SW 8813 - Family Therapy

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Corequisite: This course discusses family systems theory as a paradigm for conceptualizing the family as a system in society. This course addresses the major theories in the family therapy field, the core concepts and their relevance for clinical application, the phases of therapy with a family including assessment, basic interventions, implementation of change, and the formulation of a psychosocial assessment of a family system, with attention to the therapist’s use of self within the “therapeutic system.” Students will study their own clinical work and focus on specific strategies of intervention according to different types of families relative to race, culture, sexual orientation, religion, and family structure. A family therapy case with supervision under a licensed clinical social worker is required.