MMHC 635 - Family Counseling

This course is designed to allow students the opportunity to explore and gain skill in assessment and intervention practices with families.  Utilizing a theoretical and practical framework, students learn and practice techniques of problem identification and assessment.  The class becomes familiar with some of the major concepts of various family therapies, and community-based assessments and interventions.  With a focus on families as systems, the students learn to help families deal with maturational and developmental crises.

Credits: 3 s.h.