Foundational Concepts and Models of Family Therapy

Dr. Watters is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in FL and DE and has been the Director of Curriculum Development and Professor at Northcentral and then National University since 2012. She holds a PhD in MFT from Nova Southeastern University and a master's degree in Instructional Design from Northcentral University. Dr. Adamson is a licensed MFT and has been a practicing Marriage and Family Therapist since 1987 and a Professor since 1989. He has been with Northcentral and then National University since 2010, currently serving as the Associate Dean for the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He holds a Master's and PhD degree in MFT from Brigham Young University and is licensed as an MFT in Utah.

1. Introduction: Systems Theory in the Context of Family Therapy Part I- Foundational Concepts of Family Therapy 2. Using Theory in the Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy 3. History of Family Therapy 4. Building Blocks to Conceptualizing Family: A Family System's Perspective 5. Postmodernism and Social Constructionism: Foundational Concepts 6. The Core Process of Therapy: Planning Therapy Guided by Theory 7. Clinical Practice: Preparing for Day 1 Part II- Modern or Classic Models of Family Therapy 8. Milan Systemic Family Therapy 9. Structural Family Therapy 10. Strategic Family Therapy 11. Experiential Family Therapy 12. Bowen Family Systems Theory 13. Emotionally-Focused Family Therapy 14. Gottman Method Couple's Therapy 15. Contextual Therapy 16. Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy 17. Psychoanalytic Family Therapy Part III: Postmodern Models of Family Therapy 18. Postmodernism and Social Constructionism in Family Therapy 19. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy 20. Narrative Family Therapy 21. Collaborative Language Systems Therapy