Clinical Approaches to Practice with Couples and Families

Catalog description

This course is designed to help you develop knowledge and skills about various approaches to family and couples practice from a social work perspective. An examination of the basic theoretical assumptions underlying family systems approaches and the practice principles that evolved from them is offered. An exploration of evidence-based practices and the application of these practices with various populations will be a focus of this course. An important aspect of the course is a consideration of the ramifications for social justice and other social work values and ethics from a family systems perspective.