CFT Supervision for Practice

Synopsis

The supervision practicum in couple and family therapy aims to expand individual style with the purpose of helping trainee therapists become more versatile, and able to adapt into working with diverse family systems/ subsystems from different social status and service settings. It is also designed to create a greater awareness of the person within one’s family-of-origin, as well as explore the development of the person-of-the-therapist. The course will also examine how systemic therapy is used to work with individual(s).

Level: 5
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: Every July

Topics

What is Responsible for Therapeutic Change?
Common Factors Unique to Couple and Family Therapy
The Big-Picture View of Common Change
Getting Clients Fired Up for a Change
A Strong Therapeutic Alliance
A Meta-Model of Change in Couple Therapy
The Person-of-the-Therapist Model: The training philosophy
The POTT Program: Step-by-Step
Journaling in POTT
Looking at the POTT Process
Ethical and Moral Issues in Couple and Family Therapy
Relationship between Supervisor and Supervisees

Learning Outcome

Construct the theoretical and conceptual framework underlying the various couple and family therapy skills
Appraise the common factors of change in couple and family therapy
Organise the concept of the “Person-of-the-Therapist” within one’s clinical setting
Demonstrate the clinical skills needed to assess the presenting couple/ family issues from a systemic perspective
Develop CFT strategies and skills in the clinical work with couples and families
Apply the appropriate couple and family therapy strategies/ techniques to a given clinical case

Part-time Programmes / CET Courses

Singapore University of Social Sciences

CFT Supervision for Practice