Workshop

Introduction to Family Therapy

Description

This workshop covers the basic concepts and practice of psychotherapy from a family systems perspective and explores the clinical implications of shifting from an individual to a family-relational framework. Topics include: engaging the family; understanding the organization of the family system and its relevance to presenting problems; formulating a systemic hypothesis; understanding individual behavior in a family context; the collaborative stance of the family therapist; and the importance of the socio-cultural context to family life. The workshop’s interactive format will provide opportunities for active participation. Content will be explored through conceptual presentation and discussion, exercises, role-play and videotaped examples of the application of family therapy concepts and techniques.
 
Faculty: Michael Davidovits, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., is Assistant Director of the Project for Adolescents and their Families and Teaching Faculty at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. He also teaches in the Marriage and Family Therapy program at Mercy College, supervises in the Family Medicine Residency Program at the Columbia University School of Medicine, and lectures and consults to agencies that serve at-risk youth throughout the Metropolitan New York area. He maintains a private practice in New York City.
 
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuition: $128
CE Credits: 5