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3.00 Credits
This class will review the major psychotherapeutic approaches in marital and family therapy. There will be a focus on interpersonal theories, family systems theories, and feminist theory and how each informs work with individuals, couples, families, and children. The class will present an inclusive framework, so that students develop competency working with bicultural populations.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine family systems and how Latina/o families are affected by their experiences in the United States. The varied constellation of families including the monocultural traditional family structure, as well as the emerging bicultural/biracial family structure, are among those to be studied. Issues, such as acculturation and generation, class, changing values and beliefs, gender roles, language, religion, spirituality, within group discrimination, the effects of immigration and status, health care, myths, taboos, and traditions will be included in developing a framework in
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3.00 Credits
Designed to provide the student with a basic understanding of clinical issues regarding how the child grows. Class will integrate the physical, social, emotional and cognitive aspects of growth and development and how they manifest intrapsychically and interpersonally. Theoretical material will include elements of ego psychology, object relations, self psychology, attachment theory, and infant and child research. Readings will be taken from the writings of Freud, Klein, Balaint, Winnicott, Bick, Sarnoff, Mahler, Bowlby, Kohut, Erikson, Piaget and Stern among others. Learning tasks will consist of reading and discussion, assigned observation of children, modeling and role playing, and viewing of films. Prerequisite: MFT 510 Personality Theories.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
The impact of domestic violence on the individual, the family and family life will be examined. The types of domestic violence will be presented in this class with special emphasis in understanding the trauma to the developing mind of children and to the mental health of the victim and family. Culture and gender considerations and implications for treatment will be discussed, in addition to the legal responsibilities for the mental health practitioner.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course will study the history of the conquest and colonization of the Latina/o population and the traumatic impact this history has had on Latina/o families and communities. Historical trauma and intergenerational trauma will be studied as well as the resulting adaptive behavior related to this trauma that may be present and affecting family functioning. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and posttraumatic symptoms will be studied in relation to their effect on family functioning and on Latina/o communities. Everyday stressors such as discrimination, violence in families and communities, and limited access to resources will be identified and discussed as possible sources of present traumatic experiences.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course will examine the impact of trauma on the lifecycle of individuals and families from a developmental framework. We will focus on trauma therapy and other types of therapeutic models, e.g. trauma-focused CBT, EMDR, psychological first aid, etc. to assist in the recover from trauma from natural disasters, interpersonal violence, war and terrorism. We will discuss spousal and child abuse and mandated reporting, emphasizing etiology, detection, cultural aspects, and treatment approaches. Furthermore, the class will address the occurrence of compassion fatigue or secondary trauma in the practitioner who works with a traumatized population, including strategies to combat its development. This course satisfies the BBS requirements for course work on spousal abuse and child abuse detection and reporting for mandated reporters.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This class is an introduction to clinical victimology, trauma theory and practice for people working in a clinical setting of victims of trauma and interpersonal violence. The impact of trauma on the developmental process throughout the life cycle will be examined. The first half of the class will focus on the prevalence and culture of violence in America. In the second half of the class, various treatment approaches for children and adults will be examined. Additionally, the class will examine the effects of secondary trauma that the helpers of victims experience. A is a prerequisite for B.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
An overview of alcohol/drug abuse and its related disorders within the family unit. Therapeutic issues associated with chemical dependency as it relates to physical, emotional and sexual abuse will be examined, along with various techniques for intervention. Dependency and co-dependency, essential requirements necessary for recovery, and the function of a strong aftercare program will all be explored. This class meets the requirement for the California MFT license. Offered on Weekends
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course will introduce the student to the scope and depth of substance abuse and dependence as a biochemical and psychological addiction and its impact on the individual and the family. Pathogenic sources, therapeutic issues and treatment interventions associated with alcoholism and substance abuse in relation to culture, gender, interpersonal and family dynamics will be examined. Childhood and adolescent developmental issues in relation to families and substance abuse will be presented. The neurological effects of psychoactive drugs on the brain and how these biological changes impact affect, mood and behavior will be explored. This course will examine both theory and clinical practice. MFT requirement for graduation; registration preference given to MFT students. Prerequisites: MFT 520 Theories of MFCC and MFT 510 Personality Theories and Clinical Intervention
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This class considers the strategies and procedures involved in making decisions about people in a multi-cultural society. Theories of measurements and assessments, standardized testing and psychological tests will be examined. Moral and ethical issues involved in decision-making will be an important focus of this class.
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