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Golden Gate University offers degree and certificate programs at three teaching centers and online.

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NUMBER COURSE TITLE

PSYCH 335

Special Issues in the Treatment of Families

2 Unit(s)

Equips students with the knowledge and therapeutic tools necessary to work with families encountering special treatment issues including: substance abuse; immigration; illness; end of life and grief; and financial stress and homelessness. Students will also learn how to work with families who have a unique structure or are undergoing change such as same sex relationships; divorce; single and step-parenting; and adoption. Students will be provided with a theoretical foundation while learning to execute practical therapeutic approaches required when working with a variety of special situations. Prerequisite: PSYCH 325.

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