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Name of Hiring Unit: School of Social Work
Course: SWRK 610 - Family Treatment, Section 001, CRN 4874
Term/Time/Location: Winter 2026, Thursday, 14:35-17:25, SH680 1265
Number of Credits, Number of Course Hours, Value of Contract: 3, 39, $11,479
TQRs:PhD degree or Equivalent in mental health field (i.e., Psychology, Social Work, Counselling Psychology) MSW or MA in mental health field or equivalent with a minimum 8 years of clinical experience focused on assessment and treatment of couples & families Bilingual Supervisory Experience (AAMFT approved supervisor or equivalent) - minimum 8 years of supervisory experience in the area of couple and family psychotherapy Psychotherapy Permit Professional Order of Psychologists of Quebec (OPQ) Completed Graduate or Post-graduate training in couple and family therapy in an accredited university or training center

Demonstrated clinical expertise and teaching supervisory experience in the following areas:Therapeutic process, the middle phase of treatment and termination. Conditions for behavior change from different treatment perspectives. Domestic violence and the family, the impact on children, custody and access. Clinical application in a diverse family context, including separation and divorce; same-sex family systems and adoption. History of the field, including early systemic models of research and practice perspectives. The key theoretical tenets of: systemic family therapy; emotionally focused family therapy; attachment focused family therapy and Object Relations family therapy and family-of-origin themes in treatment; and, cognitive behavioral family therapy. The four core theoretical approaches to family therapy: Systemic Models and Communication; Psychodynamic; Humanist and Cognitive Behavioral. Major theoretical family therapy paradigms with attention to family diversity with the purpose of developing proficiency as couple and family therapists and social workers working with family systems. Psychotherapeutic competencies Common factors such as communication skills, therapeutic alliance and the quality of client-therapist relationship. Gender, race, poverty, social class, and multiculturalism in family treatment.

Demonstrated Clinical & Teaching Experience in the Following Competencies:
Professional Order of Social Workers and Couple and Family Therapists of Quebec (OPTSQ) (le referentiel d'activite professionnelle lie a l'exercice de la profession de therapeute conjugale et familiale ou therapeute conjugale et familiale du Quebec) http://www.otstcfq.org/docs/default-source/Communications/referentiel-activite-professionnelle-tcf-2015-2.pdf
1er Domaine : La conduite d'un processus d'evaluation et d'une demarche en therapie conjugale et familiale
Etre capable d'evaluer les dynamiques relationnelles d'un couple ou d'une famille en tant que systeme de que celles d'une personne a l'interieur d'un systeme Etre capable d'etablir le resultat d'une evaluation en therapie conjugale et familiale et d'un discuter avec les personnes concernees Etre capable de concevoir d'une demarche en therapie conjugale et familiale et d'en discuter avec les personnes concernees Etre capable de mettre en oeuvre une demarche en therapie conjugale et familiale
2e Domaine : La gestion des elements cles entourant la conduite d'un processus d'evaluation et d'une demarche en therapie conjugale et familiale
2.1 Etre capable de produire les documents lies a la pratique professionnelle
2.2 Etre capable d'assurer la bonne marche des pratiques professionnelles
Professional Order of Psychologists of Quebec (OPQ)
Theoretical Models (39 hours)
Common Factors (6 hours)
Professional Order of Social Workers and Couple and Family Therapists of Quebec
Establish treatment suitability for psychotherapy and the reserved and shared acts OTSTCFQ Conduct a clinical evaluation Develop a treatment plan Implement psychotherapeutic treatment Ensure collaborative partnerships Respect the ethical and legal parameters of the profession of couple and family therapy Contribute to the evolution of practice and evolution of the profession.
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