AT 5215 Principles of Marriage & Family Therapy
This course examines the counseling and psychotherapeutic theories and techniques of practice used by professional marriage and family counselors and art psychotherapists in a culturally diverse society. This course is an orientation to wellness and prevention and introduces students to a variety of family systems, counseling theories, and models of counseling used to assist in selection of appropriate counseling interventions that are consistent with current professional research and practice. The course prepares students to be familiar with the broad range of matters that may arise within marriage and family relationships and trains them in the application of marriage and family systems theories, relationship counseling principles, and methods. Students apply a variety of effective psychotherapeutic techniques and modalities that may be utilized to improve, restore, or maintain healthy individual, couple, and family relationships.