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by using an external monitor to show him its present state or level.
The use of biofeedback to regulate autonomic and skeletal responses
and influence levels of alertness or relaxation and emotion will be
explored. The therapeutic application in hypertension, psychosomatic
disorders, and counseling will be studied.

COUN 762 DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELING
Former course number 562 Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
Students will develop skills in the application of counseling techniques
that are used with individuals who abuse drugs and alcohol. The
course will be divided into two parts. In the first part, the importance
of philosophical assumptions about ``drug abusers'' will be examined.
Students will begin to articulate and examine their own philosophies
of counseling individuals who abuse drugs. Secondly, basic counseling
techniques will be demonstrated, and students will participate in
exercises and case consultations to develop their own skills. In these
two ways, students will be exposed to the applications of philosophies
and techniques in counseling the individual who abuses drugs, in
particular, and the individual with an “addictive lifestyle,” in general.
Site visits to drug abuse clinics will be required.

COUN 799 SCHOOL COUNSELING COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION
Prerequisites: Advancement to Candidacy, Completion of all
prerequisites, resolution of all Incomplete grades
Credits: 0
The comprehensive examination is a comprehensive test on the core
concepts and issues within the discipline. The examination is a three
hour test administered by the Graduate School.

COUN 801 RESEARCH ADVISMENT
Former course number 601 Prerequisites: None
Credits: 1
School Counseling students should register for this one credit class
when they have been unable to complete the seminar paper in one
semester. With special permission of the instructor, a student can take
COUN 801 to start the paper one semester before registering for
COUN 861 if they have passed the Comprehensive Exam.

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