EMP 821   G. Horsley + H. Horsley   3 credits
Extended-Family Therapy—Research Applications

Description

This course will provide an overview of the field of family therapy. The leading figures in the field will be identified and their theories and techniques compared and contrasted to each other. Students will learn how to evaluate clients using a family systems perspective and how to intervene using family therapy techniques.

Objectives

Students will participate in the:

• Study and mapping the process of a Genogram (generational information gathering) to include at least three generations
• Documentation of present clinical intervention strategies and concepts

Fields of Inquiry:

• Structural Family Treatment
• Strategic Family Treatment
• Experiential Treatment: PsychoEd.
• Solution-Focused Therapy/Questioning as Intervention
• Language as Intervention
• Families Living with Young Troubled Children
• Families Living with Physical Illness
• Asthma, Power, and the Therapeutic Conversation

Texts

• Goldenberg, I. & Goldenberg, H. Family Therapy, An Overview
• McGoldrick, M., Gerson, R. & Shellenberger, S. Genograms in Family Assessment
• Horsley, G.C. In-laws: A Guide to Extended-Family Therapy
• Fadiman, Anne The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

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