Job Description

Jan Term 2025 Adjunct Faculty FPSY 572/672 Foundations of Trauma Treatment
Location: Moraga, CA
Open Date: Aug 20, 2024
Deadline:
Description:Per course adjunct faculty in the Counseling Department for the Forensic Psychology program's course, FPSY 572/672-01.
Founded in 1863, Saint Mary's is a residential campus nestled 20 miles east of San Francisco in the picturesque Moraga Valley. Based in the Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts traditions, Saint Mary's currently enrolls more than 4,000 students from diverse backgrounds in undergraduate and graduate programs. The De La Salle Christian Brothers, the largest teaching order of the Roman Catholic Church, guide the spiritual and academic character of the College.
As a comprehensive and independent institution, Saint Mary's offers undergraduate and graduate programs integrating liberal and professional education. Saint Mary's reputation for excellence, innovation, and responsiveness in education stems from its vibrant heritage as a Catholic, Lasallian and Liberal Arts institution. An outstanding, committed faculty and staff that value shared inquiry, integrative learning, and student interaction bring these traditions to life in the 21st century. The College is committed to the educational benefits of diversity.
Qualifications:
FPSY 672 Foundations of Trauma Treatment (3 Units)
Saturday 10:00 - 5:00 PM. 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25
This course provides students with a comprehensive and integrated approach to the field of trauma studies, with an emphasis on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of the trauma spectrum. The personal and social effects of trauma, including the biopsychosocial, spiritual, familial, and cultural will be addressed. We will explore the effects of trauma at multiple levels of human interaction, as well as how factors such as race, class, gender, and individual, familial and community resources affect the experience of trauma as well as the treatment of traumatic experience. Students will gain an understanding of the assessment and intervention skills needed for working with individuals experiencing acute stress responses, single incident trauma, and developmental trauma, as well as knowledge about working with special populations including women, veterans and children.
Qualifications
Clinical, law enforcement or community corrections professional work experience. Knowledge of forensic criminal court proceedings and court ordered assessments, experience with diverse populations in corrections, institutions or out of custody mandated treatment. LMFT, LFCC, Ph.D., Ed.D, Psy.D.
Ability to provide a clinical, comprehensive and integrated approach to the field of trauma studies, while informing about the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of the trauma spectrum. Professional expertise and knowledge of the personal and social effects of trauma, including the biopsychosocial, spiritual, familial, and cultural will be addressed.
Must be a California resident.
Prior teaching experience preferred.
To apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/152612

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