Marriage & Family Counseling.

Catalog description

This course will acquaint students with a range of theories used in the diagnosis and treatment of couples and families with an emphasis on approaching clients from a system's based approach. Therapeutic interventions and appropriate treatment applications relative to premarital and marital couples, with and without children, will be introduced with an emphasis on recognizing societal trends and treatment issues related to working with multicultural and diverse family systems (e.g. families in transition, dual career couples, blended families, same-sex couples). Approaches to effective case management and consultation with families, school systems, and other professionals will also be presented.