FAMILY THERAPY THEORY AND PRACTICE D
FTH5TPD
2016
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
In this subject students will draw on the range of family therapy theoretical models learned during the course alongside other applicable knowledges and skills to achieve in-depth assessments and analyses of complex family difficulties in general, and also in specialist areas. They will integrate all of this knowledge and skills with awareness of their own capacities and limitations and will synthesise this information to arrive at unique effective courses of intervention with the difficulties experienced by each of their client families. Students will continue in their live supervised clinical groups to see families registered with The Bouverie Centre and in this context will refine and deepen their competence as family therapists.
School: School of Psychology & Public Health
Credit points: 30
Subject Co-ordinator: Robyn Elliott
Available to Study Abroad Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: FTH5TPC or (FTH5FTC and FTH5SCC)
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Facilitate your effective clinical practice through ongoing analysis of factors pertaining to your values, interpersonal style and capacities with your work within the therapist-client system, and the refinement of your integration within defined family therapy and associated theoretical frameworks. You will be able to: a. Conduct clinical work with an ongoing consciousness about significant factors relating to your family of origin and your cultural identity b. Identify, in retrospect at least, how family and cultural factors may have facilitated or constrained your flexibility in your practice. c. Apply theoretical concepts to family and cultural factors influencing your practice. d. Appraise each situation as it arises and take steps to address the family and cultural factors to incre
- Activities:
- Lectures, reading of literature, small group discussion, live supervised clinical practice
02. Assess and formulate effective family interventions by analysing family situations, including your own, using a range of theoretical frameworks, and knowledge pertaining to complex family situations. You will be able to: a. Analyse family situations by using appropriate specialist knowledge pertaining to complex family situations. b. Integrate specialist knowledge with information collected from the family and family therapy theoretical frameworks c. Formulate an effective intervention based on the results of the analysis of a case involving complex family situations.
- Activities:
- Lectures, reading of literature, small group discussion, live supervised clinical practice.
03. Conduct an efficient and effective interactionally based family intervention using a broad range of appropriate family therapy techniques. You will be able to: a. Integrate an interactional focus and relational questioning with other approaches as required by the clients' unique circumstances. b. Perform executive functions as appropriate within the therapeutic framework being utilised. c. Exercise increased flexibility in terms of role and approach as determined following a careful assessment and appraisal of the needs of the family, your own values, and the available resources.
- Activities:
- Lectures, clinical observation, role play, live supervised clinical practice, case presentation.
Other Site 2, 2016, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Robyn Elliott
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
PracticalWeek: 31 - 43
One 4.0 hours practical per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
"plus an additional minimum 39 hours of clinical work"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| one 1,800-word essay | 20 | 01, 02, 03 | |
| one 3,000-word essay | 35 | 01, 02, 03 | |
| one 3,000-word session analysis | 35 | 01, 02, 03 | |
| one 60-minute oral group presentation (1,000-word equivalent per member) | 10 | 01, 02, 03 | |
| one contact log, and evidence of clinical competency on formalised set of skills (200 word equiv) | Hurdle | 0 | 01, 02, 03 |