Spring, 2019
FT530C
Bailey
FT530C: CLINICAL FOUNDATIONS III : ADVANCED SKILLS
(2 units). Kim Bailey, DA, LMFT
DESCRIPTION:
This course focuses on the application of
theory to case conceptualization and therapeutic practice. Students practice
various assessment and family therapy techniques by participating as therapists
in simulated marital and/or parent-child therapy sessions.
cOURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1.
Students
will learn common therapeutic techniques and their application to case conceptualization,
treatment planning and intervention.
2.
Students
will gain core family therapy skills applicable to the different stages of
family treatment, including beginning, middle and end phases.
3.
Students
will learn to prioritize treatment goals, as well as create effective treatment
plans and termination plans with clients utilizing a family systems
perspective.
4.
Students
will learn BBHE required paperwork to maintain professional, legal and ethical
client files.
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 for 2 hours weekly
for 10 consecutive weeks and includes lecture, group discussion, experiential
exercises, observation and role plays.
REQUIRED
READING:
Carlson, J., Sperry,
L. & Lewis, J. A. (2013). Family
Therapy Techniques: Integrating and Tailoring Treatment. New York:
Routledge.
Johnson, S.
(2004). The practice of emotionally focused marital therapy: Creating
connection. New York: Brunner/Mazel. ISBN: 978-0415945684. $39.61 (also required for FT515)
Minuchin, S. & Fishman, H.C. (1981). Family Therapy Techniques. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN: 0674294106. $33.09. (also required for FT514)
Nichols, M. P.
(2012). Family therapy: concepts and
methods (11th ed.). New York: Pearson. ISBN
978-0205827190, $101.40 (also required for FS500)
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: 978-166233054. $31.95 (also
required for FT530B)
ASSIGNMENTS:
In-class exercises.
GRADING:
This course is graded on a credit/no credit
basis.
PREREQUISITES:
1.
Enrollment in MS MFT program.
2.
FT530 Clinical Foundations I and II
RELATIONSHIP
TO CURRICULUM:
1.
Meets MFT first year Spring quarter Clinical Training
requirement
2.
Meets AAMFT Core competencies domains: 1.1.,
1.2., 1.3., 1.4, 2.1, 2.2 , 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.,1, 4.2., 4.3, 4.5,
5.1, 5.2
3.
Meets BBS requirements: Theories of
psychotherapy and family therapy
FINAL
EXAM:
None