Mar 29, 2024  
Mercy College 2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
Mercy College 2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PSYN 605 - Couples Therapy:Theory & Pract


Credit(s): 3
3 hours lecture, 3 hours contact
Prerequisite(s): PSYN 653  
This course will provide master’s students in Marriage and Family Therapy with an in-depth examination of contemporary theories and practices in couple therapy. Couple assessment and intervention across the life cycle, including formation, early marriage, parenthood, mid-marriage and aging couples will be studied. Couple dissolution, separation, divorce, and remarriage will be examined from the viewpoint of the work of the practicing family therapist. Couple issues including commitment, decision-making, conflict, gender differences, sexuality, infertility, intergenerational relationships, work, money, migration, illness, affairs, physical violence, and death of a spouse will be addressed in a family systems context and contemporary “best practice” models of Couple Therapy.



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