Abstract: . . .  Medical Family Therapy (3) Examines the emerging field and practice of medical family therapy. Emphasizes a medical perspective using a biopsychosocial model of health and illness. Students will learn methods and techniques to assess and intervene with psychosocial problems experienced by patients and families around health issues. Students will also become familiar with the operating constructs of medical culture and how to develop an on-site, successful collaborative relationship with medical practioners. Class open to marriage and family therapy and medical family therapy majors. MDFT 6645 Beliefs, Spirituality, and Health (3) Explores the impact of individual, family and cultural beliefs/meanings on the illness experience. Examines family concerns regarding treatment, suffering, healing and death. Gives particular focus to eliciting patient/family/cultural beliefs around internal resources and faith practices, as well as external resources such as family, church and community. Reviews how to work with family belief systems and construct healing beliefs and behaviors, how to negotiate with other treatment providers and/or family who have conflicting beliefs, and how to strengthen a culturally sensitive provider/patient/family relationship. Course equivalents: CEU 2011 and MFT 6645. Class open to marriage and family therapy and medical family therapy majors. MDFT 6646 Applied Medical Family Therapy (3) Prerequisites: MDFT/MFT 6630 and MDFT/MFT 6640. Builds on the theoretical and clinical knowledge of MFT 6640, Medical Family Therapy. Focuses on developing a broad knowledge base of the biopsychosocial and spiritual implications of common chronic illnesses. Examines the biological (etiology, diagnosis and treatment), pharmacological, emotional, relational and spiritual effects of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, infertility, lung disease and . . .
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