SCWK 8860 Couples Therapy

Name: Couples Therapy
Rating: 4.61 (141 reviews)

Elective An advanced course examining and analyzing theories, research, and interventions with couples. The use of cognitive, behavioral, emotion-focused, brief treatment, and skills-training approaches are critically evaluated. Research on their empirical bases is examined. Emphases include working with couples from diverse cultural backgrounds, practice with same-sex couples, and special issues such as living with chronic illness, poverty and economic stress, facing divorce, infidelity, interpersonal violence, and sexual dysfunctions. The course will describe how to adapt couple-based assessments and interventions to various settings, such as acute medical, psychiatric, and child-focused settings.

Course overview

Department: Social Work
School: SSW
Credits: 3
Level: Graduate
Offered: Every Summer,Every Spring

Catalog details

Prerequisites: SCWK7762

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Requirements fulfilled

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Official evaluation summary

4.61 / 5

Based on 141 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Emily Pilowa
Spring 2026, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.67/5

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