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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Family Counselling RPD401 Compulsory Bachelor's degree 4 Fall 3

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Gülşah TURA

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Explain characteristics of a family.
2) Analyze families in family life circle.
3) Recognize the family-parrent consultation.
4) Plan about reorganization of family relations as a counselor.
5) Evaluate the family communication on developmental base.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

  Program Competencies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Learning Outcomes
1 High High Middle High Middle High High High Middle High Middle High High High
2 High Middle High Middle High High High Middle High Middle High High High Middle
3 High Middle High Middle High High High Middle High Middle High High High High
4 High Middle High High Middle High High High Middle High High High High High
5 Middle High High High Middle High High High Middle High High High Middle High

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

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Course Contents

Family and family characteristics, Family life cycle, Communication in Families (parent-child relations, parents , attitudes, parents stlyes, communication skills, communication in subsystem, communication barriers), The Developmental Origins of Communication, Consultation with parents and family, Parent education programs.

Weekly Schedule

1) Individual and Family Life Cycles
2) Healthy and Dysfunctional Families
3) History of Family Counseling
4) Basic Concepts of Family Counseling
5) Family Counseling Process
6) Classical Approaches in Family Counseling
7) Psychoanalytic Family Counseling
8) Midterm exam
9) Structural Family Counseling
10) Strategic Family Counseling
11) Behavioral Family Therapies
12) Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapies
13) Family Counseling in the 21st century
14) Recent Developments in Family Counseling
15) Storytelling Therapy
16) Final exam

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Gladding, S. T. (2013) Aile Terapisi. Tarihi, Kuram ve Uygulamaları
2- Nichols, P. N. (2013). Aile Terapisi. Kavramlar ve Yöntemler.
3- Nazlı, S. (2000). Aile Danışmanlığı.
4- Nazlı, S. (2009). Aile Danışmanlığı Uygulamaları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Role Playing
5) Group Study
6) Brain Storming
7) Self Study


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade

50%

 

Number

Percentage

Semester Studies

Midterm Examination

1

70%

Short Exam / Quiz

1

30%

 

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

50%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required