Seminar in Brief Treatment
Prerequisites: Grade of C or higher in SOWK 500, SOWK 501, SOWK 502, SOWK 503, SOWK 504 or SOWK 508, SOWK 505, and SOWK 509; P in SWII 530; or Advanced Standing Students or 5 Year Social Work Students.
This seminar builds on the student's knowledge of short-term treatment, expanding this knowledge and skill toward understanding, and the practice of brief treatment as a modality of social work intervention. It examines the essential components of brief treatment (task-centered, crisis intervention, brief psychotherapy) with individual clients.
Outcomes: Demonstrate ethical and culturally responsive professional behavior by applying social work values, self-reflection, and critical thinking to diverse brief treatment settings and client populations; Integrate and apply evidence-informed theories and research to assess client needs and formulate treatment goals within brief therapeutic frameworks such as psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and solution-focused models; Design, implement, and evaluate time-limited interventions that promote client empowerment, well-being, and measurable progress within ethical and evidence-based social work practice.
This seminar builds on the student's knowledge of short-term treatment, expanding this knowledge and skill toward understanding, and the practice of brief treatment as a modality of social work intervention. It examines the essential components of brief treatment (task-centered, crisis intervention, brief psychotherapy) with individual clients.
Outcomes: Demonstrate ethical and culturally responsive professional behavior by applying social work values, self-reflection, and critical thinking to diverse brief treatment settings and client populations; Integrate and apply evidence-informed theories and research to assess client needs and formulate treatment goals within brief therapeutic frameworks such as psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and solution-focused models; Design, implement, and evaluate time-limited interventions that promote client empowerment, well-being, and measurable progress within ethical and evidence-based social work practice.