Family Therapy Theory and Practice (part 2)/Supervised Clinical Practice

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Objectives

 * Facilitate your effective clinical practice through ongoing analysis of factors pertaining to your values, interpersonal style and capacities with your work within the therapist-client system, and the refinement of your integration within defined family therapy and associated theoretical frameworks. You will be able to:
 * Conduct clinical work with an ongoing consciousness about significant factors relating to your family of origin and your cultural identity
 * Identify, in retrospect at least, how family and cultural factors may have facilitated or constrained your flexibility in your practice.
 * Apply theoretical concepts to family and cultural factors influencing your practice.
 * Appraise each situation as it arises and take steps to address your family and cultural factors to increase your responsiveness and flexibility in clinical practice.


 * Assess and formulate effective family interventions by analysing family situations, including your own, using a range of theoretical frameworks, and knowledge pertaining to complex family situations. You will be able to:
 * Analyse family situations by using appropriate specialist knowledge pertaining to complex family situations.
 * Integrate specialist knowledge with information collected from the family and family therapy theoretical frameworks
 * Formulate an effective intervention based on the results of the analysis of a case involving complex family situations.


 * Conduct an efficient and effective interactionally based family intervention using a broad range of appropriate family therapy techniques. You will be able to:
 * Integrate an interactional focus and relational questioning with other approaches as required by the clients’ unique circumstances.
 * Perform executive functions as appropriate within the therapeutic framework being utilised.
 * Exercise increased flexibility in terms of role and approach as determined following a careful assessment and appraisal of the needs of the family, your own values, and the available resources.

Assignments

 * 1) A verbatim analysis of a session (3000 word equiv)
 * 2) A group presentation summarising the group's learning in this subject (1000 word equiv)
 * 3) A written reflection of learning (2000 word equiv)
 * 4) A contact sheet as proof of clinical requirement (200 word equiv)
 * 5) A formalised clinical skills assessment feedback session (200 words equiv)

Topics, activities and resources

 * Experiential exercise for reflection of the impact of family oforigin on clinical work
 * Small group discussion about your personal style, values and capacities
 * Feedback from small group supervisor and group about the role of your personal style, values and capacities as it influences your clinical work with families.
 * Case analyses reflecting on the impact of your personal style, values, and capacities.
 * Small group discussion to analyse family situations and plan for interventions including the application of various theoretical frameworks prior to and following live work with families.
 * Case analyses of work with families seen in live work and in your own work context.
 * Live supervised work with families from The Bouverie Centre in the context of a small group of no more than 6 students using a reflecting team format.
 * Immediate feedback from the supervisor and team following your sessions with families
 * Role play to experiment with different styles and approaches with families and with the group.