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Mar 28, 2024
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PSY-749 Marriage and Family Therapy4 semester credits This course embraces historical and cross-cultural views of the complex and changing social unit known as the family, dealing with contemporary theories and current issues in marriage and family therapy Pre-requisites: PSY-711A1 and PSY-711A2 Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated Grading Default: Letter Note: Elective Learning Outcome(s):
- Be familiar with the history of marriage and the family in Western culture, including alternatives to the traditional nuclear family.
- Be familiar with historical and sociocultural influences on the concepts of love and pairing.
- Be familiar with the importance and contributions of systems thinking in family and couples therapy.
- Know the historical context of contemporary theories of family therapy by familiarizing yourself with the origins and development in this field over the past 40 years.
- Understand the development and history of family psychology and marriage and family therapy.
- Be conversant with the scientific literature in family psychology providing empirical support for couples and family interventions.
- Know the differences and similarities among psychoanalytic, behavioral, and systemic theories of couples and families.
- Be familiar with current developments in the field of couples therapy, including the influence of research in neurobiology.
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