PRPress Online Courses

*This selection is for the Final Exam only. Access to the book, Innovations in Clinical Practice: Focus on Groups, Couples, & Family Therapy, is required to complete the exam. If you already have access to the book, click the "Buy" button above to continue. To purchase the complete Online Course, which includes a PDF of the book, click here.

This program examines assessment and intervention techniques when more than one person is therapeutically involved. Topics covered include: treating antisocial youth and families; group treatment for children and adolescents with eating disorders; using emotionally focused family therapy; group treatment with older adults; techniques for preventing relapse in couples therapy; providing solution-focused premarital counseling; conducting multiple family group treatment for persons with schizophrenia; using narrative family therapy; treating family, groups, and individuals in cases of neurological impairment; conducting group therapy in private practice; organizing groups for disaster preparedness and response; using the Suicidal Adult Assessment Protocol (SAAP); group treatment of addiction using a cultural transformation approach; group counseling with African American college women.

18 CE credits/hours, 180 questions

Target Audience

Psychologists | School Psychologists | Marriage & Family Therapists | Mental Health Counselors | Social Workers

Learning Level

Intermediate

Learning Objectives

• Describe a suicidal assessment protocol for adults.
• List specific types of group therapy, including 

                -  group treatments for children and adolescents with eating disorders,

                -  group therapy with older adults,

                -  multiple family group treatment for persons with schizophrenia,

                -  conducting group therapy in private practice,

                -  disaster preparedness and response groups, 

                -  group treatment of addictions, and

                -  group counseling with African-American women.

• Explain specific approaches to family therapy, including

                -  treatment of antisocial youth and families, 

                -  emotionally focused family therapy, 

                -  narrative family therapy, and 

                -  family treatment for persons with neurological impairments.

• Name specific types of couples counseling, including

                -  relapse prevention in couples therapy,

                -  solution-focused premarital counseling, and

                -  marital distress prevention programs.