This course provides an experiential introduction to group processing theory including exposure to a variety of therapeutic groups designed to provide support for deeper exploration of self and relationship to others. Students will participate both as facilitators and members of a variety of therapeutic groups. A number of topics will be explored throughout the course including: 1) the history of group therapy; 2) the benefits and challenges of therapeutic groups; and 3) the influences of culture, class, gender, sexuality, and age on group dynamics.

This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of clinical supervision. Topics include cultivating a working knowledge of a range of supervisory theories and their clinical applications, identifying and analyzing the ethical and legal dimensions of supervisory practice, and understanding professional and personal dynamics in supervisory situations.

Provide assessment of family and/or child functioning and needs. Provide time limited interventions with a standard length of service appropriate to each program model Plans for timely resolution of the presenting problems or crises within the projected timeframe Develop and implement a counselling, support and intervention plan in collaboration with the family and their ICM team Provide counselling, support and intervention services in the family home or in the community, as appropriate. Work in a collaborative form with MCFD to serve in the best interest of the ChildTo work collaboratively as a team with management, team leaders and other WFRS Peers in delivery of services according to the agency mission and values. To work collaboratively as a team with supervisor and peers in delivery of specific service goals according to the agency mission and values.

· Adaptability -Advising people-Analyzing problems-Collaborating ideas-Conducting interviews-Conflict resolution-Counseling people-Critical thinking skills-Defining problems-Determination-Diplomacy skills-Effective listening skills-Encouraging people-Ethics-Identifying problems-Interacting with various people-Interpersonal communication skills-Knowledge of concepts and principles-Listening to people-Mediating between people-Motivating others-Patience-Problem solving skills-Proposing ideas-Quick learning skills-Recruiting-Relating to others-Reliability-Responsibility-Self-motivated-Strategic thinking-Taking inititiave-Taking personal responsibility-Teamwork skills-Thinking logicall

- Educational Psychology and Learning Problems (60 hours/semester)Discipline - Psychoanalysis and its Clinic (30 hours /semester)Dissertation Advisor: “The fundamentals of guilt in the psychoanalytic context.” (approved) 2012“Psychic reality - truth or lie? The subject’s reality in the therapeutic process in Freud.” (approved)