Overview
Description
Advanced study of systematic considerations applied to counseling with multi-person systems such as couples and families.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate knowledge of family systems theories and other relevant theories and their application in working with couples and families, and other systems (e.g., legal, legislative, school and community systems) and with individuals.
- demonstrate knowledge of specific problems that impede family functioning, including issues related to socioeconomic disadvantage, discrimination and bias, addictive behaviors, person abuse, and interventions for their resolution.
- demonstrate knowledge of research and technology applications in marital, couple, and family counseling/therapy.
- demonstrate knowledge of marital, couple, and family life cycle dynamics, healthy family functioning, family structures, and development in a multicultural society, family of origin.
- demonstrate knowledge of intergenerational influences, cultural heritage, socioeconomic status, and belief systems.
- demonstrate knowledge of societal trends and treatment issues related to working with diverse families systems.
- demonstrate knowledge of the role of racial, ethnic, and cultural heritage, nationality, socioeconomic status, family structure, age, gender, sexual orientation, and development in a multicultural society.