Jan 20th – May 15th
Spring Break: Mar 23-27 (No Classes)
Exam Week: 5/11-5/15
ACAP Spring 2026 Course Information and Registration Packet
BGSP-NJ Spring 2026 Course Information and Registration Packet
Fall 2025 Semester Course Schedule
September 3rd – December 26th
Holiday: 11/27 & 11/28 (No Classes)
Exam Week
12/22 – 12/26
ACAP Fall 2025 Course Information and Registration Packet
BGSP-NJ Fall 2025 Course Information and Registration Packet
MONDAY
4:50 – 7:10 pm GPSA 700 Fieldwork Practicum Seminar & Supervised Group Studies/Semel TA – Thomas – Main Classroom (First semester, fieldwork experience requires prerequisites and approval of the Training Committee)
4:50 – 7:10 pm GPSA703 Fieldwork Seminar – Issues of Bias in the Treatment of Mental Illness/Semel TA – Thomas – Main Classroom (Required for students in second semester of fieldwork and beyond. Prerequisite: GPSA 700)
7:10 pm – 9:30 pm GPSA 586 Career Counseling/Chang – Room C (Required for CMHC)
TUESDAY
10:30 – 12:00 pm GPSA 703C – SGS/Ashworth – Room C
12:00 – 2:20 pm GPSA 504 Human Development*: Adulthood—Middle to Later Years/Gerber – Online (PsyA Certificate – 2 HD* required per level / MAP and CMHC 507 required and one additional 501-4)
2:00 – 3:30 pm GPSA 703B – SGS/Lapides – Room C
3:00 – 4:30 pm GPSA 703P – SGS/Hess – Online
4:50 – 7:10 pm GPSA 824 Treatment Techniques: Symbolic and Emotional Communication/Kane – Main Classroom (PsyA Cert. Pre Matric, BGSP MA programs required)
5:55 – 6:55 pm GPSA 703D – SGS/Thomas – Room C
7:10 – 9:30 pm GPSA 552 Intro to Research in Human Sciences /Ashworth – Library (PsyA Cert. Pre Matric, BGSP MA programs required)
WEDNESDAY
4:50 – 7:10 pm GPSA 833b Clinical Practice with Adolescents/Vaccaro cap at 12 – Library (Elective all programs, meets Human Development requirement for PsyA Cert.)
7:10 – 9:30 pm GPSA 104 Multicultural Issues in Mental Health Work/McGee – Main Classroom (Required CMHC and PsyA Cert; Elective for MAP)
THURSDAY
9:00 – 11:20 am GPSA758 Continuing Case Seminar: Group Dynamics I: Theories & Techniques/ Rosenthal – Online (Elective or Replace clinical case with approval from the training committee)
9:00 – 11:20 am GPSA531 Group Dynamics I: Theories & Techniques/Rosenthal – Online (531 or 532 Group required for CMHC; Elective for PsyA Cert. or MAP)
9:30 – 11:00 am GPSA 703G – SGS/Bratt -Room C
12:00 – 1:30 pm GPSA 703L – SGS/Vaccaro- Room C
2:00 – 3:30 pm GPSA 703M – SGS/Miele – Room C
2:15 – 3:15 pm GPSA 703H – SGS/Lazar – Online
3:00 – 4:30 pm GPSA 703E – SGS/Silver – Room C
3:10 – 4:40 pm GPSA 701J – SGS/Semel – Room C
3:15 – 4:45 pm GPSA 701K – SGS/DeLia – Main Classroom
4:50 – 7:10 pm GPSA 752 Clinical Case Seminar: Transference and Countertransference Issues/DeLia TA – Saunders – Library (Cap at 10, required matriculation level PsyA Cert, requires approval from the training committee)
4:50 – 7:10 pm GPSA 752 Clinical Case Seminar: Transference and Countertransference Issues/Bratt – Main Classroom (Cap at 10, required matriculation level PsyA Cert, requires approval from the training committee)
4:50 – 7:10 pm GPSA 522 Comparative Psychotherapies I: Modern Concepts & Techniques /Team Teach/Semel, Vaccaro, Kane – Room C (Required for all programs except Post MA)
7:10 – 9:30 pm GPSA 838 Substance Use and Abuse in Mental Health Treatment/Grant – Main Classroom
(Elective, All programs)
Day TBD
GPSA 760/761 Clinical Research Tutorial – Day/time arranged with Instructor/Faculty GPSA
555A Research Seminar – Proposal Writing/Gerber/To be Arranged
Fall 2025 Semester Course Schedule
September 3rd – December 26th
Holiday: 11/27 & 11/28 (No Classes)
Exam Week
12/22 – 12/26
BGSP-NJ Programs
MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC)
Post-Master’s Program in Mental Health Counseling (Post-MA)
MONDAY
4:50 – 7:10pm GPSA 700 Fieldwork Practicum Seminar/Semel, TA – Thomas
4:50 – 7:10pm GPSA 702 – Externship Seminar: When and How to Intervene: Transference and Countertransference/Semel, TA – Thomas
TUESDAY
10:30 – 12:00pm GPSA 702C – SGS/Ashworth
12:00 – 2:20pm GPSA 800 Attachment: Theory and Applications in Practice/ Gerber
3:00 – 4:30pm GPSA 702P – SGS/Hess
4:50 – 7:10pm GPSA536/Comparative Psychotherapies II: Theories of Counseling and Psychoanalysis/Kane
5:50 – 6:50pm GPSA 702D – SGS/Thomas
7:10 – 9:30pm GPSA 184 Psychopathology: Primitive Mental States/Ashworth
WEDNESDAY
10:30 – 12:00pm GPSA 702B – SGS/Lapides
2:00 – 4:20 pm GPSA532 Group Dynamics II: Group Leadership/Silver
4:50 – 7:10pm GPSA833a Child Treatment: Theory and Practice/Vaccaro
7:10 – 9:30pm GPSA 511 The Counseling Profession/McGee
THURSDAY
9:00 – 11:20am GPSA758 Continuing Case Seminar: Clinical Practice/Rosenthal
9:00 – 11:20am GPSA831 Intervention Strategies for Working with Regressed States/Rosenthal
9:30 – 11:00am GPSA 702G – SGS/Bratt
12:00 – 1:30pm GPSA 702L – SGS/Vaccaro
2:00 – 3:30pm GPSA 702M – SGS/Miele
2:15 – 3:15pm GPSA 702B – SGS/Lazar
3:00 – 4:30pm GPSA 702E – SGS/Silver
3:10 – 4:40 pm GPSA 702J – SGS/Semel
3:15 – 4:45 pm GPSA 702K – SGS/DeLia
4:50 – 7:10pm GPSA751 Clinical Case Seminar: Comparative Studies in Psychopathology /DeLia, TA – Saunders (cap at 12)
4:50 – 7:10pm GPSA751 Clinical Case Seminar: Comparative Studies in Psychopathology/Bratt (cap at 12) 7:10pm –
7:10pm – 9:30pm GPSA 101 Clinical Assessment and Appraisal/Grant
GPSA 760/761 Clinical Research Tutorial – Day/time arranged with instructor/Faculty
GPSA 555B Research Seminar – Proposal Writing/TBA Faculty/Gerber OYP – Lapides
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GPSA 838 Understanding Addiction in Mental Health Treatment (3 credits)
GPSA 833b Adolescent Treatment: Theory and Practice (3 Credits)
GPSA 824 (formerly 524) Treatment Techniques: Symbolic and Emotional Communication (3 credits)
GPSA 758 Continuing Case Seminar (3 Credits)
GPSA752: Clinical Case: Resistance, Transference and Countertransference Issues (3 Credits)
GPSA703 Fieldwork Seminar – Issues of Bias in the Treatment of Mental Illness & Supervised Group Studies (SGS) (4 credits)
GPSA 700 Fieldwork Practicum Seminar & Supervised Group Studies (SGS) (4 credits)
GPSA 586 Career Counseling (3 credits)
GPSA 552 Introduction to Research in Human Sciences: Quantitative and Qualitative Studies (3 credits)
GPSA 531 Group Dynamics I: Theories & Techniques (3 credits)
GSPA 522 Comparative Psychotherapies I: Modern Concepts & Techniques (3 credits)
GPSA 504 Human Development: Adulthood – Middle to Later Years (3 credits)
GPSA 104 Multicultural Inclusion for Mental Health Work (3 Credits)