WS5101 - Family Therapy

Credit points:	06
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
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This subject introduces postgraduate students to the specialised area of family therapy. Family therapy shifts thinking away from linear, pathological definitions of problems and linear interventions to systemic assessment and intervention practices. Students will be introduced to four primary schools of therapy: structural family therapy; strategic family therapy; Milan family therapy (1 and 2) and narrative therapy. Students will be expected to apply lecture and text material to case studies.

Learning Outcomes

• articulate interventions from at least three theoretical family therapy perspectives;
• engage and articulate at least one systemic assessment;
• understand and engage interventions which account for more than one actor in the life of a problem or psycho-therapeutic issue;
• understand interactions between people as systemic;
• understand issues or problems as contracts between parties.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to use and interpret different media;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner.

Availabilities
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Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Face to face teaching (2 day w'shop)
Coord/Lect:	Professor Debra Miles.
Contact hours:	16 hours - Compulsory workshop in Townsville.
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.