Advanced Family Therapy

Catalog description

A continuation of Family Therapy and Systemic Intervention, this elective course will expose the student to advance family therapy assessment, treatment planning and techniques. Constructionist and Narrative techniques will be explored while the student learns to integrate the basic family therapy techniques learned through Family Therapy I. This is an advanced course which requires much integration of multiple fields and areas of study such as addictions, psychopathology, sociocultural determinants of behavior, postmodern thinking, advance therapy technique, group processes, etc. The student will observe video and live family sessions that will illustrate some of the core issues presented during class. Collaborative Family Therapy approaches as well as the theory and practice of Reflective Teams will be part of the modalities to be reviewed. Pre-requisite(s): PHS 1767