Winter, 2021
FT530B
Gweon
FT530B:
CLINICAL FOUNDATIONS II: BASIC SKILLS. Migum Gweon
DESCRIPTION:
This
course is designed to build on the concepts and skills of Clinical Foundations
I for MSMFT students. The focus of this course will continue to be professional
identity formation, the integration of faith and therapeutic practice, case
conceptualization, building on basic microskills, and
practicum orientation. Students will begin integrating theory to practice and
case conceptualization. In addition, students will learn about special
therapeutic issues, such as working with children, teens,
working with severely depressed and suicidal clients, making use of
supervision, and self-care.
COURSE
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Students will continue to build a foundational
knowledge for therapeutic practice.
2. Students will continue to build the
basic clinical skills necessary for a therapeutic setting.
3. Students will continue to explore the
integration of their faith and professional identities.
4. Student will continue to build an
awareness and knowledge pertaining to personal capacity as a beginning
therapist.
5. Students will increase their
understanding of applying theory to case conceptualization and therapeutic
practice.
6. Students
will receive six hours of BBS Suicide Prevention Training (AB 1436) which is
mandatory for licensure.
RELATIONSHIP
TO SCHOOL AND SEMINARY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
This
course will continue 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 marriage and family therapy.
COURSE
FORMAT:
This
2 unit course meets 4 hours weekly for 10 consecutive
weeks. Students will meet once a week for a 2 hour in-class seminar with
lecture, discussion, and role plays, and once a week for a 2 hour
lab to practice clinical skills learned in class with a teaching assistant
(TA).
REQUIRED
READING:
Ivey, A.E., Ivey, M.B., & Zalaquett, C.P. (2016). Essentials
of intentional interviewing: Counseling in a multicultural world, 3rd ed. Boston,
MA: Cengage Learning. ISBN-10: 130508733X, ISBN-13: 978-1305087330
Nouwen, H.J.M. (1996, 2006). Can You Drink the Cup? 10th ed. Notre
Dame, IN: Ava Maria Press. ISBN-10: 1594710996, ISBN-13: 978-1594710995.
Patterson, J., Williams, L., Edwards,
T.M., Chamow, L., & Grauf-Grounds,
C. (2018). Essential skills in family
therapy: From the first interview to termination, 3rd ed. New York: The
Guilford Press. ISBN: 9781462533435
Stone, D.J., ChenFeng,
J.L. (2019). Finding your voice as a
beginning marriage and family therapist, 1st ed. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN-10:
1138290459, ISBN-13: 978-1138290457
ASSIGNMENTS
and GRADING:
Scheduled
readings are to be completed before class and lab.
This is a graded course. The final grade will
be based on:
1.
In-class clinical skills
evaluation
3.
Final video assignment
4.
Class participation and attendance.
Note: Advancement to practicum is
only partially based on the grade for this course. Obtaining a passing grade
for the course does not ensure advancement to practicum.
PREREQUISITES:
1.
Enrollment in MS MFT program
2.
FT530A Clinical Foundations I or equivalent
RELATIONSHIP
TO CURRICULUM:
1.
Meets BPC Sections 4980.36(c)(1)(C); (c)(3); (d)(2)(D),(E) for the State of California.
2. Meets
AAMFT competency domains 1.2, 1.3, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2.
FINAL
EXAMINATION:
Video
Assignment