College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

192 D.M.F.T 6570 – School Based Family Counseling This course offers training to work in educational setting utilizing a brief, solution oriented, and strength-based approaches to school issues. This course will assist those therapists seeking a certified educational planner credential. It is also available as D.M.F.T 6530: Family Therapy Topics. Prerequisite D.M.F.T 6200-I. Offered summer term. D.M.F.T 6590 – Advanced Bowen Systems This course advances the study of the concepts of the natural systems approach to family therapy, family of origin issues, multigenerational systems processes, biological/evolutionary constructions to the understanding of human systems and the practical applications across multiple disciplines. This course is also available as D.M.F.T 6530: Family Therapy Topics. Offered summer term. D.M.F.T 6600 –Preliminary Review The Preliminary Review an organized review of, and personal reflection upon, the collective body of work a student has produced during their progress through their first year. A written self-review of professional growth, personal growth, and responses to challenges, along with other significant contributions is submitted for faculty review. Offered each term. D.M.F.T 6630 - Grief and Loss The personal beliefs and philosophies regarding dying, loss, and death are explored. Bereavement across the life cycle, including developmental issues relating to adults and children and their understanding of loss are reviewed. The manner in which other cultures create meaningful rituals for life and death will be presented. This course is also available as D.M.F.T 6530: Family Therapy Topics. Offered summer term. D.M.F.T 6650 – Coursework Portfolio The Coursework Portfolio is an organized review of, and personal reflection upon, the collective body of work a student has produced during their progress through the course curriculum. A written self- review of professional growth, personal growth, and responses to challenges, along with other significant contributions is submitted in an electronic format that will include all course syllabi, papers, presentations, and other relevant data that reflects a successful doctoral student. Offered each term. D.M.F.T 6750 – Clinical Portfolio The Clinical Portfolio provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate their clinical competence, creativity, and theoretical clarity in a manner and setting similar to that which could be expected in a job interview situation. This culmination of in-house clinical training allows students to demonstrate the full range and depth of their clinical skills and theoretical knowledge through a written statement of treatment philosophy, case study, and video presentation. Offered each term. D.M.F.T. 6875 Course Comp Exam The Course Comprehensive Exam is a written exam assessing the student's ability to apply the knowledge they have gained across cases and topics based on their coursework. D.M.F.T 6950 - Applied Clinical Project The Applied Clinical Project is a capstone experience of a student’s demonstration of ability to be able to articulate and demonstrate to other mental health professionals their unique area of systems based practice expertise. The ACP should be a project the student carries out under faculty supervision from concept, to proposal, to implementation, and finally through eventual evaluation of the effectiveness of the program. Offered each term. D.M.F.T 7301 - Assessment in Marital and Family Therapy This course provides an overview of methods and instruments used to define problems and indicate solutions; including a comparative study of interactional approaches and individual and family dysfunction assessments. Prerequisite: D.M.F.T 6200. Offered summer term. D.M.F.T 7302 - Personality Theories and Psychopathology A review of major theories of personality and psychopathology are the focus of this course, emphasizing psychiatric diagnostic classification systems. The study of implications for treatment and comparisons with interactional approaches are included. Prerequisite: D.M.F.T 5006. Offered summer term. D.M.F.T 7311 - Human Sexuality and Gender This course provides a review of the psychosocial development of sexuality and gender from childhood through aging. Also addressed is a summary of clinical approaches to sexual and gender issues comparing interactional approaches with psychodynamic and behavioral models. Prerequisite: D.M.F.T 6006. Offered winter term. D.M.F.T 7360 Teaching Practicum Supervised teaching experience in undergraduate or graduate instruction in family therapy or related field. May be repeated for credit. FSHC – Family Systems Health Care FSHC 5000 – Family Systems Health Care I Students receive an orientation to the field of family systems in health care that focuses on the biopsychosocial model for understanding health care issues for patients, families, medical professionals, and health care providers. An in-depth study of relationship and clinical skills that translate well within health care settings will be presented. A case study method will be used to examine the impact of language, culture, beliefs, and specific chronic, debilitating, and terminal diseases upon the experience of illness. The biopsychosocial issues surrounding