PC 304-3 - Family Therapy:Theory and Practice

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Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

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Description:

Elizabeth Johnson Walker; Loren L. Townsend This course provides procedural, theoretical and theological foundations for the practice of family therapy. In this course, students will explore the nature and development of family therapy, its impact on understanding human motivation and relationship systems, and explore its application in clinical practice. This will include a focus on family organization, family subsystems, and transgenerational processes as these apply to assessment, case conceptualization, treatment and theological understandings of family therapy. Through exploring contemporary family therapy approaches, students will have the opportunity to experience a variety of intervention methods and begin the process of formulating a theologically and personally integrated model of family therapy. This course fulfills the Pastoral Care requirement for the Master of Divinity degree program.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lpts.edu

Phone Number:

(502) 895-3411

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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