DEPARTMENT / Social Work
LEVEL OF STUDIES / Undergraduate
COURSE CODE / YK60Ε2 / SEMESTER OF STUDY / 6
COURSE TITLE / FAMILY COUNSELING – CRISIS INTERVENTION
ΑΥΤΟΤΕΛΕΙΣ ΔΙΔΑΚΤΙΚΕΣ ΔΡΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΤΗΤΕΣ
/ HOURS PER WEEK / CREDITS
Lectures / 3
Total / 3 / 5
TYPE OF COURSE / Optional
PREREQUISITE COURSE / No
TEACHING LANGUAGE / English
OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS / Yes
ONLINE COURSE PAGE (URL) /
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The purpose of this course is to facilitate students’ understanding and application of the family systems approach to counseling. In doing so, the course provides an introduction to the basic concepts of the general systems theory of family development and interactions and an overview of the history of family therapy. The course will introduce the basic theoretical models underlying family systems counseling, such as Communications Theory, Transgenerational Approaches, Symbolic-Experiential, Structural Theory, Strategic Family Therapy, behavioral approaches, Social Learning Theory, Postmodern & Constructivist.
The students will (a) gain a basic knowledge on family theory and practice, (b) learn various theoretical models and pertinent concepts related to family systems counseling, (c) understand family strategies from various theoretical schools, and (d) be able to demonstrate basic competency skills in conducting family therapy.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
- Understand systems perspective that provides an understanding of a family
- Understand theories of family development and transitions across the life span
- learn a variety of models and theories of family counseling
- be able to identify characteristics of healthy and unhealthy families/systems, identify problematic patterns of interaction and communication in families
- increase self-awareness of own family of origin and its effect on self;
- Understand family development and the life-cycle, family wellness,
- learn therapeutic interventions used in the family systems counseling context
- formulate hypotheses about family structure and process
- develop skills to actively observe a family aiming at the accurate interpretation of the client’s issues within the context of the entire family unit
- design and practice therapeutic, systemic interventions with families
Basic Skills
- Interdisciplinary work
- Respect of diversity and multicultural environments
- Accountability and sensitivity of gender issues
- Critical thinking and self-criticism
- Advancement of free, creative and inductive thinking
CONTENT OF THE COURCE
- Introduction. Thoughts about therapy, systems, and families.
- Traditional Theoretical Models and Concepts / Historical Perspective of Family and systems Theory
- Characteristics of families; the family life cycle
- Building the Working Alliance: Engagement with Family Members
- Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy
- Experiential Family Therapy
- Communication Theory
- Structural Family Therapy
- Strategic Family Therapy
- Bowenian Theory - Developing Genogram
- Solution-Focused Family Therapy
- Social Constructionist Paradigm- Narrative Family Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS – EVALUATION
DELIVERY METHODS
/ In vivo.
USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
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- Support of learning process through the asynchronous platform e-class
- Use of power point during lectures.
- Use of video/DVD during lectures.
- Email, fb, Skype (communication with students)
WAYS OF TEACHING / Lectures
Reading
STUDENTS’ EVALUATION / Final exam test of multiple choice type: 100% of final grade.
Homework (optional): 20% and presentation in front of the class: 5%
Assessment criteria are referred upon the e-class. Exam digress are uploaded at e-class and exam papers are available to interesting students.
RECOMMENDED LITERATURE
Goldenberg, H. & Goldenberg, I. (2002).Counseling today’s families(4th Ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Gladding, S. (2002).Family Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice(3rd ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.
Gehart, D. (2010). Mastering competencies in family therapy: A practical approach to theory and clinical case documentation. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.