Integrating Mental Health Practicesin the Outdoor Profession (WLE 385)
Term: 2024-2025 Academic Year Spring
Description
An experiential course that will combine lecture, personal exploration, and group process to promote self-awareness, growth, and professional development in the outdoor and counseling fields. The course will integrate the acquisition and practice of specific skills (e.g. mindfulness, emotion regulation, assertive communication, etc.), an understanding of the connection between nature and mental health,
and the exploration of how individual values and gifts influence personal and career choices. Active participation in a weekend trip is required. This course is geared towards WLEE majors interested in developing mental health skills for use in their outdoor profession and Psychology majors interested in holistic health, but it is open to students from other majors as well. Prerequisites: WLE 102, WLE 220, PSY 101, PSY 230, Junior Standing.