Unit INTERVENTION MODELS IN FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Course
Assessment of individual functioning in clinical and health psychology
Study-unit Code
A005960
Curriculum
Curriculum ii
Teacher
Elisa Delvecchio
Teachers
  • Elisa Delvecchio
Hours
  • 36 ore - Elisa Delvecchio
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2025
Offered
2025/26
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
M-PSI/07
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
The course aims to introduce the student to the knowledge of the main models for family-based intervention. Three different approach will be discussed: systemic-relational, attachment-based, and psychoanalytic. Basic knowledge on intervention for high conflict divorcing families is presented.
Reference texts
Clinical Handbook of Emotion-Focused Therapy, Edited by Leslie S. Greenberg and Rhonda N. Goldman (2019). Szapocznik, J., Hervis, O. (2020). Brief Strategic Family Therapy.
Educational objectives
The main aim is to provide knowledge and skills about the most representative and current debates on family-based intervention
Prerequisites
Adequate knowledge in the field of psychology and in the theoretic models of intervention (individual and family-based). If you are not a master student in psychology, please contact the professor by email before enrolling in it.
Teaching methods
The course will take place as face-to-face lessons for most of the topics
Learning verification modality
Written test with open-ended questions
Extended program
Definition of family; Basic guidelines for family intervention; Assessment of family functioning; Family-therapy models for family interventions; Attachment-based models for family interventions; Psychoanalytic models for family interventions; Psychological intervention for high conflict divorcing families
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