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Relationship Course Year I (Mt Lawley)

FAMILY and RELATIONSHIP THERAPY TRAINING COURSE TWO-YEAR PROGRAM: 2012

The William Street Family Therapy Centre provides therapy for families and couples. Apart from providing a service to the public, it also conducts Family & Relationship Therapy Training Courses for professionals already qualified in one of the following disciplines: Psychology, Social Work, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Psychiatry, Medicine, and other helping professions.

Places are now available in the two-year Training Course in Family & Relationship Therapy for 2012.  This course will commence in February 2012.  It will involve 200 hours of training (40 weeks @ 5 hours per week) in each of the two years (total of 400 hours).

RECOGNITION FOR PRIOR LEARNING

Students who have completed the first year of the WSFTC Two-Year Training Course in Family & Relationship Therapy Course (or equivalent) may be able to obtain the Certificate IV in Relationship Education qualification by gaining recognition for up to 80% of the course and attending a brief training program, if approved to do so, based on information and documentation provided.

For further information or to apply for RPL, please click here to download the RPL application document.

AIMS OF FAMILY & RELATIONSHIP THERAPY TRAINING COURSE

The course aims to provide both theoretical and practical training in Family & Relationship Therapy. The theoretical component of the course will be extensive, covering the major theoretical orientations of family therapy and couples therapy. The supervision segment will centre on 'live' supervision of families and couples in therapy, and incorporating a 'reflecting team' approach.

 

COURSE STRUCTURE

The course will be conducted on one weekday per week and will commence the week beginning 6 February 2012. There will be forty (40) sessions conducted each year, with a 4-week break in beginning 18 June 2012 and second semester resuming 23 July 2012 and ending the first week of December 2012. The course will be held on either a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday (to be confirmed with attendees) from 3:30pm-8:30pm.

 

COURSE CONTENT AND TIME REQUIREMENT

The central focus of training will be to provide trainees with a thorough theoretical foundation and practical training in Family & Relationship Therapy.  Although the theoretical component is important, a major emphasis will be on the practical application of this theory in therapy.

Areas covered in the Two-Year Course include:

• Systems Theory
• Communication Theory
• Family Therapy
• Co-therapy Relationships
• Couple Therapy
• Working with a Therapy Team
• Reflecting Team
• Systems Therapy with part of a System

The course has some flexibility in tailoring the content to the needs of trainees and their agencies.  Apart from the 5 hours per week of the course, it would be anticipated that trainees would require approximately a further three hours per week for reading, reviewing tapes, DVDs, etc., for their own preparation.

 

F&RTTC Year 1 2012

Year 1 Course includes:

• Communication Theory
• Systems Theory
• Family Life Cycle
• Understanding Family Systems
• Assessment of Families/Couples
• Therapy and Goals
• Reflecting Team Approach
• Different Schools of Family Therapy
• Couple Therapy

 

SELECTION AND ASSESSMENT

A minimum of 6 places and maximum of 10 places will be available for the course.  Preference will be given to professionals already qualified in a helping profession, and working in an agency which offers or plans to offer relationship therapy.

 

STAFF

The course will be conducted by Aldo Gurgone (B.A.; B.Psych; M.Psych.) Director; and Training Staff of the William Street Family Therapy Centre (Anne Holloway; Steve Lionello; & Rosemary Watkins).  See "Our People" (on top bar of website) for professional details.  The Training Staff have considerable experience in training and supervising family and relationship therapists.

 

ANNUAL FEES

A sliding scale of fees will apply: $3400* with 10 trainees, to $4150* (per year) with 6 trainees.  A deposit of $770 paid with confirmation of enrolment, and remainder by term payment. *plus GST (10% extra).

 

INFORMATION

To obtain further information, please contact the Centre by emailing info@wsftc.com.au or calling (08) 9227 8038.

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REGISTRATION:

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE (Payment options - Credit Card or EFT)

 

If your wish to pay by EFT, please register online and then make the deposit payment to the following account:

• Account Name: William Street Family Therapy Centre
• BSB Number: 036 045
• Account Number: 103606
• Reference: Your name and the course date