FAMILY THERAPY THEORY AND PRACTICE D
FTH5TPD
2017
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. Articulate a comprehensive strategy for ongoing critical reflective practice utilising family therapy and other relevant theoretical frameworks.
- Activities:
- Lectures, reading of literature, small group discussion, live supervised clinical practice
02. Integrate learnings from ongoing reflective practice with self-managment strategies to increase flexibility of response and intervention in clinical practice
- Activities:
- Lectures, reading of literature, small group discussion, live supervised clinical practice.
03. Integrate information from diverse sources to contribute to the development of specialist knowledge and skill relevant to the presenting client concerns
- Activities:
- Lectures, clinical observation, role play, live supervised clinical practice, case presentation.
04. Integrate family therapy and other relevant theoretical frameworks with specialist knowledge and information from the family and other relevant sources to effectively assess each unique problem presentation.
- Activities:
- Lectures, clinical observation, role play, live supervised clinical practice, case presentation, case analysis.
05. Formulate appropriate interventions based on accurate assessment, skilled selection of approaches and strategies appropriate to the presenting problem/s, and relevant client, therapist and wider contextual factors.
- Activities:
- Lectures, clinical observation, role play, live supervised clinical practice, case presentation, case analysis.
06. Facilitate effective systemic clinical practice through the advanced integration of personal and professional reflection and the application of systemic and other relevant theories and techniques.
- Activities:
- Lectures, clinical observation, role play, live supervised clinical practice, case presentation, case analysis.
07. Articulate an ongoing strategy for professional development.
- Activities:
- Lectures, class discussion, case analysis, critical reflective processes.
Other Site 2, 2017, 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 2000-word essay | 20 | 01, 02, 06, 07 | |
| one 3,000-word essay | 35 | 03, 04, 05, 06 | |
| one 3,000-word project write up | 35 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 | |
| one 60-minute oral group presentation (1,000-word equivalent per member) | 10 | 01, 02, 06, 07 | |
| one contact log, and evidence of clinical competency on formalised set of skills (200 word equiv) | Hurdle. This is because of professional competency requirements generally but also specifically for the purposes of professional registration. | 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 |