MSC 641 - Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling

Institution:

Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

This course will give a cross-cultural socio-historical review of families, while emphasizing the current status of the family, including changes in marriage and family patterns. The course will highlight various therapeutic strategies for working with couples and families who are under emotional, relational, and other social forms of distress. The course will address the family life cycle and how family members impact each other's behavior, cognition, and affect. The course will assess multicultural issues of couples and families, the experiences of nontraditional families, and relevant clinical interventions that may empower family members. Timely topics such as family violence, AIDS, changing roles of women, impact on families of substance abuse, mental illness, and poverty will be addressed. In addition, the functional and dysfunctional dynamics that exist among couples will also be explored.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lincoln.edu

Phone Number:

(484) 365-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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