PSA_049 Marital and Family Counselling

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Marta Pšikalová (lecturer), PhDr. Pavel Humpolíček, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 7:30–9:05 C33
Prerequisites
PSA_0SZ Comprehensive Examination
Student will recognize a specific area of psychological counselling that aims to solve problems of partnership, marriage and family. Lectures provide insight into therapeutic approaches and trends applicable in this field of applied psychology.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Objective of the course:
Student will recognize a specific area of psychological counselling that aims to solve problems of partnership, marriage and family. Lectures provide insight into therapeutic approaches and trends applicable in this field of applied psychology.
Basic problem types handled at marriage counselling centre:
- partnership crisis and crisis of a married couple – acute and chronic
- family issues – endangerment of basic family functions, relationship destruction
- life traumas – break-up in marriage or relationshop, passing of a close person, loss of employment, loneliness, severe illness
- psychic and physical violence in a relationship or inside family, against children or seniors or disabled ones
- addictions with respect to family or partnership relations – patological emotional addiction, workoholism, drug and alcohol addiction
- premarital, divorce and postdivorce relationship
- looking in your own mirror – question of self valuation, self-esteem, knowing yourself , handling stress situations, failures in life, accepting changes, searching for the meaning of life
- families with foster children
Standard approaches:
- targeted short-term guidance in family and marriage counselling
- long-term systematic work on restructuring relationships inside family or marriage
- psychological crisis intervention
- over the phone intervention and information
- social skills training (changing communication style, assertive approach)
- routing clients to other professionals (legal advisory, psychiatric ambulance, other health-care centres, children protection institution, etc.)
Goals of a counselling process:
- relative stabilization and harmonization of a clients personality
- relative stabilization and harmonization of relationship of a pair of clients, if intention of both partners permits it
- relative stabilization and harmonization of family relations with respect to optimal working family system (in case of incompatible interests of family members, the interest of child(-ren) is preferred)
Syllabus
  • Schedule:
  • - Concept of marriage counselling and therapy
  • - Problems and ways of their solution
  • - Working with one of the partners
  • - Working with pairs
  • - Group therapy
  • - Constructive communication training
  • - Divorce therapy
  • - Specific therapy methods (anchoring, body technique)
  • - Relaxation techniques application
  • - Home violence
  • - Burn-out syndrome protection
  • - Continual education for counsellors and therapists
Literature
  • Kopřiva, K.: Lidský vztah jako součást profese, Praha 1997, Portál
  • Weber, R.: Páry v psychoterapii, Praha 2007, Portál
  • Vybíral, Zb.: Psychoterapie, psychoterapeutické poradenství a poradenství (hledání podobností), Konfrontace roč. 11 (2000), č. 2, str. 83 – 86
  • Klimeš, J.: Partneři a rozchody, Praha 2005, Portál
  • Freemanová, D.R.: Manželská kríza, Martin 1992, Osvěta
  • Gjuričová, Š., Kubička, J.: Rodinná terapie, Praha 2003, Grada
  • Satirová, V.: Kniha o rodině, Praha 1994
  • Novák, T.: Manželské a rodinné poradenství, Praha 2006, Grada
  • Knop, J.: Psychoterapie a poradenství, Konfrontace roč. 12 (2001), č. 2, str. 83 – 85
  • Křivohlavý, J.: Jak si navzájem lépe porozumět, Praha 1988, Svoboda
  • Weber, R.: Páry v psychoterapii, Praha 2007, Portál
Teaching methods
Teaching methods:
Lectures.
Casuistry.
Technique demonstration.
Assessment methods
Evaluation:

A written test.
An essay on one of three presented topics.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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