Psychotherapeutic Theories & Interventions: Children and Families

Catalog description

This is the second half of a year-long course sequence in the theory and practice of psychotherapy. The goal of this course is to help students begin to develop a flexible, evidence-based style of conducting psychotherapy, focusing on brief to mid-range durations. Emphasis in this semester is on systems-oriented child and family therapies. The course includes an examination of the fundamentals of systems theories with special focus on child, family and couples modalities. Selected clinical practice, process, and diversity issues are considered across a variety of psychological syndromes and presentations.