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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
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MDFT 6640 |
MDFT 6645 |
MDFT 6646 |
MDFT 6933 |
MDFT 6934 |
MDFT 6935 |
MDFT 6936 |
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| MDFT 6630: () Offerings |
| Examines the most common physical and medical issues that surface in the practice of marriage and family therapy. Special attention is given to psychopharmacology, neurophysiology, and general medical conditions that affect emotional and interpersonal health of clients/families. Introduces students to the field of collaborative medicine. Family therapy will be examined in relation to current trends in medical and mental health care. Gives special attention to the biopsychosocial and spiritual implications of physical, emotional and relational suffering. |
| Restrictions:Marriage and Family Therapy, Medical Family Therapy Majors only. |
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| MDFT 6640: () Offerings |
| Examines the emerging field and practice of medical family therapy. Emphasizes a medical perspective using a biopsychosocial model of health and illness. Students will learn methods and techniques to assess and intervene with psychosocial problems experienced by patients and families around health issues. Students will also become familiar with the operating constructs of medical culture and how to develop an on-site, successful collaborative relationship with medical practioners. |
| Restrictions:Marriage and Family Therapy, Medical Family Therapy Majors only. |
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| MDFT 6645: () Offerings |
| Explores the impact of individual, family and cultural beliefs/meanings on the illness experience. Examines family concerns regarding treatment, suffering, healing and death. Gives particular focus to eliciting patient/family/cultural beliefs around internal resources and faith practices, as well as external resources such as family, church and community. Reviews how to work with family belief systems and construct healing beliefs and behaviors, how to negotiate with other treatment providers and/or family who have conflicting beliefs, and how to strengthen a culturally sensitive provider/patient/family relationship. |
| Restrictions:Marriage and Family Therapy, Medical Family Therapy Majors only. |
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| MDFT 6646: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: MDFT/MFT 6630 and MDFT/MFT 6640. Builds on the theoretical and clinical knowledge of MFT 6640, Medical Family Therapy. Focuses on developing a broad knowledge base of the biopsychosocial and spiritual implications of common chronic illnesses. Examines the biological (etiology, diagnosis and treatment), pharmacological, emotional, relational and spiritual effects of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, infertility, lung disease and chronic pain. Studies current treatment protocols including medication and complementary treatments. Students will become familiar with multidisciplinary treatment practices that have been successful in reducing suffering, improving quality of life, and reducing morbidity and mortality. |
| Restrictions:Marriage and Family Therapy, Medical Family Therapy Majors only. |
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| MDFT 6933: () Offerings |
| Recommended prerequisites: MDFT 6630, 6640, 6645, 6646. Places students in a bio-medical outpatient setting (such as Medical Oncology or Family Practice) where they will provide, in collaboration with an attending health care provider, medical family therapy (i.e., individual, couple, family and group medical therapy) to patients and their families. These services will be provided under the supervision of a program faculty member. Training will take place in supervision groups as supervisors provide feedback on live and videotaped sessions. Medical clinics associated with the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy will be used as practicum sites for our students. |
| Restrictions:Marriage and Family Therapy, Medical Family Therapy Majors only. |
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| MDFT 6934: () Offerings |
| Recommended Prerequisites: MDFT 6630, 6640, 6645, 6646. Places students in a bio-medical outpatient setting (such as a Medical Oncology or Family Practice) where they will provide, in collaboration with an attending health care provider, medical family therapy (i.e., individual, couple, family and group medical therapy) to patients and their families. These services will be provided under the supervision of a program faculty and attending physician. Training will take place in supervision groups as supervisors provide feedback on live and videotaped sessions. Medical clinics associated with the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy will be used as practicum sites for our students. |
| Restrictions:Marriage and Family Therapy, Medical Family Therapy Majors only. |
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| MDFT 6935: () Offerings |
| Recommended Prerequisites: MDFT 6630, 6640, 6645, 6646. Places students in a bio-medical outpatient setting (such as Medical Oncology or Family Practice) where they will provide, in collaboration with an attending health care provider, medical family therapy (i.e., individual, couple, family and group medical therapy) to patients and their families. These services will be provided under the supervision of a program faculty member. Training will take place in supervision groups as supervisors provide feedback on live and videotaped sessions. Medical clinics associated with the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy will be used as practicum sites for our students. |
| Restrictions:Marriage and Family Therapy, Medical Family Therapy Majors only. |
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| MDFT 6936: () Offerings |
| Recommended Prerequisites: MDFT 6630, 6640, 6645, 6646. Places students in a bio-medical outpatient setting (such as Medical Oncology or Family Practice) where they will provide, in collaboration with an attending health care provider, medical family therapy (i.e., individual, couple, family and group medical therapy) to patients and their families. These services will be provided under the supervision of a program faculty member. Training will take place in supervision groups as supervisors provide feedback on live and videotaped sessions. Medical clinics associated with the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy will be used as practicum sites for our students. |
| Restrictions:Marriage and Family Therapy, Medical Family Therapy Majors only. |
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