| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Master's Degree With Thesis |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 7 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Acquire knowledge of family and couples functioning, and effects of culture and on family.
- Learn different family and couples therapy approaches and their main assumptions.
- Learn similarities and differences between different family and couples therapy approaches.
- Learn how family and couples therapies are utilized in different problems.
- Develop their knowledge on psychotherapy process in family and couples therapies.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | None |
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| Course Description | The aim of the course is to gain knowledge of family functioning, systems that make family and effects of culture on family. Within the scope of the course students are expected to learn family therapy approaches and their main assumptions, similarities and differences between different family therapy approaches and how family therapies are utilized in different problems. Furthermore this course also helps the students to develop their knowledge on psychotherapy process in general. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction to Family Therapies |
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2nd Week |
Family Assessment and Diagnostic Interview |
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3rd Week |
Constructing Therapy: Strategic, Systemic and Narrative Models |
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4th Week |
Psychodynamic Family Therapy |
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5th Week |
Trans-generational Family Systems Theory of Bowen |
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6th Week |
Behavioral Family Therapy |
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7th Week |
Psycho-educational Family Therapy |
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8th Week |
Mid-term Exam |
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9th Week |
Introduction to Couples Therapy |
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10th Week |
Psychodynamic Couples Therapy |
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11th Week |
Behavioral Couples Therapy |
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12th Week |
Couples Therapy for Divorcing Couples |
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13th Week |
Couples Therapy for Remarrying Couples |
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14th Week |
Enriching the System by Clinical Applications |
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15th Week |
Family and Couples Therapy in the Future |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Sholevar, M. D., & Schwoeri, W. L. A. (2003). Textbook of family and couples therapy. USA: American Psychiatric Association Publishing.
* The primary textbook for this course is renewed every year. |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Questions/Answers
- Other
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
40 |
| Total(%) |
|
40 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
40 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
60 |
| Total(%) |
|
100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
|
|
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| Individual or group work |
14 |
6 |
84 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
40 |
40 |
| Course hours |
15 |
3 |
45 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
35 |
35 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
|
|
|
| Final exam |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Homework |
|
|
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| Total Work Load | 210 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 7 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 7 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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