This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and understanding of a variety of short-term, strategic approaches to change. Students will become familiar with a variety of authors/therapists who specialize in brief approaches to counseling. These approaches provide a necessary foundation for working with individual and family problems as they are presented to counselors in a variety of school and clinical settings. A-E Only. Offered annually. Prerequisite(s):SCHC student status or permission of department chair; CNED 5105 and CNED 5115.