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Family Therapy Application 2

Unit Code: HAW413

Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
1 Semester	2 Hours per Week	External Venue	HAW411 Family Therapy Application 1	Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Graduate Diploma of Social Science in Family Therapy and Graduate Certificate of Social Science (Family Therapy).

Aims & Objectives:

This subject focuses on the process of investigation of group rules and patterns of interaction which have developed in the group in order to aid the functioning of the group and meet the needs of the individual members of the group. The subject also provides a safe context to explore family of origin issues of group members’ and develop individual members’ skills in reflective thinking and practice. This subject also continues the aim of Family Therapy Application 1 which is to engage the students in the practical application of family therapy on a variety of levels.

Teaching Methods:

Tutorial teams under the direction of the lecturers

Assessment:

Report - 3000 words and Presentation (100%)

Generic Skills Outcomes:

Appreciate historical development of ideas.
Written and oral communication skills.

Content:

Students are expected to be knowledgeable about the frameworks of systemic thinking and be able to use them in practice. Cases from workplaces will be presented with discussion focussing on the systemic frames of reference provided during semester one. Following negotiation with the group and the teaching staff, clients will be brought in for live supervision. Further ethical and legal issues of family therapy will be introduced.

Students are required to write a major paper tracking the development of their clinical style over the course of the year. The purpose of this review is to prepare the students for live clinical supervision work at the beginning of the second year. This paper is presented in detail to small groups and then to the total student body before being assessed and commented on by the lecturers.

Reading Materials:

Boscolo, L., Cecchin, G., Hoffman, L. & Penn, P., Milan systemic family therapy, Basic Books, New York, 1987.

Byng-Hall, J.,Re-writing family scripts, Guildford Press, N.Y., 1995.

Hanna, S.M. The practice of family therapy (4^th edn) Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA 2007

Haynes, J.M., The fundamentals of family mediation, The Federation Press, 1996.

Kahn, M., Between therapist and client, WH Freeman, New York, 1991.

Sexton,T.L., Weeks, G.R. & Robbins, M.S.,(Eds) Handbook of Family Therapy, Brinner-Routledge, New York, 2003.

Tomm, K., 'Interventive interviewing: 1. Strategizing as a fourth guideline for the therapist', Family Process: 26, 3-14, 1987.

Tomm, K., 'Interventive interviewing: reflective questioning as a means to enable self-healing', Family Process: 26, 167-183, 1987.

Tomm, K., 'Interventive interviewing: intending to ask lineal, circular or reflexive questions?' Family Process: 27, 1-27, 1988.