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Spring, 2013
FT530A
Associate Director
of Clinical Training
FT530A:
CLINICAL FOUNDATIONS I: BASIC SKILLS.
Associate Director of Clinical Training
DESCRIPTION:
This
course is designed to provide the MFT masters students with a clinical
foundation for therapeutic practice that can be applied among differing
theoretical models and across the vast variety of clinical situations. The focus of this course will be
professional identity formation, the integration of faith and therapeutic
practice, and building basic competency skills.
COURSE
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1.
Students
will gain a foundational knowledge for therapeutic practice.
2.
Students
will gain the basic clinical skills necessary for a therapeutic setting.
3.
Student
will gain awareness and knowledge pertaining to personal capacity as a
beginning therapist.
RELATIONSHIP
TO SCHOOL AND SEMINARY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
This
course will begin to prepare students to provide preventative and/or
transformational mental health services, apply the insights of Christian theology
along with the techniques of the social and behavioral sciences, and identify
critical issues of diversity and make appropriate responses, and prepare them
to pursue a career in marital and family therapy.
COURSE FORMAT:
This
2 unit course meets 2 hours weekly for 10 consecutive weeks. Course will include lecture, discussion,
and role plays.
REQUIRED
READING:
Ivey, A.E., Ivey, M.B., &
Zalaquett, C.P. (2010). Intentional
interviewing and counseling:
Facilitating client development in a multicultural society, 7th
ed. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole. ISBN: 978-0-495-60123-4 Estimated retail
price: $113.95
Patterson, J., Williams, L., Edwards,
T.M., Chamow, L., & Grauf-Grounds, C.
(2009). Essential skills in family therapy, from the first interview to
termination, 2nd ed. New York: The Guilford Press. ISBN: 9781606233054 Estimated retail
price: $38.00
ASSIGNMENTS:
Scheduled
readings are to be completed before class.
Students will facilitate small group discussions as well as be expected
to engage in large group discussions.
Videotape of basic skills, peer review, a journal, and self-reflection
paper required for final evaluation.
PREREQUISITES:
Enrollment in MS MFT program.
RELATIONSHIP
TO CURRICULUM:
1.
Meets BPC Sections 4980.36(c)(1)(C); 4980.36(c)(3);
4980.36(d)(2)(D),(E),(J) for the State of CA.
2.
Meets
AAMFT core competency domains 1.2, 1.3, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2.
FINAL
EXAMINATION:
Final
project.