SW 860 Couples Therapy (Spring/Summer: 3)
Prerequisite:
SW 762
Elective
An advanced course examining and analyzing theories, research, and interventions
with couples. The use of cognitive, behavioral, emotion-focused, brief
treatment, and skills-training approaches are critically evaluated. Research
on their empirical bases is examined. Emphases include working with couples
from diverse cultural backgrounds, practice with same-sex couples, and special
issues such as living with chronic illness, poverty and economic stress,
facing divorce, infidelity, interpersonal violence, and sexual dysfunctions.
The course will describe how to adapt couple-based assessments and interventions
to various settings, such as acute medical, psychiatric, and child-focused
settings.
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Last Updated: 30-JAN-12