Department: Counselor Education  

This Advanced Group Counseling in Legacy Exploration and Preservation Group Work Graduate Certificate is designed for mental health professionals to gain expertise with planning, performing and processing Legacy Exploration and Preservation Groups (LEPG) with adults across the lifespan. The primary goal of these psycho-educational-support groups are for members to enhance their sense of psychological wellbeing by experiencing an increased connection to their family, heritage and the global community.

The Advanced Group Counseling in Legacy Exploration and Preservation Group Work Graduate Certificate consists of three courses (nine credits): two hybrid courses, CNGC 643 - Methods of Legacy Exploration and Preservation  (offered summer) and CNGC 644 - Legacy Exploration and Preservation Model  (offered fall); and the final course, CNGC 645 - Legacy Exploration and Preservation Group Co-facilitation Experience  (offered spring) that provides students with the opportunity to co-facilitate a Legacy Exploration and Preservation Group in the community.

For more information, please contact the Coordinator, Dr. Victoria Bacon, in the Department of Counselor Education.