Psychotherapy with Adults
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, Advanced Standing Online Students, or 5 Year Social Work Students.
This practice course focuses on the content and processes of psychotherapy and the strategic use of therapeutic communications with adults. The focus will include psychotherapy informed by psychodynamic and developmental frameworks.
Outcomes: Demonstrate and apply ethical, reflective, and culturally responsive professional behavior by integrating social work values and anti-oppressive principles into psychotherapy with diverse adult populations; Analyze and evaluate the impact of systemic inequities, intersectionality, and human rights concerns on adult mental health to develop psychotherapeutic approaches that promote social, racial, and economic justice; Design, implement, and assess evidence-informed psychotherapeutic interventions that enhance client well-being and strengthen therapeutic relationships through engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation processes.
This practice course focuses on the content and processes of psychotherapy and the strategic use of therapeutic communications with adults. The focus will include psychotherapy informed by psychodynamic and developmental frameworks.
Outcomes: Demonstrate and apply ethical, reflective, and culturally responsive professional behavior by integrating social work values and anti-oppressive principles into psychotherapy with diverse adult populations; Analyze and evaluate the impact of systemic inequities, intersectionality, and human rights concerns on adult mental health to develop psychotherapeutic approaches that promote social, racial, and economic justice; Design, implement, and assess evidence-informed psychotherapeutic interventions that enhance client well-being and strengthen therapeutic relationships through engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation processes.