Master of Family and Systemic Therapy

Australian Catholic University - MacKillop Campus

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In Melborne (Australia)

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Melborne (Australia)

  • Duration

    4 Days

  • Start date

    Different dates available

In Australia today, Government funding policy is increasingly focusing on including the family and responding to research findings indicating that for a broad range of health, mental health and social problems, the most effective and enduring interventions and treatments are informed by family and systemic therapy.

Many funded programs now require that family engagement, support and family focused treatments are a part of the practice of social workers, psychiatrists, nurses, clinical psychologists, school counsellors, counsellors, family doctors, youth workers, pastors, paediatricians and others.

Systemic theory proposes that all systems (and subsystems) are deeply interconnected and interdependent, and profoundly influencing each other simultaneously.

Demand currently outstrips supply of specialist training in Family and Systemic Therapy. ACU’s Master of Family and Systemic Therapy is one of only three accredited Masters qualifications in Family Therapy in Australia.

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Location

Start date

Melborne (Australia)
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About this course

Helping professionals including Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Community Work, and Youth Work, child, adolescent and adult psychiatry, paediatrics, general practice - particularly in areas of management of childhood chronic illness, geriatrics, and aged care, complex pain management and health/mental health presentation and conditions with comorbidities are all better able to assist families when they have comprehensive education in family and systemic therapy.

The Master of Family and Systemic Therapy will enable practitioners to develop knowledge and skills to the level that best supports the family work in their practice.

Knowledge of and skills in systemic approaches are also applicable for helping professionals in working in systems such as organisations and teams.

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have:

a Bachelor degree in health or related helping discipline;
or
a Graduate Certificate in Family and Systemic Therapy
or
a Graduate Diploma in Family and Systemic Therapy
and
a minimum of 2 years’ experience in counselling, therapy or clinical work with individuals or families;
and
been selected for study through an interview process.

The Master of Family and Systemic Therapy is accredited by the AAFT – The Australian Association of Family Therapy.

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Subjects

  • Therapy
  • Systemic therapy
  • Family
  • Psychology
  • Social Work
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Community Work
  • Youth Work
  • Child
  • Adolescent
  • Adult psychiatry

Course programme

Course structure

This Master of Family and Systemic Therapy is a nested postgraduate degree program:

  • Year 1: Graduate Certificate in Family and Systemic Therapy
  • Year 2: Graduate Diploma in Family and Systemic Therapy
  • Year 3: Master of Family and Systemic Therapy.

Students apply to study the Master of Family and Systemic Therapy and can exit at the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma level.

Graduate Certificate in Family and Systemic Therapy

The aim of the Graduate Certificate in Family and Systemic Therapy is to extend the professional knowledge and skills of helping professionals with specialised knowledge and skills in Family and Systemic therapy to be able to better deliver family focussed, family inclusive, family therapy services to clients within their area of practice. Graduates will be eligible for associate membership of the Australian Association of Family Therapy.

Graduate Diploma in Family and Systemic Therapy

The aim of the Graduate Diploma in Family and Systemic Therapy is to further extend the professional knowledge and skills of helping professionals with advanced specialised knowledge and skills in Family and Systemic therapy to be able to conduct comprehensive family assessment, generate systemic conceptualisations and formulations, plan a course of treatment and effectively deliver family therapy for a range of family issues. Graduates will be eligible for associate membership of the Australian Association of Family Therapy.

Master of Family and Systemic Therapy

The aim of the Master of Family and Systemic Therapy is to advance the professional knowledge, skills of helping professionals to become Family Systemic Therapy practitioner-researchers, able to research their own practice, refining how best to conceptualise, formulate and plan sequences of interventions and treatment which allows a diverse range of families to change and free themselves from complex current and/or multi-generational patterns of interaction emerging from social and emotional vulnerabilities and disadvantages. Graduates will be eligible for clinical membership of the Australian Association of Family Therapy and eligible to join the PACFA Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists.

Additional information

Fees are $2,950 per unit for units commencing in 2020.
A Student Services Fee of $45 per semester is also payable per participant, and textbooks may need to be purchased for each unit.

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Master of Family and Systemic Therapy

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