MF 647 Medical Family Therapy: 3 semester hours
Extant research and practice suggests that integrating medical and psychotherapy services significantly improves treatment outcomes, patient health, and provider satisfaction. Consequently, there is burgeoning interest—locally and nationally—in developing and maintaining better integrated healthcare services within outpatient and inpatient medical settings. In this course, you will examine the theoretical frameworks that inform medical family therapists, study and apply a psychosocial typology for understanding chronic and acute illness, and you will practice the skills and techniques required to succeed as a systemic therapist practicing within integrated medical teams. Further, you will examine how your own experiences with illness have shaped your self of the therapist.