Systemic therapy, Family systems and Family therapy



Looking for a course on systemic psychotherapy? You've come to the right place! 

You may find the outline for this course on the Medipsy website or scroll down to see what it covers.


This course was designed specifically for anyone who plans to apply for a psychotherapy permit as per Bill 21, in order to practice psychotherapy in Quebec (we had this course pre-approved by the Order of psychologists of Quebec). If on the other hand you don't plan on practicing in Quebec and just want to learn about systemic psychotherapy, then guess what... you are also in the right place!


This course is open to anyone wanting to learn about systemic psychotherapy, specifically in the context of family systems and family therapy. If you are in Quebec, you surely know that a Bill was passed to regulate the practice of psychotherapy. This Bill, often referred to as Bill 21, states that to practice psychotherapy in Quebec, psychotherapists must meet a number of very specific requirements. One of these requirements is to complete 45 hours of training in a domain related to each of the following four recognized modalities: 1. psychodynamic, 2. cognitive behavioural, 3. systemic, and 4. humanistic.


So you need 45 hours of training, considered the introductory and advanced training, for each of the 4 theoretical models. This course is precisely that, for systemic psychotherapy (once you've done the basic training on each model, you will also need to do an additional 90 hours of specialization in one of the four models).


Tax information

Medipsy is recognized by Revenu Quebec as an educational institution making our courses tax-deductible. Our accreditation number is 16-07-3871

The registration fee includes all applicable taxes.
Our GST number is 82873 880 RT0001
Our PST number is 1218616310


37 Lessons

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Course Overview

What we will cover in this course?

A quick overview

About the instructor

Brief bio

Historical & Conceptual Foundations of Family Therapy

The Influence of Social Work

Group Dynamics and the Emergence of Group Therapy

Cybernetics and ecology

Social psychiatry

An Introduction to Systems

What do we mean by "systems"?

Groups as systems

Why did family therapy use systems as its organizing framework?

Why was communication theory so central to systems?

What differentiates systems from more traditional models?

Early (Modernist) Models of Family Therapy

Communications approaches (Bateson, MRI & Milan)

Strategic approach (Haley)

Structural approach

Conversations with Minuchin & Haley

Psychodynamic Approaches

Experiential approaches

Your first test!

Mid course test

Postmodern/Constructivist Models of Family Therapy

Contemporary family therapy: Moving into the twenty-first century

Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT)

Narrative Therapy

Language-based models

Couples Therapies

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Attachment-based family therapy

Multisystemic/Integrative approaches

Essential concepts in Family Therapy

What makes a family?

Models of family functioning

Important developments in marriage and family therapy (MFT)

Common factors and essential concepts in family therapy

Optimal Practices in Family Therapy

What does it mean to think systemically in the context of psychotherapy?

Is family therapy better suited for certain problems?

Establishing case conceptualisations & treatment plans from a systemic perspective

Ethical, legal and professional issues in family therapy

Guidelines

Final test!

Final test!

What next?

As we part ways