Swinburne University of Technology - Melbourne Australia
Future Students - Courses
Duration
Contact Hours
Campus
Prerequisite
Corequisite
1 Semester
3 Hours per Fortnight
External Venue
HAW410 Family Therapy Theory 1, HAW411 Family Therapy Application 1, HAW412 Family Therapy Theory 2, HAW413 Family Therapy Application 2HAW422
Nil
Credit Points: 6.25 Credit Points
A unit of study in the Graduate Diploma of Social Science (Family Therapy).
This unit of study aims: § To provide a supervisory forum that will be of benefit to both students and clients. § To offer the students feedback both from their peers and the supervisors. § To assist the students to consolidate their clinical style and to be able to reflect on their progression as therapists.
This unit of study aims:
§ To provide a supervisory forum that will be of benefit to both students and clients.
§ To offer the students feedback both from their peers and the supervisors.
§ To assist the students to consolidate their clinical style and to be able to reflect on their progression as therapists.
Supervised therapy sessions, discussions, reports
Case Studies (25%), Class Exercises (25%), Professional Interview and Report (50%)
Development of theoretical thinking. Written and oral communication skills.
Students are expected to be more clinically skilled and to show more depth both in their personal awareness and their clinical aptitude. Time spent on the analysis of the clinical sessions is more detailed, and students are expected to show sufficient aptitude to be able to take their place in the workforce as professional family therapists. This unit enhances the students’ abilities to function capably within a real clinical setting, and to reflect on and self-assess personal clinical performance. The students receive feedback from the supervisors, from peers, and from replaying the whole session on video. The learnings from the multiple layers of insights are articulated by the students and they are expected to write up the whole session in their journals and to formulate a new personal learning contract for their next live session. Students are assessed on their proficiency in clinical skills and written reflection.
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Agazarian, Y.M., Systems-centered therapy for groups, The Guildford Press, New York, London, 1999.
Elizur, J. & Minuchin, S., Institutionalizing madness: families, therapy, and society, Basic Books, New York, 1989.
Friendlander, M.L., Escudero, V. & Heatherington, L., Therapeutic alliance in couple and family therapy: An empirically informed guide to practice. American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., 2006.
Gottman, J.M. & DeClaire, J., The relationship cure – a five-step guide for building better connections with family, friends and lovers. Crown Publishers, New York, 2001.
Guerin, P. et al., The evaluation and treatment of marital conflict. Basic Books, New York, 1987.
Haley, J. Leaving home, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1980.
Napier, A.,The fragile bond, Harper Row, New York, 1988.
Pittman, F.,Turning points: treating families in transition and crisis, Norton, New York, 1987.
Sexton,T.L., Weeks, G.R. & Robbins, M.S.,(Eds) Handbook of family fherapy, Brinner-Routledge, New York, 2003)
Wilcoxon, S.A. Ethical, legal and professional issues in the practice of marriage and family therapy. Pearson, NJ, USA. 2007
