Advanced Clinical Topics in Couple and Family Counseling/Therapy

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to [CACREP 2024 standards]:

• Apply sociology of the family, family phenomenology, and family of origin theories [CACREP standard 5.F.1]

• Apply aging and intergenerational influences and related family concerns [CACREP standard 5.F.2]

• Assess impact of interpersonal violence on marriages, couples, and families [CACREP standard 5.F.3]

• Attend to interactions of career, life, and gender roles in marriages, couples, and families [CACREP standard 5.F.4]

• Explore the impact of unemployment, under-employment, and changes in socioeconomic standing on marriages, couples, and families [CACREP standard 5.F.5]

• Explore the impact of migration on family functioning [CACREP standard 5.F.6]

• Apply theories and models of marriage, couple, and family counseling [CACREP standard 5.F.7]

• Apply principles and models of assessment and case conceptualization from a systems perspective [CACREP standard 5.F.8]

• Apply techniques and interventions of marriage, couple, and family counseling [CACREP standard 5.F.10]

• Conceptualize and implement treatment, planning, and intervention strategies in marriage, couple, and family counseling [CACREP standard 5.F.11]

• Evaluate service delivery modalities and networks within the continuum of care, such as primary care, outpatient, partial treatment, inpatient, integrated behavioral healthcare, and aftercare [CACREP standard 5.F.12]

• Evaluate strategies for interfacing with the legal system relevant to marriage, couple, and family counseling [CACREP standard 5.F.13]

• Evaluate third-party reimbursement and other practice and management issues in marriage, couple, and family counseling [CACREP standard 5.F.14]

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Couples Counseling Literacy Project	70 points
Quizzes	10 points
Participation Narrative	20 points
Total	100 points

Graduate Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
100-94%	A
93-90%	A-
89-87%	B+
86-84%	B
83-80%	B-
79-77%	C+
76-74%	C
73% or below	F/WF

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance is required for this course. If you are absent for more than two classes during this semester, your grade may be negatively impacted.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Lebow, J. L., & Snyder, D. K. (2023). Clinical handbook of couple therapy (6th ed.). Guilford Press.

• Brubacher, L. L. (2024). Stepping into emotionally focused couple therapy: Key ingredients of change (2nd ed.). Routledge.