Learning Outcomes:

 Part 1 Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT)

•         To develop an understanding of the ABFT therapy approach, including the key therapeutic tasks
•         To review the five core therapeutic tasks addressed in this model including:    {C}o   Relational tasks{C}o   Adolescent alliance building task{C}o   Alliance with parents{C}o   Attachment task{C}o   Autonomy promoting task

This module reviews the road map to apply these tasks in therapy for use with young people and their families where the focus is improving self-reflection/understanding and improving more positive relationships

Part 2 Multisystemic Family Therapy (MFT)

• To develop an understanding of what MFT is and how it works as an intensive family and community based treatment program
• To become aware of how to apply MFT in clinical practice as an action-oriented and present focused therapeutic model
• To review and understand the 9 principles of MST intervention including positive and strengths focused interviewing techniques, working towards increasing responsibility in practice and being present, focused and action oriented

 Part 3 The Open Dialogue Approach

• To become aware of the Open Dialogue approach that uses a community –based integrated treatment system engaging families and social networks
• To be familiar with how The Open Dialogue approach and the ‘dialogic practice’ and the treatment meetings that engage the person, their network and all the helpers in a collaborative enterprise
• To become aware of the seven principles/values of the open dialogue approach
• To become aware of the dialogic process and engagement on the part of the therapist, to mobilise the resources of the person at the centre of concern and the network
• To understand the skills of responding and reflection as fundamental skills of the dialogic practice and also monologue and dialogue communication skills

Part 4 Functional Family Therapy (FFT)

• To be able to understand the 5 main principles of FFT, including engagement, motivation, relational assessment, behaviour change and generalisation as core components of therapeutic strategies and techniques
• To have an understanding of the applicability of this model which offers intensive support for families at very high risk
• To understand how the model works to provide a platform for families to change by identifying treatment strategies and engaging in systemic focus of behaviour change strategies