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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This is a class for advanced students focusing on the clinical aspects in the practice of family therapy. It will provide a brief overview of family therapy and will concentrate on the experiential learning of basic family therapy skills. This class is designed to provide students with direct experiences of the family therapy milieu in the initial session/treatment alliance phase of therapy via observation and role play; assist in the development of a working knowledge of the clinical skills of family interview, joining, problem formulation, treatment contract, and family case presentation; further the students' awareness of and appreciation for the multiple psychosocial factors which impact families in treatment; and contribute to the development of a personal conceptualization of the process of psychotherapy. Prerequisite: MFT 520 Theories of Marriage, Family and Child Counseling, MFT 510 Personality Theories, MFT 505 Communication and Counseling Skills.
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3.00 Credits
This class is for advanced students and will emphasize family and couples dynamics. The class will provide a brief overview of couples and family therapy. It will emphasize the understanding of interactional styles that frequently bring couples and families into the mental health settings including court ordered therapy. The development of a working knowledge of the clinical skills of joining, initial interviewing, case conceptualization, treatment planning, treatment implementation, and termination will be the major focus of the class. Role-play and case presentation will be used to further the student's awareness of the multiple stressors that impact couples and families coming to treatment. Prerequisites:MFT 505 Communication and Counseling Skills; MFT 510 Personality Theories and Clinical Interventions; MFT 520 Theories of MFT
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Independent Study requires that a student design a project of one to six months duration and find a faculty supervisor. An independent study contract signed by the faculty supervisor is required prior to registration. Classes offered at Pacific Oaks may not be taken for Independent Study. Please refer to the Schedule of Classes for registration deadlines.
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3.00 Credits
This class will provide an overview of the knowledge base and an introduction to the clinical skills of child therapy. The public and private mental health systems, levels of care, range of child therapy settings, and barriers to access will be discussed. An understanding of migration, class, crosscultural and intra-cultural variations in normative child and family functioning will be integrated with the development of child evaluation and treatment skills. Multiple theoretical perspectives of child therapy will be considered. The major childhood disorders will be reviewed and applied to specific case material. The range of modalities utilized in child therapy will be explored with special emphasis on the use of play therapy. Clinical assessment and treatment of the child in socio-cultural context will be the focus of practice skills development. Clinical issues in child therapy with special populations will be presented. Prerequisite: MFT 530 Clinical Theories of Child Development, MFT 520 Theories of Marriage, Family and Child Counseling, MFT 510 Personality Theories.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This is an introductory course for working with domestic partners. This includes an overview of approaches from various schools of thought, as well as training in relationship skills, including the dynamics of bonding and attachment, communication skills, conflict management skills, and negotiating differences. The course will include reflections upon one's own significant relationships; roleplaying and skill practice; and application of therapy skills to issues of diversity. Prerequisites: :MFT 505 Communication and Counseling Skills; MFT 510 Personality Theories and Clinical Interventions
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course will address the traditional structures and current practices of institutions that influence and impact mental health services and wellbeing in the Latina/o community. Understanding the historical significance of marginalization and the ecological context of the Latina/o community in relation to institutional socio-cultural blindness will be evaluated. Particular emphasis is on social justice, advocacy theory and developing practice skills needed to become change agents for families in the Latina/o communities.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of clinical psychopharmacology for the graduate student in clinical training. It focuses on the use of psychiatric medications for specific mental health disorders, diagnostic issues, and treatment plans, as well as addressing cultural differentials in assessment. The course explores biological etiologies and addresses the extent and impact of side effects in the life of the client. It prepares the MFT Trainee to act as professional support to the psychiatrist/client dyad.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
The What, Where, When, Why, Who and How of working with groups as a counseling modality. An examination of group practice with individuals, families, adolescents and children. A look at the wide range of populations and problems for which group work has become a therapy of choice. The class will begin to answer the question of how one can become a safe, secure, and successful group practitioner. Prerequisite: MFT 520 Theories of MFCC, MFT 510 Personality Theories and Clinical Intervention, and MFT 505 Communication and Counseling Skills.
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3.00 Credits
This class is designed to consider and present a conceptual framework for review and incorporation of sociocultural factors into clinical and communication theories and practices. Specific cultural content (with emphasis on family history, structures, dynamics, values, mores, adaptive strengths, and coping styles) and socio-political constraints on human development (with emphasis on racism and normative value psychology) will be examined. The importance of racial/ethnic identity is highlighted as the core of one's self-identity, the framework which has shaped personality, and the basis for understanding diagnostic assessment, treatment goals and the realizations of successful interrelations. The objective of the class is to develop knowledge of and an openness and sensitivity to the cultural differences. Prerequisite: MFT 500 The Interface of Society and Human Development and/or HD 562, Advanced Studies in Diversity.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course provides the initial basic skills that are needed when starting clinical training. Included in the content of the class are the following areas of inquiry: professional role as a Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee (MFT Trainee) and relationships with peers and supervisors at the clinical placement. Initiating first client contact, making an early diagnostic assessment, and establishing an effective therapeutic relationship with a mental health client.
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