Overview
Description
This course examines systemic assessment and evidence-based family interventions for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Students will learn to conceptualize family dynamics, identify interactional patterns that maintain symptoms, and implement structured, culturally responsive family-based treatment strategies.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- conduct a systemic assessment of family functioning impacted by co-occurring disorders, including roles, boundaries, communication patterns, and homeostatic mechanisms, as demonstrated through a written case formulation.
- competently apply at least two major family therapy models to a dual-diagnosis case vignette and clearly articulate model-specific interventions.
- demonstrate proficiency in at least five core family therapy skills through simulated practice activities.
- develop an integrated treatment plan that includes family- and individual-level goals and measurable objectives for co-occurring conditions.
- identify at least four ethical considerations unique to family therapy with co-occurring diagnoses (e.g., confidentiality, informed consent, managing conflicting goals) and apply relevant professional codes to a case scenario.
- evaluate cultural, social, and contextual factors that influence family functioning and treatment engagement, and integrate these considerations into a case conceptualization.
- demonstrate reflective practice by articulating two ways the “self-of-the-therapist” influences systemic work with families affected by co-occurring disorders, supported by examples from coursework or clinical experience.