FI4T001 - Using Systemic Practice in the Work Setting 01 Sep 2017 - 31 Aug 2022 | Version 3

Associated Module Information

Module Code: FI4T001
Module Title: Using Systemic Practice in the Work Setting
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Psychology and Therapeutic Studies
Faculty Sub Group: Therapeutic Studies
Module Leader:
Module Team:
First Intended Intake: SEP 2016 Final Year of Intake: 2012
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 60 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100495 - counselling
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 3
Valid From 01 Sep 2017
Valid To 31 Aug 2022

Module Aims

To offer learning contexts in which participants can critically analyse practice of systemic therapeutic approaches (theoretical bases), methods (applications) and techniques (specific skills).

To enhance participants’ work with families, couples, and individuals and critique practices within their agency and professional context.

To promote reflective practice and thereby enhance participants’ ability to appraise their practice within the perspectives of teamwork, multi-disciplinary professional networks, different family contexts (race, culture, socio-economic, gender, contemporary socio-political, health, disability, sexual orientation, diversity of family and kinship organisations) and the self of the practitioner.

To facilitate the development of consultative processes in relation to systemic practice.

Content Summary

This module is designed to develop further skills, knowledge and critical analysis of systemic practice with families, couples, individual adults and children in the context of wider social and professional systems. The course content will provide opportunity for development of reflective practice encompassing theoretical grounding, skills development through experiential exercises, video/audio supervision, and observation by participants of live clinical work. The module will also contribute towards the enrichment of multi-disciplinary dissemination of knowledge and practice through participants from a range of professional backgrounds bringing expertise from their own contexts to the learning on the module.

This module also supports fulfilment of the second year of psychotherapy training as required by the professional body (UKCP) and is a prerequisite for eligibility to apply for the MSc in Systemic Psychotherapy which forms years 3 and 4 of a Psychotherapy qualification.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 10
Seminar 15
Tutorial 15
Demonstration 7
Practical classes and workshops 20
Independent Study 318
Directed Study 15
Formative Assessment - Independent 200
Total Hours Selected 600

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Demonstrate through critical debate understanding of the theoretical bases underpinning Systemic Practice applied to Family Therapy.
LO2 Demonstrate ability to utilise reflective processes in convening, interviewing and analysing a therapeutic session according to the needs of family members and the family as a whole.
LO3 Analyse and apply research evidence to support changes in systemic practice within work based contexts.
LO4 Critically debate issues of power and difference considering the relevant legal and ethical implications of systemic interventions within practice contexts.
LO5 Demonstrate ability to critique culturally based assumptions in the interests of promoting sound ethical and anti-discriminatory practice.
LO6 Demonstrate ability to reflect on their own personal development processes and ability to utilise these in practice.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Written Assignment (CW) Critique 1 Critical Analysis of manualised Therapy. Critique a manualised approach of their choice demonstrating knowledge of its application in practice LO 3 0 3600 40 No 40
Written Assignment (CW) Practical Written Work 3 Intercultural Project LO 5 (Pass/Fail) 0 3000 0 No 40
Written Assignment (CW) Practical Written Work 2 Session Analyses LO 2 (Pass/Fail) 0 1000 0 No 40
Portfolio Portfolio 1 Formative: Completion of a reflective journal including - Personal Genogram (LO 6) and Skills Profile (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6). Portfolio to consist of the collection of all summative assessments and formative assessments 0 N/A 0 No 40
Written Assignment (CW) Practical Written Work 1 Agency Project. Reflect on the systemic organisation of their agency and the potential impact of implementing a new practice in the organisation. LO 4 (Pass/Fail) 0 5400 0 No 40
Written Assignment (CW) Essay (CW) 1 Essay on a choice of key concepts in systemic theory relating these to practice. Describe and compare these concepts in the context of relevant literature reviewed. LO 1 0 5000 60 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6
Critique 1
Practical Written Work 3
Practical Written Work 2
Portfolio 1
Practical Written Work 1
Essay (CW) 1

Reading List

Dickerson V 2014 The Advance of Poststructuralism and its Influence on Family Therapy Family Process 53(3) pp401-414

Jacobs S, Kissil K, Scott D & Davey M (2010) Creating Synergy in Practice: Promoting Complementarity between Evidence-Based and Postmodern Approaches. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 36(2) pp185-196

Scott Frazer J, Solovey A, Grove D, Yee Lee M, Gilbert G 2012 Intergative Families and Systems Treatment: A Middle Path towards Integrating Common and Specific Factors in Evidence Based Family Therapy Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 38:3 515 -528

Woolfenden S R, Williams K, & Peat J K 2002 Family and parenting interventions for conduct disorder and delinquency: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials Arch Dis Child 86: 251-256

Andolfi M 1994 Please Help Me with this Family : Using Consultants as Resources in Family Therapy London:Routledge

Campbell D & Draper R 1985 Applications of Systemic Family Therapy London: Grune & Stratton

Cecchin G, Lane, G. and Ray W 1994 The Cybernetics of Prejudices in the Practice of Psychotherapy London : Karnac Publishers.

Dattilio F 2001 Case Studies in Couple Family Therapy New York:Guilford Press.

Dickerson, V.C. (2010). Positioning oneself within an epistemology: Refining our thinking about integrative approaches. Family Process, 49, 349-368.

DoH 2003 Women’s Mental Health Strategy London:DoH

Everett C A & Lee R E 2003 The Integrative Family Therapy Supervisor. London:Brunner- Routledge

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Jenkins A. 1990 Invitations to Responsibility: The Therapeutic Engagement of Men Who Are Violent and Abuse. London: Karnac Publishers.

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Watzlawick, P., Weakland, J.H. and Fisch, R. 1974 Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution. New York: W.W. Norton.

Wilson, J. 1998 Child Focused Practice. Karnac: London

Journals:

American Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

Family Process

Journal of Family Therapy

Journal of Systemic Therapies