1 COURSE SYLLABUS Course: Family Therapy Professor: Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Ph.D. Semester: Fall, 2009 1. Sept. 14 Introduction to Family Therapy 2. Sept. 21 Structural Family Therapy Concepts 3. Sept. 28 No Class- Yom Kippur Begin Reading and Preparation of Family Genogram 4. Oct. 5 Structural Family Therapy Concepts (continued) Conducting the Initial Interview 5. Oct. 12 Structural Family Therapy Concepts (continued) 6. Oct. 19 Bowenian Family Systems Concepts 7. Oct. 26 Bowenian Family Systems Concepts (continued): Genograms Family Therapy with One Person Coaching 8. Nov.2 Genograms (continued) Presentation of Nancy s Genogram in Class 9. Nov. 9 Ethnic and Racial Diversity in Family Therapy Students Own Family Genograms 10. Nov. 16 Behavioral Family Therapy 11. Nov. 23 Ethnic and Racial Diversity in Family Therapy, Cont. Therapists Use of Self Development of Yourself as a Family Therapist Continue Students Genograms HAND IN GENOGRAMS IN CLASS. 12. Nov. 30 Strategic and Paradoxical Systems Approaches 13. Dec. 7 Dec. 7 Post Modern and Narrative Approaches FINAL PAPER DUE IN CLASS
2 14. Dec. 14 The Multisystems Model and Family Therapy Review of the First Semester Planning for the Second Semester Case Presentations COURSE REQUIREMENTS FAMILY THERAPY Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Ph.D. Fall 2009 A. Clinical Work: Each student should carry at least one family or couples therapy case under supervision by a trained family therapist. B. Class Attendance and Participation C. Genogram: Construct a three-generational genogram of your own family. Make it as complete as possible. Turn in on NOV.16. (As many of these as time allows will also be presented in class.) D. Paper (15-20 double-spaced pages) due December 7. Describe your family s genogram and discuss what you have learned about yourself and your own family from doing the genogram. Discuss your own ethnicity and cultural background. Explore your own position and role in your family of origin and the key issues that you have identified. Analyze your own family using one or more of the major schools of family therapy. Discuss the impact of the above issues on your development as a therapist. Note countertransferential issues that may arise for you as a family therapist.
3 CLASS ASSIGNMENTS* 1. Sept. 14 Introduction to Family Systems and Family Therapy Read: 1. Nichols, M. & Schwartz (2001). The Evolution of Family (Chapter 2). 2. Guerin & Pendagast. (1994). Evaluation of Family Systems and Genograms, from Guerin, P., Family Therapy, New York: Gardner Press. 2. Sept. 21 Structural Family Therapy Concepts Read: 1. Minuchin,S. A Family Model, In Families and Family Therapy (Chapter 3). 2. Minuchin, Therapeutic Implications of a Structural Approach, Families and Family Therapy (Chapter 5). 3. Nichols, M. & Schwartz, R. (2001).Structural Family (Chapter 8). 3. Sept. 28 No Class- Yom Kippur Begin Reading and Research for Family Genogram Read: McGoldrick & Gerson Genograms in Family Assessment 4. Oct. 5 Structural Family Therapy - The Initial Interview Read: 1. Haley, J., Conducting the First Interview, Problem Solving Therapy. San Francisco: Jossey Bass (Chapter 1). 2. Haley, J., Giving Directives, Problem Solving Therapy (Chapter 2). 5. Oct. 12 Structural Family Therapy - Therapeutic Interventions Read from Minuchin, Families and Family Therapy: 1. The Family in Therapy (Chapter 6). 2. Restructuring the Family (Chapter 8). 6. Oct. 19 Bowenian Family Systems Concepts Do Interviews and Construct Your Own Genogram Read: 1. Nichols, M. & Schwartz,R. (2001). Bowen Family Systems (Chapter 5). 2. Guerin & Pendagast(1994). Evaluation of Family Systems and Genograms, from Guerin, P., Family Therapy. 3. Bowen, M. (1994). Theory in the Practice of Psychotherapy, (pg. 65-90), in Guerin, P., Family Therapy. Gardner Press.
4 7. Oct. 26 Bowenian Theory Continued Read: Carter,E. McGoldrick Orfanidis,M. Family Therapy with One Person, and the Therapist s Own Family, from Guerin, P., Family Therapy. 8. Nov. 2 Genograms (continued) Read: McGoldrick & Gerson, Genograms in Family Assessment. 9. Nov. 9 Ethnicity and Family Therapy Read: 1. McGoldrick, M, Ethnicity and the Family Life Cycle, in Carter & McGoldrick, The Changing Family Life Cycle. 2. McGoldrick et al., African American Families, in Ethnicity and Family Therapy. 3. Hines & Boyd-Franklin, Black Families, in McGoldrick et al., Ethnicity and Family Therapy. 4. Boyd-Franklin, Black Families in Therapy. New York: Guilford Press, 1989. 5. Garcia-Prèto, Puerto Rican Families, in McGoldrick et al., Ethnicity and Family Therapy. 10. Nov. 16 Behavioral Family Therapy Interventions Read: 1. Robin, A. & Foster, S. (1989). Negotiating Parent/Adolescent Conflict: A Behavioral Family Systems Approach. Guilford Press. Chapter 7: Problem Solving Training Chapter 8: Communication Training 2. Nichols, M. & Schwartz, R. (2001). Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy. In Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods, Chapter 9. 3. Falloon, I. (1991). Behavioral Family Therapy. In Gurman & Kniskern, Handbook Of Family Therapy, 2(65-95). 4. Bry & Krinsley, Adolescent Substance Abuse. In E. Feindler & G. Kalfus, Adolescent Behavior Therapy Handbook.
5 11. Nov.23 TURN IN GENOGRAM IN CLASS CONTINUE PRESENTATION OF STUDENTS GENOGRAMS 12. Nov. 30 STRATEGIC AND PARADOXICAL APPROACHES Papp, Paradoxes, in Minuchin & Fishman, Family Therapy Techniques. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981. 2. Nichols, M., & Schwartz, R. (1995). Strategic and Systemic Family Therapies, in Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods (pp. 408-443). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. 13. Dec. 7 Post Modern and Narrative Approaches Read: Nichols, M. & Schwartz, R., (2001). Family Therapy Concepts and Methods (fifth edition): 1. Chapter 10: Family Therapy Enters the Twenty-First Century. 2. Chapter 12: Narrative Therapy. 14. Dec. 14 Multisystems Model of Family Therapy Read: 1. Boyd-Franklin,N. (2003). The Multisystems Model. In Black Families in Therapy: Understanding the African American Experience. (Chapters 11 & 13). 2.. Aponte, H., The Family-School Interview: An Ecostructural Approach. 3. Henggler, S. Treatment Manual for Family Preservation Using Multisystemic Therapy. 4. Aponte, H., Underorganization in the Poor Family.