Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Personality Theories
Course Code
RPH_004
Branch of Science
Psychology; Psychology of Personality
ECTS
13.95
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Artūrs Utināns
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Psychotherapist
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Artūrs Utināns
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
Acquire and understand personality theories in compliance with the requirements of the qualification of psychotherapist and psychosomatic medicine practitioner. Acquire knowledge and develop skills to understand and know the key psycho-dynamic, cognitive and existential personality structures and development theories, providing knowledge and developing skills for appropriate application, diagnosing of mental and psychosomatic disorder and in a differential diagnosis clinic.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Demonstrate knowledge on key theories of personality.
Skills
1.Analyse clinical cases according to various theories of personality, comparative analysis, understanding of etiopathogenesis of clinical symptoms according to various theories of personality.
Competences
1.Example-based knowledge, skills and attitude essential for working at a hospital and for research, raising public awareness via media.
Assessment
Individual work
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1.
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Analysis of mental state of patients according to various theories of personality — 4 patients per week.
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Examination
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1.
Examination |
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Reflect understanding about theories of personality and their diffences.
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Examination |
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Analysis of clinical cases.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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1. The concept of personality. An overview of personality theories.
2. Topographic and structural model of the psyche.
3. Analytical psychology (K.G. Jung). Individual psychology (A.Adler).
4. Object relation theory.
5. Theory of attachment (J.Bolby).
6. Psychology of self (H. Kohut, M. Bash).
7. Theory of object relations. M. Klein. M. Mahler.
8. Theory of object relations. D.W. Winnicott. M. Balint. V. Bion. R. Fairbairn.
9. Stages of personality psychosexual development (Z.Freud).
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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1. The concept of personality. An overview of personality theories.
2. Topographic and structural model of the psyche.
3. Analytical psychology (K.G. Jung). Individual psychology (A.Adler).
4. Object relation theory.
5. Theory of attachment (J.Bolby).
6. Psychology of self (H. Kohut, M. Bash).
7. Theory of object relations. M. Klein. M. Mahler.
8. Theory of object relations. D.W. Winnicott. M. Balint. V. Bion. R. Fairbairn.
9. Stages of personality psychosexual development (Z.Freud).
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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1. The concept of personality. An overview of personality theories.
2. Topographic and structural model of the psyche.
3. Analytical psychology (K.G. Jung). Individual psychology (A.Adler).
4. Object relation theory.
5. Theory of attachment (J.Bolby).
6. Psychology of self (H. Kohut, M. Bash).
7. Theory of object relations. M. Klein. M. Mahler.
8. Theory of object relations. D.W. Winnicott. M. Balint. V. Bion. R. Fairbairn.
9. Stages of personality psychosexual development (Z.Freud).
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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1. The concept of personality. An overview of personality theories.
2. Topographic and structural model of the psyche.
3. Analytical psychology (K.G. Jung). Individual psychology (A.Adler).
4. Object relation theory.
5. Theory of attachment (J.Bolby).
6. Psychology of self (H. Kohut, M. Bash).
7. Theory of object relations. M. Klein. M. Mahler.
8. Theory of object relations. D.W. Winnicott. M. Balint. V. Bion. R. Fairbairn.
9. Stages of personality psychosexual development (Z.Freud).
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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1. The concept of personality. An overview of personality theories.
2. Topographic and structural model of the psyche.
3. Analytical psychology (K.G. Jung). Individual psychology (A.Adler).
4. Object relation theory.
5. Theory of attachment (J.Bolby).
6. Psychology of self (H. Kohut, M. Bash).
7. Theory of object relations. M. Klein. M. Mahler.
8. Theory of object relations. D.W. Winnicott. M. Balint. V. Bion. R. Fairbairn.
9. Stages of personality psychosexual development (Z.Freud).
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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1. The concept of personality. An overview of personality theories.
2. Topographic and structural model of the psyche.
3. Analytical psychology (K.G. Jung). Individual psychology (A.Adler).
4. Object relation theory.
5. Theory of attachment (J.Bolby).
6. Psychology of self (H. Kohut, M. Bash).
7. Theory of object relations. M. Klein. M. Mahler.
8. Theory of object relations. D.W. Winnicott. M. Balint. V. Bion. R. Fairbairn.
9. Stages of personality psychosexual development (Z.Freud).
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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1. The concept of personality. An overview of personality theories.
2. Topographic and structural model of the psyche.
3. Analytical psychology (K.G. Jung). Individual psychology (A.Adler).
4. Object relation theory.
5. Theory of attachment (J.Bolby).
6. Psychology of self (H. Kohut, M. Bash).
7. Theory of object relations. M. Klein. M. Mahler.
8. Theory of object relations. D.W. Winnicott. M. Balint. V. Bion. R. Fairbairn.
9. Stages of personality psychosexual development (Z.Freud).
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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1. The concept of personality. An overview of personality theories.
2. Topographic and structural model of the psyche.
3. Analytical psychology (K.G. Jung). Individual psychology (A.Adler).
4. Object relation theory.
5. Theory of attachment (J.Bolby).
6. Psychology of self (H. Kohut, M. Bash).
7. Theory of object relations. M. Klein. M. Mahler.
8. Theory of object relations. D.W. Winnicott. M. Balint. V. Bion. R. Fairbairn.
9. Stages of personality psychosexual development (Z.Freud).
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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1. The concept of personality. An overview of personality theories.
2. Topographic and structural model of the psyche.
3. Analytical psychology (K.G. Jung). Individual psychology (A.Adler).
4. Object relation theory.
5. Theory of attachment (J.Bolby).
6. Psychology of self (H. Kohut, M. Bash).
7. Theory of object relations. M. Klein. M. Mahler.
8. Theory of object relations. D.W. Winnicott. M. Balint. V. Bion. R. Fairbairn.
9. Stages of personality psychosexual development (Z.Freud).
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
13.95
Number of Residency Seminars:
9
Length (weeks):
5
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Richard S. Sharf. Theories of Psychotherapy and Counseling: Concepts and Cases, 5th Edition. Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2012.
2.
R. van Deth. Psychotherapy. A critical guide. Houten, 2013.
3.
Handbook of personality : theory and research / edited by Oliver P. John, Richard W. Robins, Lawrence A. Pervin. — 3rd ed. 2008, The Guilford Press.
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The Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment/ D.W. Winnicott, 1984.
5.
Michel Hersen & Jay C. Thomas. Comprehensive handbook of personality and psychopathology. 2006, by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Ph. Tyson, R. Tyson. “Psychoanalytic theories of development”. Yale University Press, 1990.
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Guntrip, H . S. J. (1969). Schizoid Phenomena, Object Relations and the Self. New York: International Universities Press.
8.
D.W. Winnicott. Collected Papers: Through Paediatrics to Psycho-Analysis. Routledge, 2001.
Additional Reading
1.
Richie Herink, Paul R. Herink. The Psychotherapy Guidebook. Easy to Understand Descriptions of 255 Different Therapies. 2nd Edition. e-Book 2015, International Psychotherapy Institute.
2.
James O. Prochaska, John C. Norcross. Systems of Psychotherapy: A Transtheoretical Analysis, Seventh Edition. Prochaska, Norcross, 2010.
3.
Frederico Pereira & David E. Scharff. Fairbairn and Relational Theory. H. Karnac (Books) Ltd, 2002.
4.
Viesturs Reņģe. Personības psiholoģija. Lekciju kurss. Apgāds Zvaigzne ABC, 1999.
5.
Freud and Beyond. History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought. Stephen A. Mitchell, Margaret J. Black. 1995.
6.
Gerald Corey. Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy. Thomson Brooks, 2009.
7.
Theatres of the Mind/Joyce/ McDougall. 1994.
8.
Giancarlo Dimaggio, Antonio Semerari, Antonino Carcione. Psychotherapy of personality disorders: metacognition, states of mind, and interpersonal cycles. Routledge, 2007.
9.
Glen O. Gabbard. Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. 4th Edition, 2005.
10.
Psychoanalytic Diagnosis. Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process. Nancy McWilliams. 1994.