Third-year doctoral course taken concurrently with clinical work. Includes assessment and treatment with couples and families, under approved supervision at an appropriate site. Advanced understanding and planning regarding assessment and treatment of systemic, interpersonal, personal and larger-systems dynamics in cases, with particular emphasis on therapist's theoretical perspective. A two-semester internship seminar in marriage and family therapy. Requires on-site placement in an agency, clinic, or appropriate treatment facility that provides students with supervised experience in family therapy.
Placement is approved by the full-time faculty clinical coordinator.
The internship should be arranged only after all other curriculum requirements have been satisfied. Individual techniques in childhood psychotherapy used in conjunction with family and community systems therapy. Experience in family therapy and knowledge of child developmental psychology assumed. Exploration of both verbal and nonverbal techniques appropriate for use in early childhood and adolescence. Students in the dissertation phase must register continuously for this course until completion of the thesis.