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Theories of Family and Couple Counselling

Course Code	: IFC503
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 5

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to teach students different models of family and couple counseling theories and applications.

Course Content

History of family therapy, healthy and unhealthy family characteristics, family therapy theories, different family types, family problems and interventions

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1.	To know the principal theories about family and couple counseling
2.	To know healthy and unhealthy families.
3.	To learn the characteristics of different family types.
4.	To know the therapeutic techniques used by different approaches.
5.	To learn the appropriate approaches and techniques in special problem areas.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Galdding S. T. (2011). Aile terapisi tarihi, kuram ve uygulamaları (Çeviri editör: İ. Keklik ve İ. Yıldırım). Ankara: Türk Psikolojik Danışma Derneği Yayınları
2.	Dokur M. ve Profeta, Y. (2006). Aile ve çift terapisi İstanbul Morpa Yayıncılık.
3.	Jay Lebow’un (2014). çift ve aile terapisi (Çeviri editörü Dr. Muzaffer Şahin). Ankara: Nobel Yayıncılık.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

History of Family Therapy

Week 2 - Theoretical

Healthy and Unhealthy Family Features

Week 3 - Theoretical

Psychodynamic and Bowen Family Therapy

Week 4 - Theoretical

Experiential Family Therapy

Week 5 - Theoretical

Behavioral and Cognitive Family Therapies

Week 6 - Theoretical

Structural Family Therapy

Week 7 - Theoretical

Strategic and Systematic Family Therapies

Week 8 - Theoretical

Midterm Exam

Week 9 - Theoretical

Solution Focused and Expressive Family Therapies

Week 10 - Theoretical

Family Assessment and Enhancing Communication with Family

Week 11 - Theoretical

Couple and Marriage Empowerment and Therapy

Week 12 - Theoretical

Working with Single Parent Families

Week 13 - Theoretical

Working with United Families

Week 14 - Theoretical

Intervention methods in family and couple counseling

Week 15 - Theoretical

Family Problems and Interventions in Legal Aspects

Week 16 - Final Exam

Final Exam

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Practice	1	%20
Midterm Examination	1	%20
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	0	3	42
Assignment	14	0	2	28
Term Project	2	0	7	14
Individual Work	14	0	2	28
Midterm Examination	1	5	1	6
Final Examination	1	6	1	7
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11	PÇ-12	PÇ-13	PÇ-14
OÇ-1	5	4				4		4		4
OÇ-2	5	5				5		5		5
OÇ-3	5	4				5		4		5
OÇ-4	4	4				4		4		4
OÇ-5	5	5				5		5		5

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