Psychological approaches to family and couple

Teacher(s)

De Sutter Pascal; Kohut Taylor;

Language

French

Content

• Attraction, Love, Intimacy, and Communication
• Psychosexual Development in Childhood and Adolescence
• Pornonography Use
• Consensual Non-Monogamy
• intimacy
• violence
• separation / divorce
• the construction of sexual identity
• Marital and extra-marital sexuality
• The new family constellations and couple models
• Explanatory hypotheses for marital difficulties
• couple therapy
• Relationship communication and conflict management

Teaching methods

Class room teaching to present theories and knowledge
This course is given in an “English-friendly” format.
The course is given largely in French, though Prof. T. Kohut will be speaking in English while using French course slides.
The standard exam for Prof. T. Kohut is a written exam in French. However, international students taking this course can request to be tested in English instead.
The course requires coursework in French. However, international students taking this course can provide the coursework for Prof. T. Kohut's assignment in English

Evaluation methods

Evaluation for the components taught by Professor. T. Kohut will be composed of a two-page research proposal and a MCQ exam. The evaluation of the components taught by Professor P. de Sutter will consist of a brief exploratory pre-research and its result presented in the form of a brief article (max 3 pages). The final mark is the weighted average of Prof. T. Kohut's research proposal (5/20) the MCQ exam in January (5/20), and Professor P. de Sutter's written work (10/20).
For the realization of all independent written assignments, the use of generative Artificial Intelligence tools (e.g., ChatGPT) is prohibited.

Online resources

Course slides, readings, and information regarding assignments can be found on Moodle.

Bibliography

Bibliographie fournie au cours du quadri

Faculty or entity

ESFA