PSY85543G - Advanced Clinical Skills - Psychotherapy: Couples

(3 units)

This section of Advanced Clinical Skills provides an overview of the most important theories of couple therapy. The course introduces students to the clinical assessment of couples, techniques of interview, and strategies of intervention. Special emphasis is given to systems theory, mechanisms of change, and issues of diversity. It is designed to be a skills-based course in which students will learn theory and practice techniques from a variety of relationship models, including Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Therapy, John Gottman’s Sound Marital House, and Dan Wile’s Collaborative Couples Therapy. The course combines diverse teaching-learning strategies, such as lectures, group discussions, dyad/triad presentations, videotape analysis, experiential exercises, and guest speakers on special topics.