COUN 5618 - FILIAL THERAPY & CHILD-PARENT RELATIONSHIP THERAPY

[3 Credits]

This course will teach students how to actively engage parents as partners in the therapeutic process in working with minors in a counseling setting. A variety of parenting approaches will be explored, with heavy emphasis on van Fleet’s Filial Therapy and Landreth’s 10-week filial therapy modality, entitled Child Parenting Relationships Enhancement training (CPR-T). Students will also get exposure to various parenting issues, including developmental concerns, DSM diagnoses, resistance, and external circumstances affecting the parent-child relationship.