CURRENT APPROACHES FOR COUPLE AND FAMILY COUNSELING

RPD620

Course Code: RPD620
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 7

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Zeynep Kızıl Aslan

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Understand the historical development of couple and family counseling.
Know basic and current approaches in couple and family counseling.
Recognize the problems and various intervention techniques that are handled in couple and family counseling.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

Understanding the historical development, different theoretical approaches and various techniques of couple and family counseling. To know process and ethical issues in couple and family counseling. To have knowledge about current approaches and researches in couple and family counseling.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction, Talking about the Aims and Objectives of the Course
2^nd Week	Psychoanalytic Family Counseling, Structural Family Counseling
3^rd Week	Experiential/Humanistic Family Counseling, Systemic Family Counseling,
4^th Week	Strategic Family Counseling Cognitive-Behavioral Family Counseling,
5^th Week	Postmodern Approaches, Positive Family Therapy
6^th Week	Gottman Couple Therapy, Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy
7^th Week	Ethical and Legal Issues in Couple and Family Counseling, Multiculturalism in Couple and Family Counseling
8^th Week	Midterm Exam Week
9^th Week	Problems and Intervention Methods Addressed in Couple and Family Counseling Process
10^th Week	Problems and Intervention Methods Addressed in Couple and Family Counseling Process (continued)
11^th Week	Problems and Intervention Methods Addressed in Couple and Family Counseling Process (continued)
12^th Week	Problems and Intervention Methods Addressed in Couple and Family Counseling Process (continued)
13^th Week	Problems and Intervention Methods Addressed in Couple and Family Counseling Process (continued)
14^th Week	Problems and Intervention Methods Addressed in Couple and Family Counseling Process (continued)
15^th Week	Problems and Intervention Methods Addressed in Couple and Family Counseling Process (continued)
16^th Week	Final Week

Recommended or Required Reading

1. Gladding, S.T. (2012). Aile Terapisi Tarihi, Kuram ve Uygulamaları. İ. Keklik ve İ. Yıldırım. (Editörler). Ankara: Türk Psikolojik Danışma ve Rehberlik Derneği Yayınları.
2. Goldenberg, H., & Goldenberg, I. (2008). Family therapy: An overview (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson Brooks/Cole.
3. Minuchin, S. ve Fishman, C. (1981). Family Therapy Techniques. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
4. Nazlı, S. (2012). Aile Danışmanlığı. Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.
5. O'leary, K. D., Herman, R. E. & Jongsma, A. E. (2014). Çift psikoterapisi tedavi planlayıcısı. (A. Yıldırım, Çev.). Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık (Orijinal çalışma basım tarihi 2011).
6. Özgüven, İ. E. (2000). Evlilik ve Aile Terapisi. Ankara: PDREM Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Questions/Answers
Case Study
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Assignment	4	100
Total(%)		100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		0
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	0	0	0
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	12	4	48
Preparation for Final exam	0	0	0
Course hours	15	3	45
Preparation for Midterm exam	0	0	0
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	0	0	0
Homework	12	3	36
Presentation (including preperation)	2	20	40
Article Presentation	3	3	9
Article	3	9	27
Total Work Load			205
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			6.83
ECTS Credit of the Course			7

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1		X	X
K2
K3			X
K4			X
K5	X	X	X
K6
K7
K8
K9