1. Identify the key figures and major schools of family therapy.
2. Understand the commonalities among all models of family
systems therapy.
3. Describe how family systems therapy is different from individual
therapy.
4. Differentiate the key concepts and goals associated with each of the
separate schools of family therapy.
5. Identify recent innovations in family therapy.
6. Understand the multilayered process of family therapy.
7. Describe the strengths and shortcomings of family systems
therapy from a diversity perspective.
8. Identify the contributions and limitations of the family systems
approaches
