Graduate Education Institute · Family Counseling and Education · Master
ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Fatma YAŞAR EKİCİ
Instructors: Prof. Dr. Ali Haydar ŞAR
Course Objective
Providing students to acquire basic concepts and topics of marriage and family counseling and education and to gain knowledge of the theories about family counseling.
Course Content
History of Family Therapy, Individual and Family Life Cycles, Healthy and Unhealthy Families, Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues in Family Therapy, Marriage and Divorce, Stages of Family Teraphy, Psychoanalytic Family Therapy, Bowen Family Therapy, Systemic Family Therapy, Experiential Family Therapy, Strategic Family Therapy, Structured Family Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy, Solution-Focused Family Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Child-Centered Family Therapy.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Students explain stages of family teraphy
- Students explain theories of family therapy
- Students explain history of family therapy
- Students explain ethical, legal and professional ıssues in family therapy.
- Students explain ındividual and family life cycles
- Students explain theories of marriage and divorce.
- Students explain features of healthy and unhealthy families
Core Area Distribution
(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%30 (42) Life Sciences%70
Teaching Methods
ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionProblem Solving
Assessment & Evaluation
HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 17 | 3 | 51 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 17 | 3 | 51 |
| Midterm | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 11 | 4 | 44 |
| Practice | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Final | 1 | 8 | 8 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psychological Counseling Theories | Prereading |
| 2 | Narrative Therapy | Prereading |
| 3 | Relational Cultural Theory | Prereading |
| 4 | Adlerian Therapy | Prereading |
| 5 | Existential Therapy | Prereading |
| 6 | Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy | Prereading |
| 7 | An overview | . |
| 8 | Ara Sınav | Ara Sınav |
| 9 | Short-Term Solution- Therapy | Prereading |
| 10 | Relational Cultural Therapy | Prereading |
| 11 | Feminist Therapy | Prereading |
| 12 | Bowen Family Therapy | Prereading |
| 13 | Acceptance and Installation Theory | Prereading |
| 14 | Expressive Therapy | Prereading |
| 15 | An Overview | . |
| 16 | Final Sınavı | Final Sınavı |


