BHT 150 - Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy Principles

2 Credit Hours

This course focuses on the promotion of well-being, self-care, and resilience through understanding the ways in which stress can impact the mind, body, and spirit. This course will explore the positive aspects of working in helping professions, such as personal fulfillment and building relationships, while also considering the challenges such as job-related stress, compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout. Strategies for effective stress management, resiliency building, social support, and personal and occupational health promotion will be covered. Learning about professional well-being and resilience will psychologically prepare students to engage in victim advocacy and patient support.

Prerequisites: BHT 120

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