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Core CoursesTheories & Methods of Family Therapy: Foundations of the FieldThis course is typically recognized by AAMFT as a Studies course. This foundation course will introduce the central concepts and major theories guiding family therapy. Life cycle issues, functional and dysfunctional family systems, gender and cultural issues will be explored. The course will focus on the historical development of systemic family therapy, including Bowenian, experiential, contextual, structural and strategic models. This is an interactive course that uses a variety of teaching and learning processes, including videos, exercises, and discussion in order to effectively translate theories into practical methods for contemporary family therapists. Participants should anticipate that many discussions and interactive methods will require reflection on personal experience. Required Text: Theories & Methods of Couple TherapyThis course is typically recognized by AAMFT as a Studies course. This course is designed to familiarize participants with the current theories of couple therapy. Selected modern and postmodern models utilized in couple therapy will be examined in terms of their concepts of health assumptions, goals, assessment features and interventions. The course also looks at some of the key issues and problems that are presented to couple therapists.
Fall 2012 - Dates to be confirmed Theories & Methods of Family Therapy: Post-Modern ModelsThis course is typically recognized by AAMFT as a Studies course. This course will address the transition to post-modernist thought in the family therapy field. Brief therapy, solution focussed, narrative and conversational models will be explored. A comparative analysis of the various models will provide a guide to the maze of family therapies available. A variety of interactive teaching and learning processes will be used to translate theories into practical methods for family therapists. Pre-requisite course: Theories & Methods of Family Therapy: Foundations of the Field Winter 2013 - Dates to be confirmed Elective CoursesPlease note: Not all elective courses are offered each year. Professional Issues in Couple and Family TherapyThis course is typically recognized by AAMFT as a Professional Ethics course. This course involves an in-depth exploration of ethics in couple and family therapy. The class will examine legal issues in the practice of family therapy and professional issues regarding identity, membership in associations and standards of practice. This interactive course uses a variety of teaching and learning processes in order to effectively translate theory into practice for contemporary family therapists. Participants should anticipate that some discussions and interactive methods may require reflection on personal experience. Required Text: Instructor: Anna Toth, MSc., RMFT, OAMFT Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor Next Offering - TBA Sexuality Across the LifespanThis course is typically recognized by AAMFT as a Human Development course. Human sexuality is examined from a developmental perspective including the influence of sexual issues on marital and sexual relationship adjustment. Participants will be introduced to theories, research and clinical interventions with sex therapy across the lifespan. The range of sexual dysfunctions and their clinical management will be a sustantial focus. Winter Session - To be offered in 2013 Spirituality: A New Story in Couple and Family Therapy?This course is typically recognized by AAMFT as a Human Development course. This course focuses on enhancing therapist comfort and competence in addressing the spiritual dimension of people's lives. Topics will include: tapping into the enriching spiritual / religious traditions of clients; re-storying potential constraining influences of spiritual beliefs and religious experiences; respecting the diversity of belief systems; spiritual development in children and adults; the place of the therapists' spirituality in the therapeutic process; the place of ritual in honouring spirituality; and integrating spirituality into time-limited and post-modern therapies. Guest speakers from various spiritual traditions will present some of the course material, but this course is not an overview of diverse world religions. Winter Session - To be offered in 2013 Violence in FamiliesThis course is typically recognized by AAMFT as a Studies course. This course examines the theoretical, assessment and intervention knowledge and practices related to abuse occurring in the context of couple and family relationships. The definition of violence will be expanded to include any abuses of power and controlling behaviour toward others. Spousal, child and elder abuse will be addressed as well as working with the physically challenged. Culturally sensitive practice will be underlined throughout. There will be an opportunity to explore the rebuilding of couple and family relationships once the abuse has ended. Pre-requisite course: Therapy & Methods: Foundations of the Field Summer Session - To be offered in 2013 Families in Transition: Divorce, Single Parenting, & Re-MarriageThis course is typically recognized by AAMFT as a Therapy course. This course will explore families making transitions through separation and divorce, single parenting, death of a spouse and re-marriage, blended families, foster parenting, (including grandparents raising their grandchildren), and multigenerational families. The focus will be on both the impact of the above transitions on family relationships as will as the therapeutic implications of working with such changing family systems. The goal of this course is to increase clinical skill in working with families who are engaged in any of these transitions. Advanced Therapy for Couple RelationshipsThis course is typically recognized by AAMFT as a Therapy course. This advanced therapy course provides a systemic perspective focusing on diverse types of relationships with more challenging circumstances and dynamics. The course builds on the Core Study course "Theories & Methods of Couple Therapy". The course will review approaches therapists can use to support clients in Pre-requisite course: Theories & Methods of Couple Therapy Therapy Interventions for Trauma, Abuse and ViolenceThis course is typically recognized by AAMFT as a Therapy course. To date, the majority of trauma therapy interventions have focused primarily on the individual. Except for within the couple and family therapy field, relational impacts and healing resources within trauma survivors’ relationships have generally been overlooked. Research has shown that when trauma survivors’ intimate relationships are strengthened, their ability to cope with the impacts of posttraumatic stress is also strengthened.
Change Strategies in TherapyThis course is typically recognized by AAMFT as a Therapy course. This advanced course focuses on strategies to create therapeutic change. Modern and Post Modern theories and models are reviewed with respect to their concepts and principles of change and change practices. Therapists and client system beliefs and understandings of change are explored in relation to therapeutic outcomes. Students will have the opportunity to experiment with hypotheses construction, intervention, design, reframes, questions, metaphors, rituals, collaboration, conversations, story telling, externalization, reflective teams, and other approaches. Pre-requisite: Completion of one Theories and Methods core course. Transitions: The Human Life CycleThis course is typically recognized by AAMFT as a Therapy course. This course will focus on the stages of the human life cycle and will explore the typical issues and challenges faced by individuals, couples and families. Research in Couple and Family TherapyThis course is typically recognized by AAMFT as a Research course. The objective of this course is to make research more user-friendly for clinicians. Participants will be introduced to both qualitative and quantitative research approaches in the field of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT). Prior knowledge of statistics or research design would be helpful but is not required. The focus will be on developing the capacity for sufficient understanding of MFT research so that research becomes accessible to the participant’s clinical practice. Also, the course will be fun, which research has shown to be conducive to learning. Required Text: Instructors: Carlton Brown,, M.Sc., MDiv., RMFT, AAMFT Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor; and William Corrigan, MTS, RMFT, AAMFT Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor Summer Session - April 27, May 11, June 1, 15, 29, 2012 Systemic Approaches with the Addicted Client: Assessment & Intervention TherapyThis course is typically recognized by AAMFT as a Therapy course. This course will provide a positive environment for participants to reflect on their own attitudes and beliefs about addiction. Participants will gain perspective and knowledge about systemic interventions for substance misuse, problem gambling and internet addiction. Topics include: screening and assessment, systemic approaches in the field of addition, treatment formulations and interventions. Text Required: Instructor: Pam Santon, M.S.W., R.S.W., RMFT, AAMFT Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor Summer Session - **Date Change**
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