Systemic Family Counselling
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours Face to Face
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
| Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
PSY60007 Counselling Theory and Skills
OR
PSY80081 Counselling Theory and Skills
Aims and objectives
This unit examines contemporary theory and practice concerning the role and function of the Australian family and its interaction with wider society. Students will examine a range of systems approaches for working therapeutically with families. Theories and practical issues related to working with families will inform the development of skills in family counselling.
Students who successfully complete this Unit will be able to:
1. Demonstrate familiarity with a range of systemic theoretical positions, which they can apply to understand family functioning.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of family life cycle changes and issues relevant to modern families
3. Conduct an assessment of a family using a systems-oriented interview with a family to identify problematic areas of functioning
4. Indicate a range of appropriate interventions to assist the family to remediate patterns of interaction
5. Write an assessment report identifying systems within the family that contribute to the difficulties experienced and which also identifies treatment interventions.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
| Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| Face to Face Contact Seminar |
3 |
12 |
36 |
| Online Contact | NA | ||
| Specified Learning Activities Readings, Video-tape viewing and analysis, Group discussion
|
2 |
12 |
24 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities independent study, assignment preparation, revision | 7.5 | 12 | 90 |
| TOTAL |
|
| 150 hours |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Interview Assignment | Individual | 25% | 3 |
| Report 1 | Group | 25% | 1,2,4,5 |
| Report 2 | Individual | 50% | 1,2,4,5 |
Content
• Introduction to the study of the family, definitions of the family, variations in family structure
• Family formation and functions; the family life‐cycle and inter-generational trauma
• The major theories of family therapy
• Therapeutic strategies and skills from the various systemic approaches to family therapy
• Consideration of a systemic approach to treating families when issues related to gender, culture, sexuality, relational trauma and separation arise.
• The major theories of family therapy
• Therapeutic strategies and skills from the various systemic approaches to family therapy
• Consideration of a systemic approach to treating families when issues related to gender, culture, sexuality, relational trauma and separation arise.
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Reference materials will be available in the Unit Outline