Instructions - Case Study Outline 1. Read the following case study and interview questions; complete the interview with a couple. Week 8 Case Study: Couple Interviews Couple Interviews Students are to

Teaching Skills to Specific Populations • Not necessarily theory -driven • Aimed at how to help families maximize their effectiveness with a specific concern, often severe mental illness • Schizophrenia as an example • Role of expressed emotion (EE) in family functioning Goldenberg/Goldenberg, Family Therapy, 8th edition © Brooks/Cole Cengage 2013 2 Psychoeducational Models:

Teaching Skills to Specific Populations • Works with Single Families or Multiple Family Groups • Medical Family Therapy • Biopsychosocial model • Family therapist -physician partnerships • Family therapist -family partnerships Goldenberg/Goldenberg, Family Therapy, 8th edition © Brooks/Cole Cengage 2013 3 Psychoeducational Models:

Teaching Skills to Specific Populations • Relationship Enhancement Programs • Premarital Education Programs • Marital Enrichment Programs (Marriage Encounter) • Research -based • Stepfamily Preparation Programs Goldenberg/Goldenberg, Family Therapy, 8th edition © Brooks/Cole Cengage 2013 4 Research on Family Assessment and Therapeutic Outcome • The Need for Research in Family Therapy Training and Practice • Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies • Couple and Family Assessment • Self -report measures • Circumplex model • Family environment scale • Observational methods • McMaster model • Beaver ’ s system model Goldenberg/Goldenberg, Family Therapy, 8th edition © Brooks/Cole Cengage 2013 5 Research on Family Assessment and Therapeutic Outcome • Family Therapy Research • Process vs. Outcome Research • Efficacy vs. Effectiveness Research • Common Factors • Evidence -Based Family Therapy