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addition, course material will be presented on PTSD and Acute Stress Disorder as they
particularly apply to military situations. The stresses of deployment and reintegration on
the spouses and children of military and veterans will also be discussed. The student will
become prepared to work in Veterans Administration and Department of Defense
settings, after appropriate experience and licensure requirements are met. Offered fall
term.
SFTD 5039 – Collaborative Divorce
This course will provide information regarding career opportunities for marriage and
family therapists working with families transitioning into divorce. The course will cover
collaboration with other professionals such as attorneys and mediators. The student will
be guided as to how to become certified as a Mediator, Parent Coordinator, Guardian ad
litem, or Collaborative Practitioner. In addition, the course will be useful to those wishing
to practice general marriage and family therapy, and learn more about the experience of
divorce in order to assist their clients. Offered fall term.
SFTD 5040 - Systemic Family Therapy IV
Study of the complexities and subtleties of language and the art of therapeutic
implication are focused on in this course with discussions on the relationships between
hypnosis and brief therapy; draws on the work of Milton Erickson as a primary resource.
Prerequisite: SFTD 5030. Offered winter term.
SFTD 5045 - Group Psychotherapy
This class is designed to provide an opportunity students and professionals to develop a
set of core competencies in general group work from a systemic perspective. These core
competencies include knowledge of group theories, common group dynamics, common
group types, and legal and ethical issues. During the course students will also be
introduced to various specialty/advanced competency areas in group work. The
development of core skills will occur through a combination of didactic lecture in group
theory, classroom discussion, and an experiential group. Offered summer term.
SFTD 5046 – Human Development Across the Life Cycle
Human Development covers the stages of the individual life cycle, and of the family life
cycle, in cultural context. The interplay of individual development, unique individual
difference, culture, socioeconomic context, and family context, will be considered and
integrated with major models of family therapy. Therapy techniques appropriate for each
stage of development will be explored. Offered fall term.
SFTD 5050 – Family Play Therapy
This course will explore creative means of expression in therapy, including but not limited
to art, music, sand tray, puppets and other play related materials. The use of these
techniques with children, adolescents, and families will be discussed and practiced. This
course is a preparation for those who may wish to focus on working with young children
and/or on pursuing certification as a registered play therapist. It will also be useful to the
general marriage and family therapist, to add creative techniques to his or her repertoire.
Offered summer term.
SFTD 5110 - Language Systems
This course locates the practice of therapy within cultural, philosophical, and scientific
domains; it uses notions about the relational nature of language as a means of
examining, critiquing, and explicating therapeutic practice. Prerequisite: SFTD 5006.
Offered winter term.
