Basic Skills in Marriage and Family Counseling: A Systemic Approach
This course is designed to acquaint participants who are unfamiliar with the systemic approach to counseling, with basic knowledge and skills in marriage and family counseling.
The main elements are taken from the standard graduate programme in marriage and family therapy (MFT) and abbreviated to enable participants acquire, in a short course, the fundamental skills that they can use in their appropriate work places, in pastoral settings and other contexts.
For Whom
Individuals who desire to enter the counselling field; Counsellors unfamiliar with the systemic method; NGO managers devoted to providing psychological and counselling help; Pastors and Priests; Human Resource Managers; School counsellors;
Expected Outcome
At the end of the programme, successful participants would have acquired basic skills to enable them:
01.
Have a working knowledge of the field of marriage and family therapy
02.
Recognize obvious symptoms of psychopathology in couples and family clientele
03.
Become fully aware of their limits of practice competence and thus direct clients rightly to professional counsellors
04.
Conduct first level assessment of clients within their competence level
05.
Provide first-step interventions in moments and areas of dire need where there are no professionally trained and licensed counsellors and where problems are neither deep-seated, intractable or pathologically grave.
06.
Develop practical strategies that enable high-performing managers and maximize this integration.
Content
- Counselling as applied psychology –Wk1
- Systemic approach to counselling –Wk2
- Traditional Models of Systemic counselling of couples and families -Wk 3
- Assessment and Diagnosis in marriage and family counselling –Wk 4
- Addiction counselling in couples and families (Substances, Sex and Internet) –Wk 5
- Depression counselling in couples and families –Wk 6
- Interventions in couples conflict communication –Wk 7
- Pre-marriage psychoeducation and counselling –Wk 8
- Contexts of therapy: law, and cultural traditions in family counseling –Wk 9
- Four-week practicum
Faculty
Prof Emevwo Biakolo (PhD, MAMFT) Programme Lead; (Couple & Family Systems and Relational Health; Sex & Internet Addiction); President of the NAFACEN, former Dean of School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University
Dr. Tayo Ajirotutu (PhD, Clinical Psychology); Head of Dept, FNPHY (Assessment, Depression Counselling). Spent over 12 years at FNPHY as Professional Counsellor
Mr. Akin Gabriel, MSc, Clinical Psychology. (Depression, Adolescence and Addiction Counselling). Spent over 10 years at FNPHY as Counsellor
Dr. Chinyere Okonkwo (MSc, Clinical Psychology, PhD candidate). (Depression and Addiction Counselling). Spent over 10 years at FNPHY as Professional Counsellor
Engr. Charles Osezua, Marriage Therapist
Mrs. Gloria Osezua Marriage Therapist
Intermediate Certificate in Marriage and Family Counselling: A Systemic Approach
This course is designed to acquaint participants who have passed successfully the Basic Skills programme in marriage and family therapy.
The main elements are taken from the standard graduate programme in marriage and family therapy (MFT) and abbreviated to enable participants acquire, in a short course, further skills and competence beyond the basic level that they can use in their work places, in pastoral settings and other contexts. A strong emphasis is placed in understanding social, economic and cultural environment of clients in counseling.
For Whom
Graduates of the Basic Skills Course. Other participants may be evaluated for inclusion in a special cohort
Duration
Four Months
Practicum: 6 weeks
Expected Outcome
At the end of the programme, successful participants would have acquired skills and competencies to enable them:
01.
Attain a deeper knowledge of the field of marriage and family therapy
02.
Recognize obvious symptoms of psychopathology in couples and family clientele
03.
Become deeply aware of the social and cultural contexts of counseling
04.
Become fully aware of their limits of practice competence and thus direct clients rightly to professional counselors
05.
conduct first level assessment of clients within their competence level
06.
provide first-step interventions in moments and areas of dire need where there are no professionally trained and licensed counselors and where problems are neither deep-seated, intractable or pathologically grave.
Take Away
Intermediate Certificate in Systemic Marriage & Family Counseling (Non-accredited). Participants must fulfill all course requirements including all assignments; at least 80 percent class attendance; two-week practicum
Content
- Systemic versus language approaches to family counseling -Wk 1
- Some Recent Models in MFT (Collaborative and Narrative therapy) –Wk 2
- Cultural Issues in Clinical Diagnosis and Interventions –Wk 3
- Systemic Approach to Addiction Counseling in Families –Wk 4
- Systemic and Individual Interventions in Neurodevelopmental Challenges (Autism and ADHD) –Wk 5
- Systemic Interventions in IPV- Wk 6
- Sexuality and Sex Therapy Wk 7
- Socio-economic factors in couple and family counseling –Wk 8
- Contexts of therapy: Gender and Culture in marital counseling –Wk 9
- Six-week practicum
Advanced Certificate in Marriage and Family Counseling: A Systemic Approach
This course is a diploma-level course equivalent to the core curriculum of the first year of Masters degree in family counseling, designed for participants who have passed through the Basic and Intermediate Certificates in systemic approach to marriage and family counseling.
Emphasis is on acquiring near-professional level competence in family counseling to meet the needs of clients who have no access to full professional counseling services.
For Whom
Graduates of the Intermediate Certificate programme. Other participants may be evaluated for inclusion in a special cohort.
Duration
Four Months
Practicum: 12 weeks
Expected Outcome
At the end of the programme, successful participants would have acquired advanced skills to enable them:
01.
Develop deeper insights into the field of marriage and family therapy with focus on most recent models
02.
Develop skills in multilateral approaches to intervention in psychopathology
03.
Work with clinical professionals across different modalities and approaches
04.
Conduct deeper level assessment of clients
05.
Understand the place of law, religion, ethics and culture in family counseling
06.
Provide needed interventions within their level of competence to address problems of addiction, non-psychiatric care of persons with serious mental illness, and assist in the psychological management of families in crisis
Take Away
Advanced Certificate in Systemic Marriage & Family Counseling (Non-accredited). Participants must fulfill all course requirements including all assignments; at least 80 percent class attendance; two-week practicum
Content
- Neuropsychology and Systemic family counseling 17/8
- Some Recent Models in MFT (Solution-focused Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Motivational Interviewing) 24/8
- Nature and Culture in Family Assessment and Intervention 31/8
- Systemic and Clinical Interventions in Pornography and Sex Addiction in Couples and Families
- Working with families in crisis
- Serious mental illness and family counseling
- Law and ethics in marriage and family counseling
- Contexts of therapy: Religion and Spirituality in counseling
- 12-week practicum