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DMFT 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.
DMFT 6710 – Portfolio Preparation
This course provides an environment for students to promote educational advancement
in the program, during transitional and exam/portfolio phases, and based on student
needs. Offered each term.
DMFT 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.
DMFT 6875 - Course Comprehensive 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. Offered summer term.
DMFT 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.
DMFT 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: DMFT 6200. Offered
summer term.
DMFT 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: DMFT 5006. Offered summer term.
DMFT 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: DMFT 6006. Offered winter term.
