MFT 573 - Crisis Management and Clinical Process

Prerequisites, marriage and family therapy program. Utilizing the principles of mental health recovery-oriented care, students learn a practical framework for gathering clinical information while understanding social and psychological implications of cultural and socioeconomic factors. Emphasis is on crisis management, including harm to self and others, trauma, and issues of grief and loss. Materials will include actual paperwork from the Frances Smith Center for Individual and Family Therapy. Role plays are used to help students learn sound therapy skills using a caring, humanistic approach. Students gain experience in a telehealth setting through online weekly clinical practice sessions. Professional feedback on clinical skills and documentation is provided. This course includes the Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention training required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Letter grade. (Offered every year.) 3 credits