Undergraduate Prerequisites: SARHS 385. Course is limited to nutrition majors in the dietetics track; Undergraduate Corequisites: SARHS 486. - This course focuses on developing communication and counseling skills in preparation for working with nutrition clients. In this course, students will gain experience conducting a nutrition counseling session, promoting sustainable behavior change, counseling clients of various age groups and cultural backgrounds and dealing with difficult patients. In addition, students are introduced to different perspectives in nutrition counseling including motivational interviewing, mindful eating and emotion-based-counseling. The emphasis of the course will be classroom discussion, observation of registered dietitians conducting group counseling sessions and application of practical counseling skills with clients in the community.

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