Course Description

Supervised internship in the practice of relational intervention/couple and family therapy.

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Athena Title

Masters CFT Intern

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Non-Traditional Format

Internship.

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Prerequisite

HDFS 7070

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Semester Course Offered

Offered fall, spring and summer

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Grading System

S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

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Student learning Outcomes

• Students will learn to integrate clinical services with other professional activities such as record keeping, supervision, information and referral, in-service, and staff meetings.
• Students will learn to integrate CFT theories, sensitivity to marginalized populations, and human development theories into therapeutic practice.
• Students will learn to diagnose and assess client systems, develop treatment plans, and deliver relational therapeutic interventions systemically and contextually.
• Students will learn to apply the appropriate professional and ethical standards, as well as legal mandates, appropriate to the clinical setting.
• Students will learn to integrate issues of diversity into the practice of couple and family therapy.

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Topical Outline

• This course entails the practice of couple and family therapy and supervision of clinical work.
• Conducting relational therapy (CFT)
• Live supervision of cases
• Supervision of recorded sessions
• Case conceptualization presentations
• Discussion of self of therapist issues that impact clinical effectiveness

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Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes

Analytical Thinking

The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.

Critical Thinking

The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.

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Syllabus

Select Faculty / Instructor to download syllabus:   Gonyea, Jennifer

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Public CV

Select a file to download:   Gonyea, Jennifer

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