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SFTM 5301 Agency Practice and Organizational Consulting
This course examines applications of family therapy methods and ideas in community
and agency settings including in-home, residential, outpatient and inpatient settings. The
course will prepare students to work in the community and learn and refine their skills as
related to completing clinical documentation, learning and meeting requirement of
different funding sources, preparing safe aftercare and discharge plans and working
collaboratively with clients, family and representatives of larger systems involved with
such clients. Students will learn about managed care, Medicaid, Medicare, Private
Insurance Systems. Students will also learn rules and regulations related to working with
different funding sources and Federal and State Funding systems. Students will learn
techniques of agency administration and organizational consultation. This course will be
useful to those seeking careers in agencies, hospitals, and managed care settings, and
for the general marriage and family therapist. Offered summer term.
SFTM 5310 - Introduction to Systems Theory
This course provides an overview of theories that use metaphors of system, pattern,
interaction, and communication to describe human behavior and relationships as well as
the study of the emergence of theories from cybernetics to language studies. Offered
each term.
SFTM 5311 - Substance Abuse/Addictions and Critical Issues in Systems
Theories
This course addresses the application of modern and postmodern ideas to substance
abuse, addictions, and critical issues in the practice of therapy. Emphasis is placed on the
application of modern and postmodern ideas to substance abuse, additions, and critical
issues based on research, theories, practice, and treatment. Also included are other
critical issues of culture, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, violence and other areas of
critical concern in social systems. Prerequisites: SFTM 5400-I; 5321; Co-requisite SFTM
6300. Offered summer term.
SFTM 5320 - Introduction to Marital and Family Therapy: Counseling Theories
and Techniques
An introduction and review of the history of marital and family therapy and the clinical
approaches of interactional therapies are included in this course. The focus is based on
basic therapeutic concepts and skills to include joining, listening, and conducting the
initial interview through termination. Offered fall term.
SFTM 5321 - Theories of Marriage and Family Therapy
This course offers a comparative study of theories of marital and family therapy,
including systemic, structural, strategic, intergenerational, contextual, behavioral,
experiential therapies, and others, and provides a survey of differences in clinical
practices. Prerequisite: SFTM 5310. Offered winter term.
SFTM 5322 - Clinical Practices in Marriage and Family Therapy
This course examines applications of family therapy methods and counseling theories and
techniques in specific situations including divorce, child rearing, school issues, and others
and incorporates case study reviews. Prerequisite: SFTM 5400 II; taken with SFTM 6300.
Offered fall term.
SFTM 5330 – 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
