MFM1009

Family Therapy and Counselling Skills

(MED)

Drs Livia Jackson and Miriam Tisher

8 points + Distance + Approximately 10 hours per week

Synopsis: This elective subjects provides students with an introduction and sets the context for the interface between medical and psychological practice and gives the perspective for therapies and their development and discusses the four stage models of therapy including; information gathering, including genograms and ecosystems, contracting, including referral skills, therapy, including evaluation criteria and closure, including follow up skills.

Assessment: Written assessment work and attendance at one weekend workshop