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Couples and Family TherapyDiploma Course

This comprehensive and insightful course will teach you everything that you need to know in regards to how family dynamics and human actions affect different types of relationships.

Whether you are looking to use the skills taught in the course to help with your own relationships or whether you are looking to add these tools and techniques to use in a therapy or coaching based business; they will be a great asset for many years to come!

Course overview:

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7 Modules

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What Will You Learn?

This course takes you through the various life stages of humans as individuals, couples and families along with detailing exactly how therapy works and the vast variation of skills and types of couples and family therapy, in a progressive manner.

The course is designed to aid the understanding of relationships and family associated problems. Beginning with discussions from the outset on overall needs for therapy, the syllabus maps the ongoing changes in relationships, such as sociological and environmental factors, as well as how relationships have changed throughout the generations.

Thought patterns and communication techniques are examined in detail as well as how these factors can damage or harm a relationship should they go wrong. It doesn't stop at just the relationship between couples themselves, the course delves deeper into the effects of these occurrences on the entire family.

The information covered during this course is widely used by couple and family therapists and should give you a much greater understanding of the relationships within your own life along with being able to advise others in a holistic manner.

People and relationships are often not straightforward. The more we understand about ourselves the better placed we will be to become able to change in our relationships and lives as a whole and make a positive change for the better.

In the final part of this course, you will learn about the therapy techniques involved in resolving these issues and the options available to the therapist when working with families or couples.

Should you wish to continue your studies into this subject after completing the course, the final module will suggest informative guidance opportunities for further professional development as well as enhancing methods of relationship focussed psychotherapy.

If you are looking to move into clinical practice after learning the basics during this course, then the role of the family psychotherapist is regulated and requires a university gained qualification. There are many degree courses available to explore on completion of this course.

Who Would Benefit from This Course?

This course has been developed to provide you with a greater understanding of family therapy. It can be taken for personal reasons - you may be considering undertaking family therapy and would like to know more about it or wish to improve communication within your relationships.

The course will also be useful if you are considering embarking on a career within this field and would like to understand more about it and get the basics down before embarking on a professional qualification.

The course can also be studied by qualified therapists looking to expand their knowledge.

Modules

Module 1 Couples Therapy 6 Parts

Introduction
Part 1: What Exactly is Couples and Family Therapy?
Part 2: Falling in Love
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1 Assessment

Module 2 Relationship Life Cycle 6 Parts

Part 1: The Five Relationship Stages
Part 2: The Six Stages of Lifetime Bonds
Part 3: Erikson’s Stages of Personal Development
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2 Assessment

Module 3 As Individuals 5 Parts

Part 1: Why the Past Matters
Part 2: Mind Matters
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3 Assessment

Module 4 Communication and Conflict 6 Parts

Part 1: About Arguing
Part 2: EQ
Part 3: Love Languages
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4 Assessment

Module 5 Family Lifecycle 5 Parts

Part 1: The Lifecycle of Family
Part 2: Mental Health Awareness
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment

Module 6 The Therapy Process 8 Parts

Part 1: The Six Therapy Stages
Part 2: Stage Two and Three
Part 3: Stage Four, Five and Six
Part 4: Essential Therapist Skills
Part 5: Therapy Techniques
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6 Assessment

Module 7 Psychotherapy 6 Parts

Part 1: Ethical Considerations
Part 2: Structured Approaches
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Conclusion
Module 7 Assessment

Accreditations

The Couples and Family Therapy Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

Many Centre of Excellence courses are Fully Accredited by the world’s leading professional membership association for natural medicine – The Complementary Medical Association (The CMA).

You can apply to join The CMA as a Student Member while you are still studying, and if you do so you will be eligible to use the post nominal letters SCMA after your name.

Upon graduation from a CMA Registered course you will be eligible to apply for CMA Membership and this will give you numerous professional benefits including being able to use the letters MCMA after your name – Member of The Complementary Medical Association. This will demonstrate your commitment to excellence and professionalism in the natural healthcare field.

Register with The CMA as a Student or fully qualified Practitioner via The CMA website where you will be asked to submit your certificate of graduation, and proof of insurance.

The CMA’s recommended insurers are Westminster global.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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