Course Code: REL-BHC-0-OFT
Hours: 1.75
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 6/30/2023
Learning Objectives:
Explain the history and development of family therapy, including family systems theory.
Describe 2 approaches to family therapy.
List up to 3 methods for the effective assessment of families.
Identify up to 6 techniques used in family therapy.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: History and Foundations of Family Therapy
Trouble with Samantha
What is Family Therapy?
Foundations of Family Therapy
Structural and Strategic Family Therapy
Structural Family Therapy
Strategic Family Therapy
Shared Concepts in Family Therapy
Goals of Family Therapists
Review
Issues in Family Therapy
Family Life Cycles
Diagnosis
Ethics and Family Therapy
Review
Summary
Section 3: Assessment and Treatment in Family Therapy
Family Assessment
Conducting Structural Family Assessment
Mapping: A Structural Approach to Family Assessment
An Example of Mapping: The Jones Family
Family Genograms
Knowledge Check
Foundational Techniques for Family Therapy
Goals for Initial Sessions
Techniques in Structural Family Therapy
Techniques in Strategic Family Therapy
Review
Summary
Section 4: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Congratulations!
Instructor: Stephanie L. Furness-Kraft, LCSW, CCTP
Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Professional Writing from The College of New Jersey and a Master of Social Work degree from Rutgers University. She is also a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) and has particular interest in resilience and secondary traumatic stress among behavioral health providers. The majority of Stephanie’s work has included behavioral health counseling and medical case management. Stephanie served as part of the National Health Service Corps from 2016-2018, providing outpatient counseling to underserved populations including military service members and their families. Stephanie has designed and delivered training on many topics such as LGBTQIA+ sensitivity, youth suicide prevention, and how to provide in-community services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Disclosure: Stephanie L. Furness-Kraft, LCSW, CCTP has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.
Expert Reviewer: Andrew Pickering, LMFT
Andrew Pickering is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with experience working in both inpatient and outpatient behavioral healthcare settings. He provides individual and family therapy in a private practice setting and specializes in working with couples, adolescents, divorce related issues, and chronic mental illness. He provides clinical supervision and consultation for Marriage and Family Therapy interns with focus on multicultural issues.
Andrew also conducts group therapy and family psycho-education groups on an inpatient behavior health unit and has experience with mental health assessment and crisis intervention.
In addition, Andrew has developed cognitive therapy based treatment programs and psycho-educational groups for families for several behavior health settings and has worked with court systems and Child Welfare Services to develop an evidence-based anger management curriculum for use with individuals within these systems.
Disclosure: Andrew Pickering, LMFT has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Advanced level Social Workers; Entry level Psychologists; Intermediate level Marriage and Family Therapists; Intermediate level Professional Counselors; in the following settings: Health and Human Services.
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To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.