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Place: Instituto Alicantino de la Familia "Dr. Pedro Herrero" de la Diputación de Alicante
Promoting unit: Health Psychology
Field of knowledge: Health Sciences
Institution:
Registration fee:
Pre-enrollment: 07/05/18 a 22/11/18
Registration: 07/05/18 a 22/11/18
Duration: 16/10/18 a 19/06/20
ECTS credits: 60
Hours: 600
Description
Academic goals
- For individuals, the family constitutes the first socialization institution. Norms, values, behavior, and types of relationships are formed within the family nucleus and passed on to surrounding social contexts.
Today, the variety of family structures is extensive, and families are also subjected to the appearance of new social phenomena that influence their stability and well-being. Violence in various forms, high divorce rates, school truancy, poor employment prospects for new generations, etc., are all phenomena that shape a complex panorama.
Family intervention and therapy take as a paradigm, without undermining other explanatory models, a systemic and relational theoretical framework where the family is in continuous evolution and interrelation with its surroundings.
From this holistic perspective, the family becomes an adaptive and complex system upon which it can act as a treatment unit in both relationships between individuals as well as in dysfunctional patterns that occur within it.
Sociologists, such as Guiddens and Castell, proclaimed that 21st century society would be characterized by constant and abrupt social changes occurring within very short periods, and that the family would be the first to reflect that situation.
Within this scenario of evident uncertainty, professionals in the social and health fields, and all those who work either directly or indirectly with families, should be properly prepared to intervene with the priority of improving families' capabilities, and striving to diminish suffering by their members.
Offering this Master's in Family Intervention and Therapy responds to a growing demand for professionals who need advanced training to address family problems from their different fields of action (health, social, education, etc.), fostering the acquisition of tools and expertise to facilitate preventive, psychoeducational, psychosocial, and therapeutic interventions.
This program, whose degree is conferred by the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, was designed jointly by the Instituto Alicantino de la Familia (an autonomous organization of the Diputación de Alicante dedicated to the practice of family therapy) and Dictia Valencia, S.L. (a teaching institution accredited by the Spanish Federation of Family Therapy Associations, or FEATF, and a founding member of the Chamber of Schools of the European Family Therapy Association, or EFTA). The prestige of both organizations in the area of training on family interventions from the systemic-relational approach is renowned and vast, with more than 20 years of teaching experience.
Furthermore, the accreditation of the training program by the FEATF has been submitted for processing (as an advanced program on family therapy and supervision module) so that once it is obtained, students who fulfill its accreditation requirements may, once their training is complete, request from the FEATF the accredited title of "Family Therapist" as well as the recognition for the hours of supervision (130 hours from the Master's, plus those from the Specialist) and those of those of the personal work (60 hours of FOT, The Family of Origin of the Therapist, plus those from the Specialist).
Coordinator
- 1. Acquire advanced knowledge on:
- The family as a system, its operation, types, and difficulties.
- Fluid management of the various intervention and family therapy techniques.
- Knowledge about the intervention characteristics depending upon the professional contexts where one works.
- Psychopathological clinical training, its effects on the family, and family factors that facilitate it.
- Constructing the personal style of the therapist, management of the personal difficulties for intervening, and developing the ability to request supervision.
- Research techniques on the systemic model.
2. Acquire abilities to:
- Handle accommodation and challenge techniques in family intervention in a versatile manner.
- Develop and implement intervention strategies in different situations and family difficulties, both due to their structure and the psychopathology they present.
- Conduct qualitative and/or quantitative research.
Curriculum
Educational structure
The Master's in Family Intervention and Therapy is offered in a theoretical (lecture) and practical format. Its workload is 600 hours, of which 258 are theoretical and 342 are practical.
Program training is given over two academic years (2018/19 and 2019/20), and it is divided into two modules (Theoretical and Practical), whose contents are broken down as follows:
THEORETICAL MODULE - 1st YEAR
Course 1. Individual and Family Intervention in Non-Clinical Contexts
Course 2. Family Intervention in Situations of Violence and Abuse
Course 3. Family Therapy in Psychopathological Disorders I
Course 4. Beyond the Family: Groups and Networks
Course 5. Other Schools and Models in Family Therapy
Course 6. Other Families
Course 7. The Family of Origin of the Therapist I (FOT)
Course 8. Text Review I
PRACTICAL MODULE - 1st YEAR
- Supervision of family therapy cases (by supervisors-educators accredited by the FEATF).
- Preparing and observing family therapy cases.
- Attendance at seminars.
- Competencies and personal skills of a family therapist.
- Personal work.
THEORETICAL MODULE - 2nd YEAR
Course 1. Family Therapy in Psychopathological Disorders II
Course 2. Active and Creative Techniques in Family Therapy
Course 3. Couples Therapy
Course 4. Assessment and Research Work (Final Master's Project)
Course 5. The Family of Origin of the Therapist II (FOT)
PRACTICAL MODULE - 2nd YEAR
- Supervision of family therapy cases (by supervisors-educators accredited by the FEATF).
- Preparing and observing family therapy cases.
- Attendance at seminars.
- Competencies and personal skills of a family therapist.
- Personal work.
Facilities and schedule
This program is comprised of two groups of students: one at the Alicante venue (Instituto Alicantino de la Familia) and the other in Valencia (Dictia).
ALICANTE VENUE
This program is given at the Dr. Pedro Herrero installations of the Instituto Alicantino de la Familia, at this address: Calle Ramon de Campoamor 25, Sant Joan d'Alacant
The center is equipped with facilities for carrying out training and care activities, including:
- Conference room with a capacity for 100 persons with closed circuit television for observing live therapy sessions (with faculty authorization) and a booth for simultaneous translation.
- Training room for 30-40 persons equipped with that necessary for observing therapy cases.
- Two therapy rooms with one-way mirrors, sound and recording equipment, as well as space for monitoring and studying cases.
Alicante venue dates
First year: The program starts in mid-October 2018 and concludes in June 2019.
Second year: The program starts in mid-October 2019 and concludes in June 2020.
Class lectures are given on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4 - 8 p.m.
Practical sessions are given during morning hours.
This program is susceptible to changes if so required.
VALENCIA VENUE
The program is given on the Dictia premises in Valencia, at C/ Pinzón nº 10. The center is equipped with two classrooms, a therapy room, a room for observing sessions, video and audio recording-reproduction equipment, video projector, and one-way mirror, within which family therapy and intervention sessions are held daily. The classrooms hold 16 and 20 students.
Valencia venue dates
First year: The program starts in mid-October 2018 and concludes in July 2019.
Second year: The program starts in mid-October 2019 and concludes in July 2020.
Class lectures are given on Fridays from 5 - 10 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Practical sessions are held throughout the academic year.
This program is susceptible to changes if so required.
Grading procedure
Grading for the knowledge and skills acquired by the students is carried out in itinere by various means (theoretical exams, case presentations, presentation of research work, participation with and contributions to the group, attendance, etc.).
The theoretical exams given after each course consist in students taking and being graded on a theoretical and/or practical exam on the contents presented in each course.
Grades are given numerically from 0 to 10, and to pass, students must earn a minimum grade of 5. The exams are graded by the instructor/s responsible for each course.
The program's final grade is determined by calculating the averages from all the exams, submitted work, and other personal evaluations. To pass the program, students must attend a minimum 80% of the course hours (the total of which is 600 hours).
Faculty
| Name | Coordinator |
|---|
| GARBERI PEDROS, RAFAEL | ■ |
| QUILES MARCOS, YOLANDA | ■ |
| BOU PIQUER, JOSÉ JAVIER | |
| CALVO FERNANDEZ, AGUSTIN | |
| CARRILERO AROCA, MARIA INMACULADA | |
| CASTELLO ALBEROLA, VERONICA | |
| DIEZ VALERO, ALICIA | |
| FERRE MARTINEZ-PINNA, LAURA | |
| FLOREZ MENENDEZ, MANUEL B. | |
| GALATSOPOULOU -, ELENI | |
| GARAY REYES, MARIA INMACULADA | |
| GARCÍA CERDÁ, LUIS | |
| LEON ZARCEÑO, EVA MARIA | |
| LÓPEZ PARÍS, MARÍA ANTONIA | |
| MARTINEZ AMORES, BEGOÑA | |
| MARTINEZ PASTOR, MARÍA LUISA | |
| ORTEGA RUIZ, ROSA MARIA | |
| RAMÍREZ GARCÍA, JOSÉ EMILIANO | |
| RODRIGUEZ FERNANDEZ, LUIS | |
| ROMERO ESCOBAR, HELENA | |
| ROMERO ESCOBAR, SONIA | |
| ROS PALLARÉS, INMACULADA | |
| SAINZ GONZALEZ, JUAN IGNACIO | |
| SANTANA PAREDES, RAQUEL ASCENSIÓN | |
| SÁNCHEZ SÁNCHEZ, FUENSANTA | |
Access requirements
Applicants need to have completed the University Specialist in Family Intervention and Therapy program offered at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche that consists of 300 theoretical and practical hours, the basic training program on Family Therapy at an institution that is accredited by the FEATF (minimum of 200 theoretical and practical hours), or other equivalent training on family therapy (each case examined individually).
Previous training in family therapy, professional experience, and personal therapy are of value in the admissions process.
PROGRAM ADMISSIONS SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Admissions is based strictly on the order that applicants pre-register and following a personal interview that is given at the program venue that each student chooses:
Alicante venue
Instituto de la Familia Dr. Pedro Herrero
Diputación de Alicante
Calle Ramón de Campoamor, 25
Sant Joan d'Alacant - Alicante
Valencia venue
DICTIA Valencia
Calle Pinzón, 10-3º-6ª
Valencia