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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 (English & French)
- 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:
Expertise with integration of models of psychopathology and assessment into couple and family therapy.
Knowledge of formulation of clinical impressions, differential systemic models of assessment, models and measures of systemic assessment and the intersection between classification of mental disorders, and relational/systemic formulations of mental health and mental illness.
Possess higher level of knowledge of integration; including the development of technical and personal capacities as expected from science practitioners.
Possess competencies involved in the assessment of a relational system, with reflexivity.
Knowledge of family assessment integrating different aspects of presenting problems: systems’ interactional difficulties, individual mental and physical disabilities, and illness.
Experience using integrative, systemic, ecosystemic biopsychosocial models of couple and family assessment.
Experience creating an evaluation design integrating related measuring tools, in the context of diversified presenting problems and psychopathology.
Expertise applying the integrative process with any of the four theoretical models of psychotherapy: psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, systemic and communication and humanist-integrative learned in the previous assessment and treatment courses.
Skilled with ecosystemic relational assessment while taking into account the individual diagnosed psychopathology or when appropriate, mental illness.
Proficiency with administering, analyzing, interpreting clinical measures with attention to the different factors involved and to translate (to communicate) these results to couples and families in an operational way that facilitates common understanding and collaboration in the process of establishing a therapeutic contract.
Knowledge producing a thorough and complete written evaluation report integrating a meaningful synthesis of clinical observations, measures and professional interpretations and recommendations.
Expertise with models of evaluation of family dynamics as well as formulation of clinical impressions (relational “diagnosis”) to teach moving beyond traditional diagnostic nomenclature.
Competencies acquired through the course:
AAMFT
• Domain 1: Admission to Treatment
• Domain 2: Clinical Assessment & Diagnosis
• Domain 4: Therapeutic Interventions
Professional Order of Psychologists of Quebec (OPQ)
• Critical Tools
• Classification of mental disorders, psychopathology, and issues related to human development
• Link between biology and psychotherapy
Professional Order of Social Workers and Couple and Family Therapists of Québec (OTSTCFQ):
This course fulfills the requirements for the following reserved act:
Evaluation of a person with a mental or neuropsychological disorder certified by a diagnosis or by a skilled professional.
2025-06-15
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