ATC 509 Marriage & Family Counseling
This course provides an overview of the field of marriage and family therapy. Students will be introduced to family systems theory, explore their own family dynamics and be exposed to a wide range of skills and techniques designed to help couples and families cope with or overcome emotional, relational or behavioral problems. This course will review clinical interventions for the treatment of children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families in a variety of settings including inpatient, outpatient, partial treatment, aftercare; understand a systems approach (family, community, political).