Winter, 2021

FT530B

Bailey

FT530B: CLINICAL FOUNDATIONS II: BASIC SKILLS. Kim Bailey, DBH

DESCRIPTION:

This clinical training course assists students in the practice of basic family therapy skills with individuals, couples and families. This learning experience spans two quarters of studies and includes role-playing, audio-video taped feedback, and participation in triads. The course includes a focus on professional development and practical training in responding to ethical and legal issues.

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. Student will continue to build an awareness and knowledge pertaining to personal capacity as a beginning therapist.

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 2.5 hours weekly for 10 consecutive weeks. Students will meet once a week for a 1.5 hour seminar, including lecture, group discussion, experiential exercises and observation of skills. Students will also participate in a 1 hour lab to practice the skills presented in the seminar with a teaching assistant.

REQUIRED READING: (Note: Texts from CF1)

Hill, C. E. (2014). Helping skills: Facilitating exploration, insight, and action, 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. ISBN: 978-1433804519. Estimated retail price: $44.00

Patterson, J., Williams, L., Edwards, T.M., Chamow, L., & Grauf-Grounds, C. (2018). Essential skills in family therapy, From the first interview to termination, 3^rd ed. New York: The Guilford Press. 2^nd EDITION OF THIS TEXT IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE.

Course Reader

ASSIGNMENTS:

Scheduled readings are to be completed before class. Students will engage in role plays, facilitate small group discussions as well as be expected to engage in large group discussions. Videotape and self evaluation of basic skills, receive feedback by peers, TA and professors on role plays, self-as-therapist exercises, and case conceptualization paper required for final.

PREREQUISITES:

1. Enrollment in MS MFT program.

2. FT530A Clinical Foundations I.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:

1. Core requirement for MSMFT.

2. Meets BPC Sections 4980.36(c)(1)(C); (c)(3); (d)(2)(D),(E) for the State of California.

3. Meets AAMFT competency domains 1.2, 1.3, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2.

FINAL EXAMINATION:

Case conceptualization paper.