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RPD 408 - Family Counselling

Faculty of Health Sciences · Social Work · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Kadir CANATAN

Course Objective

This course aims to give basic knowledge about family concept, family assessment methods, family counseling methods, approach to families encountering different problems and treatment process. Students can apply these gains in their social investigation and treatment processes.

Course Content

The lessons will be taught theoretically and practically, and clinical case examples will be presented in relation to the topics. Active participation of the students will be ensured in the courses related to measurement and evaluation. Again, in some subject titles, students will be asked to present cases prepared by students. The films related to the topic titles and which are requested to be watched from the students will be discussed together with derste students.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. To know what your family problems are
  2. Know different approaches to solution of family problems
  3. Gaining the psycho-social approach skills to the concept of family
  4. They participate in the debate on the causes and consequences of family problems and prepare a presentation on the subject.
  5. To be able to comprehend the concepts, pioneers and functioning of the main theories of family therapy
  6. To understand the function and process of family therapy
  7. Learn the basic concepts of family therapy
  8. Understanding Turkish family structure

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%50 (31) Social and Behavioural Science%50

Teaching Methods

ExpressionDiscussionExercise and PracticeRole PlayingExperiment - Test / Lab/ Workshop / Field Practice

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period15575
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice11010
Final111

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Overview of the family Family Life cycle and its importance for therapy-
2Psychodynamic Family Therapy-
3Bowen Family Therapy
4Structural Family Therapy-
5Structural Family Therapy Therapeutic Intervention-
6Experiential Family Therapy-
7Examples of experiential family therapy applications-
8midterm-
9Post Modern Family Therapies General Content and Approaches-
10Solution Focused Family Therapy-
11Narative Family Therapy-
12Divorce Counseling-
13Application Week-
14Family resilience and empowerment approach-
15Ethical principles and cultural sensitivity in family counseling
16final exam