COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is the first of the supervised internship courses required for the couple and family counseling sequence. The focus of this course is on the implementation of the role of the family counselor in a community agency, family guidance clinic, community mental health center, hospital, substance abuse treatment program, aging center or court services setting. Interns will be working under the supervision of a site supervisor and a counselor education faculty person. The course will require the intern to complete 300 hours of field-related activities, including participation in an on-campus seminar every other week.
PREREQUISITES
All courses required for the specialization, Practicums I and II, and approval of the department.
REQUIRED TEXT
Kotter,J. Sexton, T. & Whiston, S. (1994). The Heart of Healing. Jossey-Bass.
INSTRUCTIONAL MODE
Experiential
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this course are to provide the student with a supervised clinical experience in Couple and Family Counseling, which follows up on the clinical competencies and learning from Practicums I and II.
FIELD EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
1. Three hundred hours of documented field related activities will be selected from, but not restricted to, those areas listed under Field Activities.
2. A minimum of 125 hours of field activities will involve direct service to clients in the areas of couple, marital, and /or family counseling. State licensing requirements indicate that experience in the practice of marriage and family therapy may be gained by providing treatment that includes, but is not limited to: a) marriage and family therapy: b) individual counseling; c) psychotherapy, including behavioral family therapy; d) behavior modification; e) consultation;
f) client advocacy; g) crisis intervention; h) testing and evaluation; i) group therapy; j) and multi-family therapy. Treatment shall include, but not be limited to, providing individual, group or family therapy counseling in the following categories; a) Married couples; b) unmarried couples; c) separating and / or divorcing couples; d) family groups, including children; and f) Multi family groups.
A minimum of fifteen hours of group counseling is required.
3. The intern will participate in a supervisory session with the on- site supervisor for at least one hour per week and be available for at least one on-site supervisory session with the assigned counselor education staff member.
ON-CAMPUS REQUIREMENTS
1. The intern will participate in supervisory sessions with the assigned counselor education faculty member every other week, with at least four counseling tapes.
2. The intern will participate in a seminar session every other week. Seminar sessions will focus on case presentations, tape critiques, and the acquisition of information and skills relevant to environmental concerns. Working in small groups, interns will prepare and present a workshop to the class on a topic related to their course of study. Topics will include the following:
Family interventions
Women or men in counseling
Divorce counseling
Battered partners
Professional ethics
Diagnostic systems
Physical abuse of children
Sexual abuse
Social service networking
Additional topics may be identified by interns and/or supervisors.
Interns will demonstrate beginning competencies in the following clinical activities:
1. The initial or intake interview;
2. client history taking including the use of multigenerational genograms;
3. using pre-marital, couple, and other relational assessment instruments;
4. using individual and career diagnostic systems, including the DSM-III-R and the GARF;
5. negotiating counseling intervention goals;
6. participating in case staffings;
7. working under supervision of the on-site supervisors;
8. review of audio or video taped samples of the intern's interaction with clients under supervision
EVALUATION
Faculty supervisors will visit the internship site at the beginning and at the end of the internship period. Phone contact and additional on-site supervision will be scheduled as needed. The interpersonal and professional behavior of students will be evaluated in counseling and supervisory sessions and seminars.
Students are expected to:
1. be self-initiating;
2. be introspective, open, and receptive to feedback;
3. be flexible in making appropriate changes in response to feedback;
4. be aware of and demonstrate behavior consistent with the ethical standards of ACA, IAMFC, and or AAMFT, and of a caliber necessary to maintain effective professional relationships;
5. demonstrate the ability to integrate and put into practice family systems concepts and skills;
6. maintain acceptable written records and reports of professional activities as required by the campus and site supervisors.
Mid-term and final evaluations of the intern's progress and proficiency will be conducted by campus supervisors in conjunction with site supervisors. A grade of "A" or "B" is required. Credit earned at "C" level or below cannot be applied for programmatic credit.
GRADES
Grades will be determined by
1. attendance on-site and attendance and participation at university seminars;
2. evidence of improvement of skills as experienced by supervisors;
3. demonstration of qualities and attitudes listed in the evaluation section of this syllabus
Course Tentative Schedule of Classes
The required text, and the assigned readings will be integrated into the course structure. You are responsible for the content. Alternate weeks will be available for your individual supervision times with the university supervisor. It is your responsibility to set up at least eight (8) individual supervision times.
Class Topic
1. Introduction and Integration from Practicum
2. Open times for individual supervision
3. Case Presentations
Each student will present two cases during the semester
4. Open times for individual supervision
5. Case Presentations
6. Open times for individual supervision
7. Case Presentations
8. Open times for individual supervision
9. Case Presentations
10. Open times for individual supervision
11. Case Presentations
12. Open times for individual supervision
13. Case Presentations
14. Open times for individual supervision
15. Case Presentations and Wrap up
16. Open times for individual supervision
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