertiveness training, and brief solution-oriented counseling. Throughout the text, students are encouraged to examine themselves and to start defining their own personal style and theory of interviewing and counseling.
Dennis Rivers.
The Seven Challenges: A Workbook and Reader About Communicating More Cooperatively. Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishers, 2004. (Click the title of the book to download this book as a free PDF file.) The Seven Challenges Workbook explores how the same patterns of cooperative communication help create interpersonal success at home, at work, and in psychotherapy.
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Psychology
374A, B & C: Supervised Practicum -- Field Work
Course Mentor:
Deborah Ray,
MA, MFT
Tuition: $375
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This course will focus on that what, how's and why's of Clinical Supervision. What is Clinical Supervision. How to choose an internship. How to use your supervision wisely and much, much more. You will also explore the various aspects of the counseling profession and consider if this is the path you wish to choose.
This is a three-part, year-long course that includes, Psychology 374A, 374B and 374C. Each component (A, B, and C) requires 75 hours per quarter of supervised practicum in a counseling agency, and significant writing and reflecting on your experiences. You will be required to keep track of these practicum hours on a special form; which is available through the University by e-mail.
Since some of you will be taking this class in a state other than California, you will need to be aware of the requirements for supervision and supervisors as is mandated by your state board. You must be sure that the individual supervising your practicum and signing off your hours has that authority so that your hours will be valid. When you have completed the course you will submit copies of the intern hours sign off sheet to me via the University, Any questions should be directed to me via my University e-mail address deborahray@worldu.edu ..
Required Text for 374A:
Faiver, Christopher; Eisengart, Sheri; Colonna, Ronald.
The Counselor Intern's Handbook. Wadsworth Publishing, Third Edition, ISBN 053452835X, 2003. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book,
BUT BE SURE TO GET THE THIRD EDITION.)
Required Text for 374B&C:
Sweitzer, H. Fredrick, and King, Mary A.
The Successful Internship: Transformation and Empowerment in Experiential Learning. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, 2004. ISBN: 0534558798. (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. PLEASE PURCHASE THE SECOND EDITION only. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book,
but be sure to get the 2nd Edition.)
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Psychology 377: Alcoholism and
Other Chemical
Dependencies
Course Mentor:
Wayne T. James, PsyD
Tuition: $375
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A comprehensive analysis of the problems and treatments of alcohol and other chemical dependencies.
Required Text:
Johnson, Jerry. Fundamentals of Substance Abuse Practice. Wadsworth, 2003. (ISBN: 053462667X) (Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book. This text may be obtained more quickly by ordering directly from the publisher at www.wadsworth.com. Please order as soon as you know you are going to take this course, so that you have the book on hand when the Quarter begins.)
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Psychology 378: Abusive
Relationships
Course Mentor:
Deborah Ray, MA, MFT
Tuition: $375
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This course will focus on how understanding family maltreatment is vital in being competent at dealing with some of the most important real life concerns. We will study the multifaceted arena of abuse within the family. Topic to be presented are child abuse: physical sexual, and emotional maltreatment; sexual offenders, domestic violence and elder abuse. Each topic will be covered from an ecological or systemic perspective. This means that as you study the components of abuse within the family; you will consider the intricate sums of each part: social, cultural, group and individual, their impacts and effects.
Required Texts and On-line Documents:
BOOK: Kemp, Alan.
Abuse in the Family, An Introduction. Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN: 0534341985 Click on the title to order this text online through WorldU's link with Amazon.com. Some used copies may be available on the page for this book. Please order as soon as you know you are going to take this course, so that you have the book on hand when the Quarter begins.
DOCUMENT: Wachtel, Andy. The “State of the Art” in Child Abuse Prevention Report for the Family Violence Prevention Unit, Health Canada. 1999.
DOCUMENT: Thomas, David, et al.,
Emerging Practices in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. U. S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. 2003.
(Please note: This is a PDF file.)
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Psychology 379: Psychopharmacology
Course Mentor:
Andrea Lackovic, MA
Tuition: $375
ENROLLMENT:
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The basic principles of psychopharmacology are presented, including the scientific and clinical applications of the psychopharmacological management of mental diseases. The use of psychiatric psychopharmacology in conjunction with psychotherapy is discussed emphasizing referral criteria.
Required Text:
Bezchlibnyk-Butler, Kaylyna, Z.; Jeffries, Joel.
Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs. Toronto: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, 2002. (Order directly from publisher by calling (800) 228-3749.)
Required Websites:
www.npi.ucla.edu Website of the Neuropsychiatric Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles.
nmha position on children and meds
Section of the website of the National Mental Health Association containing the NMHA Position Statement on the use of psychotropic medication to treat the mental health needs of children.
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Thanatology Courses (Care of the Dying and Bereaved)
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Thanatology 502X:
Evidence of the
Afterlife
Tuition $80
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A study and assessment of Threshold-of-Death Experiences and Near-Death Experiences as reported from cultures throughout the world. A survey of descriptions of After-Death Communications reported in the spiritual and thanatological traditions of various cultures and the literature of Near-Death Experiences and mediumistic communications. Corroboration from para-psychological research.
- Order Textbook: It is recommended that you order the course text,
You Cannot Die, by Ian Currie (ISBN: 155041626X, paperback edition) when you decide to enroll in the course, so that you will have it to read and refer to for the course assignments as soon as possible. You may order this book at your local bookstore or by clicking here to go to Amazon.com (our apologies that Amazon seems to be confused about which author wrote this book)
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Thanatology 504X:
Conscious Living and Dying
Tuition $80
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A consideration of the Socratic-Platonic injunction to "Practice Dying" within the context of Philosophy as the Love of Wisdom and living a mindful, examined life incorporating the practice of ethical, caring behavior. An East-West perspective on ethics and human values as guides for truly conscious and insightful living and dying. Perspectives of "Books of the Dead" and other philosophical and spiritual teachings on afterlife states and insights into how to die well. A consideration of the concept of karma and rebirth. Philosophical implications of testimonies from Near-Death Experiences.
- Required Texts and Documents:
Online course introduction Practice Dying; online readings on the World University website; assigned readings on linked websites.
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