Course: Marital and Family Counselling

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Course title Marital and Family Counselling
Course code PCH/MRPN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Smékal Lubomír, Mgr.
  • Kolařík Marek, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
"Definition of basic concepts, history of marital and family counseling (MRP) in the CR, the basic theoretical concepts and schools "The current situation in the CR MRP, legislation, organization, financing, advisory functions, the types of problems and ways of working. "The function of partnership and family, the family as a system that is part of a wider system, the original and primary family, the personality of partners and transmission patterns of the original family (family interferences), the importance of counseling and consulting contracts "Developing a relationship and developmental stage of the family, the emergence of the relationship, the first phase of the relationship, problems establishing a relationship of mutual adaptation of his confinement, the risk of these phases and problems typical of the relationship phase "Families with children, children of different ages in the family (preschool children, schoolchildren, teenagers in the family) several generations living together "Communication in a relationship and family aggression in a relationship and family and domestic violence "Marriage of late adulthood and the elderly, the issue of older people in the family, the death of one partner, the loss in the family ever "Infidelity, jealousy, dealing with the trauma of family and a strong burden " gay couples, a partnership of different nationalities, extreme differences in age, single parent families "Dependencies and family, addiction in the family - alcohol, drugs, gambling, workaholismus, "Divorce, divorce mediation, children in situations of divorce, divorce as a solution to relationship problems, unconstructive divorce, post-divorce behavior, "Ethics MRP, power and guidance

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Homework for Teaching - 25 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course covers issues of marriage - family counseling and therapy. Marriage therapy focuses on treating disorders and marital pair living together.The current theoretical concepts will be discussed as well the basic types of problems of a couple (eg personalities of the partners in shaping and development stages of their relationship, in the internal functions of marriage, even against external influences). Another objective is a basic theoretical knowledge of family therapy and their application in practice.
- student has basic knowledge about marriage and family counselling - student can prepare counselling place for working with couple or family - student can work with "contracting" - student can lead counselling intervention with couple or family
Prerequisites
no prior assumptions

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance, Systematic Observation of Student

- attendance at classes - essay - oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Gjuričová, Š. a Kubička, J. Rodinná terapie - systemické a narativní přístupy.
  • Ivo Plaňava:. Manželství a rodiny, Brno, Doplněk 2000.
  • Ivo Plaňava:. Po rozvodu, MONA 1986.
  • kolektiv autorů. www.metodikavp.webnode.cz.
  • Kratochvíl, S. (2005). Manželská terapie. Praha: Portál.
  • Plaňava, I.:. Manželství a rodiny. Struktura, dynamika, komunikace. Brno, Doplněk 2000..
  • Procházka, Šmahaj, Kolařík, Lečbych. Teorie a praxe poradenské psychologie.
  • Trapková, L. & Chvála, V. (2004). Rodina jako sociální děloha. Praha: Portál.


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