Family Therapy

Our Family Therapy Grad Cert course enables mental health professionals to develop useful theoretical knowledge and practise skills to enable them to work effectively with couples and families in the context of their own professional practice.

The focus of the course is in working in mental health settings, and the teaching draws from a range of different approaches. This integrative approach ensures that students have a solid grounding which enables them to adapt their practice to different client groups.

At the end of the course students will have gained confidence in working with more than one person in the room and be able to use a number of approaches to help people towards positive change. There is a focus on evidence-based practice and on the development of good therapeutic relationships.

Interested in the Family Therapy MSc? find out more on the Family Therapy MSc course page.

Key Benefits

Introduces students to the field of systemic theory, practice and research.

Introduces basic practice skills and their application to clinical practice.

Enables students to begin to develop a stance of self-reflexivity and prepare for entry to qualifying level training.

Teaching

Our teaching staff are the same across the PG Cert and the MSc. Many students choose to apply for the MSc after they graduate, so there will be plenty of familiar faces.

You’ll be taught by clinicians with years of experience in their areas of practice. Many are active researchers – our Faculty has particular expertise in eating disorders.

As well as King’s staff, we regularly bring in outside experts to deliver lectures. That means you’ll hear the latest thinking from real specialists in each subject area.