SOCW 660 - Clinical Practice with Groups

Credits: 3

This group course will focus on the development of therapeutic groups in social work practice. In particular it is about working with people in small groups in a way that is therapeutic, growth producing, and life enhancing. It teaches social work practitioners how to do clinical social work with groups, how to integrate small-groups theory and how to apply therapeutic group principles. The brief focal group therapy model is introduced and applied to various client populations such as those dealing with spouse abuse, incest, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and addictions. Prerequisite(s): admission to the MSW program and second year or advanced-standing status. Term(s) Offered (F=Fall, Sp=Spring, Su=Summer): F, Su.

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