Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Modern Trends in Psychological Support
Course Code
VPUPK_341
Branch of Science
Psychology
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Biology; Business Management; Civil and Military Defense; Clinical Pharmacy; Communication Science; Dentistry; Health Management; Information and Communication Science; Juridical Science; Law; Life Science; Management Science; Marketing and Advertising; Medical Services; Medical Technologies; Medicine; Midwifery; Nursing Science; Pedagogy; Person and Property Defence; Pharmacy; Political Science; Psychology; Public Health; Rehabilitation; Social Anthropology; Social Welfare and Social Work; Sociology; Sports Trainer
LQF
All Levels
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Christian Martin Gerhard Stierle
Structure Unit Manager
Kristīne Mārtinsone
Structural Unit
Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy
Contacts
Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppk@rsu.lv, +37167061587
About Study Course
Objective
This course is designed for practicing clinicians and students of psychotherapy. The teaching is broadly based on Jungian and psychoanalytic approach to clinical practice and explores ways of working with dreams and the development of symbolic capacity in the context of analysis or psychotherapy. The course includes theoretical and experiencial components.
Preliminary Knowledge
Not required.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.In the course, it will be possible to gain knowledge about the basics of the concept of 'self-compassion', its development and practical applicability both in everyday life and within health sciences. The course includes topics that also focus on coping strategies for chronic stress and vitality.
Skills
1.Developed compassion for self and others, developed skills in dealing with chronic stress. Understanding about Freud’s and Jung’s approaches to dream interpretation, symbolisation and dreams in different ways.
Competences
1.For students to integrate the latest knowledge about the psychologist's professional work and work with different client/patient groups in their professional and research work.
Assessment
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Freud’s and Jung’s approaches to dream interpretation
Description
Annotation: • Freud’s views on dreams
• Jung’s views on dreams
• Associations, amplification and active imagination
• Four levels of interpretation
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How to develop compassion for yourself and others and why it is important for health sciences!
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How to develop compassion for yourself and others and why it is important for health sciences!
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Coping with chronic stress and building up resilience
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Coping with chronic stress and building up resilience
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Symbolisation
Description
Annotation: • The role and the development of symbolic thinking
• Trauma and symbolisation
• Bi-ocularity of the analyst, reverie and the development of a psychic space
• Dreams and affects
• Developmental approach to working with dreams
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Dreams, synchronicity and the Psychoid
Description
Annotation: • Concepts of Synchronicity and the Psychoid
• Unconscious communication
• The transcendent function
• Role of synchronicity and the Psychoid in analysis
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Dreams in the consulting room
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Annotation: • Initial dreams
• ‘Mantelpiece” dreams
• Childhood dreams
• Dreams in the transference and countertransference
• Early relational experience in dreams
• Dreams and the body
• Associations of the analyst
• “Supervision’ of the analyst in dreams
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
16 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Lagutina, L. (2021). Meeting the Orphan: Early Relational Trauma, Synchronicity and the Psychoid. Journal of Analytical Psychology 66:5-27.
2.
Gilbert, P. (Ed.). (2017). Compassion: Concepts, research and applications. Taylor & Francis.
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Neff, K., & Knox, M. C. (2016). Self-compassion. Mindfulness in positive psychology: The science of meditation and wellbeing, 37, 1-8.
4.
Germer, C. K., & Neff, K. D. (2013). Self‐compassion in clinical practice. Journal of clinical psychology, 69(8), 856-867.
5.
Colman, W. (2010). Dream interpretation and Creation of Symbolic Meaning. In Jungian Psychoanalysis. Working in the Spirit of C.G. Jung. Ed. M. Stein. Chicago and La Salle, Illinois: Open Court.
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Jung C.G. (1934). The Practical Use of Dream Analysis ,CW.16 (paras 294-352) p. 139 - 161. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London And Henley (1966).
Additional Reading
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Introduction to Health Psychology. Morrison & Benett (2021)
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Positive CBT: Individual and Group Treatment Protocols for Positive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Bannik & Geschwind (2021)
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The Compassionate Mind Workbook: A step-by-step guide to developing your compassionate self. Irons & Beaumont (2017)
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Self-Compassion: The proven power of being kind to yourself. Kristin Neff (2015)
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Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness. Jon Kabat-Zinn (2015)
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Resilience – The science of mastering lifes’s greatest challenges. Southwick & Charney (2012)
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Compassion Focused Therapy. Paul Gilbert (2010)