Explore the main intervention strategies in Family Therapy and acquire effective tools to address conflicts in a productive manner. Take your professional practice to the next level!”

Stress and conflicts within the family environment have gained increasing relevance in the healthcare field, with effects that go beyond emotional well-being. Clinical evidence shows that dysfunctional dynamics can be linked to the development of Psychological Disorders and Psychosomatic Diseases, highlighting the importance of having professionals specialized in family therapy. In a context where social, economic, and technological changes directly influence the stability of households, it is essential to have evidence-based intervention strategies to mitigate their effects and promote healthy relationships.

This Master's Degree offers the opportunity to delve into the most effective therapeutic approaches for crisis intervention, Stress management, and resolving family conflicts. Its content combines theory and practical application, providing tools that optimize clinical work in various care settings. In addition to expanding knowledge in therapeutic models, this academic qualification represents an opportunity to strengthen your professional career, opening doors in hospitals, clinics, and private practices. 

Thanks to its 100% online modality, access to this program adapts to the demands of clinical practice without compromising the quality of learning. Its flexible methodology, with updated resources and cutting-edge digital tools, allows for constant learning without geographical barriers. This model facilitates the balance between professional development and medical practice, ensuring rigorous preparation to address current challenges in family therapy.

With an integrative and evidence-based approach, this qualification responds to the growing demand for specialists capable of intervening in a key area for mental health and social well-being. Furthermore, professionals will have access to 10 complementary Masterclasses led by a renowned International Guest Director with broad professional and academic recognition. 

Expand the knowledge acquired in the Master's Degree through complementary Masterclasses of great academic value, delivered by a renowned International Guest Director of high prestige”

This Master's Degree in Family Therapy and Stress contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of practical case studies presented by experts in Medicine and Family Therapy
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies in Therapy and Stress Management
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an internet connection

Delve into the impact of stress on family dynamics and its direct relationship with mental health and well-being”

The teaching staff includes professionals belonging to the field of medicine, who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from reference societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive learning experience designed to prepare for real-life situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the student must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

Master the most innovative techniques for the evaluation and diagnosis of family issues with an updated therapeutic approach”

Learn how to design intervention plans tailored to each clinical and social context, ensuring an integrative and personalized approach. Make a difference in the well-being of families!"

Addressing stress and family conflicts is an increasing challenge in the clinical field, with a direct impact on Mental and Physical Health. This syllabus has been designed to provide an integrative approach, combining theory and practice in the application of evidence-based therapeutic models. Through case analysis and innovative methodologies, strategies for crisis intervention and conflict mediation are explored. With a multidisciplinary perspective, this program strengthens professionals' ability to respond to the sector's demands, optimizing their impact on family and social well-being.

Enjoy a 100% online modality that allows you to study without sacrificing your personal and professional life, with continuous access. Learn with total flexibility and guaranteed comfort!”

Module 1. Psychodiagnosis and Assessment of the Family System

1.1. Anthropological, Historical, Sociological and Psychological Perspective of the Family
1.2. Diagnosis as a Catalyst for the Therapeutic Bond
1.3. Evaluator Skills

1.3.1. Being Helpful in the Process
1.3.2. Understanding What Is Happening
1.3.3. Being Open and Understanding
1.3.4. Becoming an Authority

1.4. Psychodiagnosis and Assessment of the Family System

1.4.1. Language
1.4.2. Pathological and Healthy Bonds
1.4.3. Utilizing Others
1.4.4. Rejection and Abandonment
1.4.5. Stress, Distress and Eustress
1.4.6. Conflicts and Tensions
1.4.7. Family Psychopathology

1.5. Place in the Sibling Group and Social Desirability

1.5.1. Family Composition
1.5.2. The Right to Have Siblings
1.5.3. Twins
1.5.4. The Sick Sibling
1.5.5. Grandparents and Uncles
1.5.6. Other Components

1.6. Objectives of Psychodiagnosis

1.6.1. Evaluator and Evaluated Bond
1.6.2. Discovering What Exists
1.6.3. Clarifying the Facts
1.6.4. Explaining the State of the Subject with Scientific Facts
1.6.5. Understanding the Relationship Between the Study Participants and the Situation They Have Experienced

1.7. Millon’s Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMII-III)

1.7.1. Modifier Scales: Desirability and Alteration Index
1.7.2. Basic Personality Scales: Schizoid, Avoidant, Depressive, Dependent, Histrionic, Narcissistic, Antisocial, Aggressive-Sadistic, Compulsive, Passive-Aggressive, Self-Destructive
1.7.3. Severe Personality Scales: Schizotypal, Borderline and Paranoid
1.7.4. Moderate Clinical Syndromes: Anxiety, Hysteriform, Hypomania, Depressive Neurosis, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, PTSD
1.7.5. Severe Clinical Syndromes: Psychotic Thinking, Major Depression and Psychotic Delirium

1.8. CATELL’s 16 PF-5

1.8.1. Affability, Reasoning, Stability, Dominance, Animation, Attention to Norms, Boldness, Sensitivity, Vigilance, Abstraction, Privacy, Apprehension, Openness to Change, Self-Sufficiency, Perfectionism, and Tension  Includes Scales for “Social Desirability” (MI), “Infrequency” (IN), and “Acquiescence” (AQ) to Control Response Biases

1.9. Behavior Assessment System for Children BASC 

1.9.1. Internalizing Problems: Depression, Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Somatic Complaints, Obsession-Compulsion, and Post-Traumatic Symptomatology
1.9.2. Externalizing Problems: Hyperactivity and Impulsivity, Attention Problems, Aggression, Defiant Behavior, Anger Control Issues, Antisocial Behavior
1.9.3. Specific Problems: Antisocial Behavior, Eating Disorders, Schizotypy, Substance Abuse

1.10. Questionnaire for Evaluating Adopters, Caregivers, Tutors, and Mediators (CUIDA)
1.11. Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)

1.11.1. Validity Scales: Consistency, Infrequency, Negative Impression, Positive Impression
1.11.2. Clinical Scales (Somatic Complaints, Anxiety, Anxiety-Related Disorders, Depression, Mania, Paranoia, Schizophrenia, Borderline Traits, Antisocial Traits, Alcohol Problems, Drug Problems)
1.11.3. Considerations for Treatment Scales (Aggression, Suicidal Ideations, Stress, Lack of Social Support, Treatment Rejection)
1.11.4. Two Interpersonal Relationship Scales (Dominance and Affability)
1.11.5. 30 Subscales Providing More Detailed Information

1.12. Study of the Credibility of the Narrative

1.12.1. CBCA System (Criteria-Based Content Analysis)
1.12.2. Statement Validity Assessment (SVA) Udo Undeutsch
1.12.3. SVA = Interview + CBCA + Validity Checklist

Module 2. The Family Interview

2.1. Active Interview
2.2. Axioms of the Interview
2.3. Exploration of Communication
2.4. Clinical History
2.5. Anamnesis from the Limited Time Psychotherapy
2.6. General Structure of the Mental Examination
2.7. Semiology, Signs and Symptoms
2.8. Epistemology of Diagnosis
2.9. Multiple Diagnoses and Comorbidity
2.10. Clinical vs. Research Criteria
2.11. Expert Interview 

Module 3. Family Stress

3.1. New Ways to Define Stress
3.2. Common Stressors in the Family

3.2.1. Relational
3.2.2. Environmental
3.2.3. Economic
3.2.4. Affective
3.2.5. Pathologies of Family Members
3.2.6. Abuse and Violence
3.2.7. Separation and/or Abandonment

3.3. Interpersonal Stress
3.4. Toxic Substances and the Family

3.4.1. With Substances
3.4.2. Without Substances
3.4.3. Dependencies

3.5. The Information Recovery Process: The Transfer of Learning
3.6. Occupational Stress
3.7. Learning and Family Events
3.8. Family Crises

Module 4. Family Bonds and Systemic Organization

4.1. Functions of the Family
4.2. The Family Institution

4.2.1. Family Life Cycle
4.2.2. Family Law
4.2.3. Legal Nature
4.2.4. Characteristics of the Family

4.3. Types of Families

4.3.1. Marital Family
4.3.2. Matriarchal Family
4.3.3. Patriarchal Family
4.3.4. Gang Family
4.3.5. Inverted Family
4.3.6. Extended Family

4.4. Family Characteristics That Promote or Hinder Learning
4.5. Structural Variables of the Family
4.6. The Dysfunctional Family
4.7. Family Reactions to Illness
4.8. Pathological Management of Children by the Family
4.9. Impact of Family Composition
4.10. Family Morphology and Its Implication in Psychopathology
4.11. Family and the Socialization Process
4.12. Psychotherapeutic Intervention in the Dysfunctional Family
4.13. The Inheritance of Conflict
4.14. Concept of Accompaniment, Containment and Escort

Module 5. Family Models and Parental Roles

5.1. Separation, Divorce, and Annulment
5.2. Work Incapacity from Expert Testimony

5.2.1. Deficiency, Disability, and Impairment
5.2.2. Civil Incapacity and Work Incapacity
5.2.3. Degrees of Permanent Incapacity
5.2.4. Severe Disability

5.3. Gender-Based Violence

5.3.1. Psychological Violence
5.3.2. Psychological Consequences of Violence

5.4. Mistreatment

5.4.1. Establishing the Facts
5.4.2. Psychological Consequences
5.4.3. The Causal Link

5.5. Secondary Victimization

5.5.1. Credibility of the Testimony
5.5.2. Difficulty of the Psychological Report

5.6. Psychopedagogical Expert Evaluation of Substance Abuse
5.7. Expert Evaluation in the Elderly
5.8. Profile of the Basic Emotion “Guilt” in Current Research

Module 6. Modes of Intervention in Family Therapy

6.1. Concept of Conflict

6.1.1. Changing the Attitude Towards Team Cooperation
6.1.2. Improving the Attitude
6.1.3. Emphasizing Performance

6.2. Types of Conflict

6.2.1. Attraction-Attraction
6.2.2. Avoidance-Avoidance
6.2.3. Attraction-Avoidance

6.3. Family Mediation

6.3.1. Mediator is Present, Does Not Influence
6.3.2. Arbitration. Making Decisions by Listening to Both Parties
6.3.3. Neutral Evaluation. Drawing Conclusions from the Data Collected

6.4. Family Coaching

6.4.1. Similarities
6.4.2. Differences
6.4.3. Contradictions
6.4.4. Intrusiveness

6.5. Learning in Coaching

6.5.1. Declaring Bankruptcy
6.5.2. Shedding the Masks
6.5.3. Reengineering Ourselves
6.5.4. Focusing on the Task

6.6. Habits to Improve in Coaching
6.7. Focusing on the Activity

6.7.1. Focusing Techniques
6.7.2. Thought Control Techniques

6.8. Clear Goals

6.8.1. Defining Where We Are
6.8.2. Defining Where We Want to Go

6.9. Taking the Reins of Your Life: Proactivity
6.10. Positive Psychology
6.11. Conflict Management with the Conscious Emotional Bonding Model (CEB)

6.11.1. Identifying Emotions
6.11.2. Identifying the Right Emotions
6.11.3. Changing One Emotion for Another

6.12. Training to Deal with Conflicts in the Family

Module 7. Family Problems Requiring Intervention

7.1. Behavior Modification Techniques
7.2. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
7.3. Family-Oriented Treatments
7.4. Other Systemic Family Treatment Approaches
7.5. Strategic Therapy and Constructivism

Specialize in family crisis management and conflict mediation with practical tools and advanced intervention strategies”