Classes
Careers
Common Challenges
Self-Care
100

This class studies anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, and personality disorders as well as assessments and treatments.

What is Abnormal Psychology

100

Provide direct care support services for youth and/or adults struggling with mental health, physical health, and/or legal challenges. This job prefers a two-year degree.

What is...direct care provider

100

Feeling sad, loss of interest or pleasure, changes in appetite, sleeping too much or too little, loss of energy, feeling worthless, and/or difficulty concentrating.

What is depression

100

This practice sends a message to your brain to calm down and relax, and the brain then sends this message to your body allowing your heart rate to slow down, muscles to relax, and stress to reduce.

What is deep breathing

200

This class studies the biological, psychological, and sociological theories of addiction, historical development of attitudes toward addiction in the US, and affects of addiction on particular groups, friends, and families.

What is Addictive Disease Concepts

200

Assess, diagnose, treat and prevent mental illness, emotional, and/or behavioral challenges among individuals, groups, and families in private practice, hospitals, community mental health centers, primary care settings, and non-profit agencies. This job requires a master’s degree.

What is...therapist

200

Persistent worry or fear which may include rapid breathing, increased heart rate, sweating, or feeling tired.

What is anxiety

200

This increases cardiovascular activity, burns extra calories, but most importantly, it releases endorphins in the brain, which have a role in reducing stress and managing depression, as well as decreases the stress hormones in the body, like cortisol.

What is exercise

300

This class studies factors that affect you from conception to death including current issues and physical, cognitive, and social changes.

What is Developmental Psychology

300

Assess allegations of abuse/neglect of children and vulnerable adults including immediate safety concerns and potential risks, and collaborate with community professionals and law enforcement in the process. This job requires a four-year degree.  

What is a...social worker

300
The interpretation of specific life events as threatening or challenging; the physical and psychological reactions to these events.

What is stress

300

A system of postures and breathing techniques that has been helping the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual parts of well-being for 5000 years

What is yoga

400

This class studies racism, sexism, culturally competent practice, change strategies, and intercultural communication strategies.  

What is Discrimination and Diversity

400

Provide group therapy, psychoeducational groups, provision of individual therapy sessions, and design behavior modification plans to be implemented for the well-being of patients involuntarily committed for treatment. This job requires a doctorate degree.  

What is...a psychologist

400

Emotional response to a harmful event or events including accidents, rape, or natural disaster which may result in unpredictable emotions, flashbacks, strained relationships, and/or somatic symptoms like headache or nausea.  

What is trauma

400

This practice addresses muscle tension by intentionally tensing a particular muscle group as you breathe in and relaxing the same muscle group as you breathe out, enabling you to feel less anxious.   

What is progressive muscle relaxation

500

This class allows students to apply human services skills and knowledge by working directly with clients and/or human services organizations in a supervised experience.

What is Internship

500

Design, implement, and assess social welfare programs and policies, supervise social work organizations, and/or teach social work and/or human services students. This job requires a doctorate.

What is a doctor of social work

500

This passed car accidents as the leading cause of death among 10-14-year-olds a few years ago.

What is suicide

500

The practice of being fully present in the moment - noticing thoughts and letting them go, without judgment. Improves the benefits of other self-care habits and gives a boost to moods.

What is mindfulness.