This course takes a formal and innovative approach to the art of intake assessments and interviews. Key clinical and more nontraditional skill sets will be explored from both an academic and experiential viewpoint. The course will comprehensively cover both objective and subjective information, integrating psychosocial measures and intuition. It will seek to integrate traditional concepts from clinical psychology/psychotherapy along with a wide range of complementary/alternative mind -body principles with a wide range of alternative treatments currently utilized in practice.