Description
Designed for beginning counselors working with couples, this course will cover the basic approaches to couples counseling. Presentations and discussions of key topics will be accompanied by videotapes and experiential exercises. Therapy techniques such as family sculpture, doubling, and psychodrama will be presented. Special topics in couples counseling such as divorce, violence, and alcoholism will be discussed. The goals of the course are to help students learn how to: (1) assess the couples? presenting problem; (2) develop appropriate counseling plans; and (3) evaluate counseling as it proceeds. Course requirements include class attendance, readings, active participation, and two five-page papers. Includes the fundamental occupational tasks of assessment, case presentation, case collaboration, team membership and client interaction.