Clinical Skills in Family Therapy   [Archived Catalog]
2018-2019 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook with Spring Addendum
   

MFT 625 - Clinical Skills in Family Therapy

3 Unit(s)
(traditional MFT class-advanced class) This is a course for advanced students focusing on the clinical aspects in the practice of family therapy. It will provide a brief overview of family therapy and will concentrate on the experiential learning of basic family therapy skills. This class is designed to provide students with direct experiences of the family therapy milieu in the initial session/treatment alliance phase of therapy via observation and role play; assist in the development of a working knowledge of the clinical skills of family interview, joining, problem formulation, treatment contract, and family case presentation; further the students' awareness of and appreciation for the multiple psychosocial factors which impact families in treatment; and contribute to the development of a personal conceptualization of the process of psychotherapy. Prerequisite(s): MFT 507 , MFT 522 , MFT 533 , MFT 571 ,