SPP216 Work with Client in Marital Counseling

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Tomáš Novák (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Kotolová, DiS. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 18:00–19:30 U53
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will be introduced to questions of marital counseling. On basis of analysis of real casuistries students learn basis of lay as well as professional counseling in different areas of marital counseling. The first part of each lesson is focused on actual problems of real clients (the personal details are changed). In the other part letters from clients are discussed (the personal details are changed, too).
The goal of the course is to learn the style and thinking of marital counselor and principles of interventions.
Syllabus
  • Content (12 lectures)
  • 1st and 2nd lesson: Basis of lay counseling. The difference between lay and professional counseling.
  • 3rd to 5th lesson: Basic problems of premarital coexistence – adaptation, myths about marriage, harmonizing of expectations, unwritten partnership agreement, types of love.
  • 6th to 10th lesson: Marital conflict – infidelity, jealousy, interventions of other people, harmonizing of two careers, alcohol, problems of childless families and alternative family care.
  • 11th and 12th lesson: Pre-divorce and divorce problems, the outcome of the divorce to children, Parental Alienation Syndrome.
Literature
  • NOVÁK, Tomáš and Hana DRINOCKÁ. Partnerské a rodinné poradenství : práce s klienty. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2006, 198 s. ISBN 8024715260. URL info
  • GABRIEL, Zbyněk and Tomáš NOVÁK. Psychologické poradenství v náhradní rodinné péči. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2008, 144 s. ISBN 9788024717883. URL info
  • HARGAŠOVÁ, Marta and Tomáš NOVÁK. Předmanželské poradenství. 1st ed. Praha: Grada, 2007, 144 pp. ISBN 9788024717302. info
  • KRATOCHVÍL, Stanislav. Manželská terapie. 4., rozš. vyd., V nakl. Por. Praha: Portál, 2005, 255 s. ISBN 8073670488. info
  • NOVÁK, Tomáš. Manželské a rodinné poradenství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2006, 108 s. ISBN 8024713160. URL info
  • NOVÁK, Tomáš and Bohumila PRŮCHOVÁ. Předrozvodové a rozvodové poradenství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2007, 144 s. ISBN 9788024714493. URL info
Teaching methods
Group discussion with role playing, “Balint group” application to selected problem
Assessment methods
Student is writing paper which is discussed with a teacher at the end of the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2013, recent)
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