Family Psychology

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
1 Analysis of modern research on family systems and regularities therein. 2. Creating a genogram, relationship characteristics, received inheritance. Analysis of important stories of generations, patterns, communication models and roles. 3 Essay: Me and my family. Tasks for the essay: To create a family genealogy of one’s origin, to analyse the regularities seen there in the context of one’s personal development history.

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Study analysis	30.00% from total grade	10 points
Analysis of modern studies on family systems and legal relationships – 30%
2. Family genealogical tree	30.00% from total grade	10 points
Genogram creation, relationship characteristics, inheritance received. Analysis of generational important stories, mustaches, communication models and roles. To develop the essay “me and My family”: Create a family pedigree of your origins, analyze the legalities seen there in the context of your personal development history
3. Examination	40.00% from total grade	10 points
A written exam on family psychology topics – 40%

Subject, theories, directions and research of family psychology.

Psychoanalytic family theories: 1. Classical psychoanalysis on family relationships, psychodynamic theory. Description Representatives of psychoanalytical theory Z. Freud, N. Ackermann, etc. Impact of unconscious processes on life scenarios and partner choice. Working techniques and techniques applied (interpretation, confrontation, dream analysis, etc.)

Psychoanalytic family theories: 2. Attachment theories and object relations theories. Description Attachment theory - D. Boulby, M. Ainsworth, et al. Secure attachment, unsafe attachment to the foundants of the theory of Environmental Relations - M. Klein, D.V. Vinicott, etc. The importance of early relationships in personality development.

Theories of family systems, concepts of a therapy based on family theory. Description Description of systemic therapeutic models: classical models, narcotic approaches. Structural family therapy, multigenerational (transgenerational) model, etc.

Satisfaction with relationships for couples with and without children.

Romantic love, its role in relationships and family formation.

Family as a system, aspects of creating a genogram. Genogram – a visual and schematic representation of the family, in this case, in four generations, which helps to reveal the types of family relationships, patterns, communication models, roles, family atmosphere between different subsystems, important family stories and secrets.

Family as a system, aspects of creating a genogram. Genogram – a visual and schematic representation of the family, in this case, in four generations, which helps to reveal the types of family relationships, patterns, communication models, roles, family atmosphere between different subsystems, important family stories and secrets.

Dynamics of couple relations: theory and research.

Me and my family. Group discussion.

Conflicts, their resolution, mediation, new relationships, blended families. Description Conflict resolution models. The role of conflicts in the family context. Mediation with family

Conflicts, their resolution, mediation, new relationships, blended families. Description Conflict resolution models. The role of conflicts in the family context. Mediation with family

Aspects of family counselling. Description Choose an advisory model. The skills and knowledge required by the advisor.

Aspects of family counselling. Description Choose an advisory model. The skills and knowledge required by the advisor.

Written exam Description Answers to questions about family relationships and types of structure, dynamics of couples’ relationships, family functionality and dysfunctionality, types of relationships, signs of an emotionally healthy and unhealthy family, options for resolving conflicts within the family, etc. courses

Subject, theories, directions and research of family psychology.

Psychoanalytic family theories: 1. Classical psychoanalysis on family relationships, psychodynamic theory. Description Representatives of psychoanalytical theory Z. Freud, N. Ackermann, etc. Impact of unconscious processes on life scenarios and partner choice. Working techniques and techniques applied (interpretation, confrontation, dream analysis, etc.)

Psychoanalytic family theories: 2. Attachment theories and object relations theories. Description Attachment theory - D. Boulby, M. Ainsworth, et al. Secure attachment, unsafe attachment to the foundants of the theory of Environmental Relations - M. Klein, D.V. Vinicott, etc. The importance of early relationships in personality development.

Theories of family systems, concepts of a therapy based on family theory. Description Description of systemic therapeutic models: classical models, narcotic approaches. Structural family therapy, multigenerational (transgenerational) model, etc.

Satisfaction with relationships for couples with and without children.

Romantic love, its role in relationships and family formation.

Family as a system, aspects of creating a genogram. Genogram – a visual and schematic representation of the family, in this case, in four generations, which helps to reveal the types of family relationships, patterns, communication models, roles, family atmosphere between different subsystems, important family stories and secrets.

Dynamics of couple relations: theory and research.

Me and my family. Group discussion.

Conflicts, their resolution, mediation, new relationships, blended families. Description Conflict resolution models. The role of conflicts in the family context. Mediation with family

Aspects of family counselling. Description Choose an advisory model. The skills and knowledge required by the advisor.

Written exam Description Answers to questions about family relationships and types of structure, dynamics of couples’ relationships, family functionality and dysfunctionality, types of relationships, signs of an emotionally healthy and unhealthy family, options for resolving conflicts within the family, etc. courses