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This is an advanced graduate course that focuses on principles of effective couples therapy. It prepares students to critically assess couple relationships and therapeutic change ongoing controversies. Several models of couple therapy including the common factors paradigm are studied. Attention is given to the diverse array of dyadic relationships in which people are struggling to move from conflict and anger to cooperation and partnership. Relevant topical issues are interwoven into discussions and couple therapy interview simulations. In assessing and intervening with couples, the course pays special attention to the question of intersectionality—how various socially and culturally constructed categories of discrimination interact on multiple and simultaneous levels, contributing to social inequality. Couples therapy is addressed as a discursive construct reflected in popular culture and public policy and as a professional discourse informed by clinical research and theory to enhance the capacity of clinicians to work collaboratively, effectively, creatively, and respectfully with couples requesting a therapeutic intervention. Students engage in skill-building exercises in approaching couple therapy informed by evidence-based, strength-oriented, and equity informed principles. The course utilizes a diverse set of learning activities including readings, conceptual and clinical discussions, viewing of clinical and popular film, and simulated client-therapist exercises.
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