Psychotherapy in Psychiatric Clinic

1.• on principal evidence based (short-term individual psychodynamic, cognitively-behavioural) methods of psychotherapy that can be used in psychiatry, on the role of psychotherapy as an integrative therapy method; • knowledge and awareness on the levels of the functioning of psyche from psychodynamic point of view; • on the psychological components of human sexuality from psychodynamic point of view; • on the directions of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy and basic principles thereof; • on theoretical and empirical basics of cognitively behavioural therapy and basic principles of action thereof; • to be aware of the practical work in short-term individual psychodynamic and cognitively behavioural psychotherapy.

1.• to detect and evaluate the level of psyche functioning and psychodynamic aspects of psychopathological symptom and syndrome; • to evaluate the experienced acquired in practical work of short-term individual psychodynamic psychotherapy (observation, transference, counter-transference, conscious, subconscious, internal conflicts, interpersonal relations, id, ego, superego functioning, psychological defence mechanisms); ability of using this experience in work with neurotic patients and patients functioning at borderline level; • to evaluate the experience acquired in practical work of cognitively behavioural therapy (asking focused questions, reflection, Socratic dialogue, summarising, association of emotions with bodily perceptions, identification and correction of automatic thoughts, principal convictions, identification, analysis and correction of defensive behaviour); ability of using this experience in the events of anxiety, affective and personality disorders, as well as in daily work in the amount that is required by a psychiatrist.

1.• To determine psychotherapeutic diagnoses, to recommend a particular psychotherapeutic therapy to a patient, based on the diagnoses and personality of the patient; • To evaluate the efficiency of use of psychotherapy techniques and their place in the therapy plan; • To cooperate with psychotherapists in order to ensure psychotherapeutic therapy within a multidisciplinary team.