Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Psychotherapy Methods and Techniques I
Course Code
RPH_041
Branch of Science
Anatomy; Clinical medicine
ECTS
7.00
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 knowledge and skills applied in psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy techniques used in psychotherapist's clinical practice.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.To define the principles of acquired techniques of psychotherapy, mechanisms of effect, indications, contraindications.
Skills
1.Apply and analyse the suitability of a techniques of psychotherapy in the plan of treatment.
Competences
1.Example-based knowledge, skills and attitude essential for working at a hospital and for research, raising public awareness via media; understanding of a team-work (work in groups) and its functions, psycho-dynamics, crisis situations and their solution; as well as the ability to manage the work of a multi-disciplinary team and be part of such team, supervise doctors and medical staff.
Assessment
Individual work
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Individual work |
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Essay on psychotherapy methodology.
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Examination
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Examination |
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Resident expresses his/her knowledge and clinical/psychodynamic thinking in applaying psychotherapeutic techniques in work.
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Examination |
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Methodical analysis of clinical work with patients and essay.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Crisis, its types. What is crisis management? Therapeutic factors in crisis relief and support therapy. Crisis treatment contract and psychotherapeutic contract.
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Seminar
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Therapeutic framework; its meaning and functions.
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Seminar
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Review of transference, resistance and regression reactions. Tactics for picking up and viewing a patient's transfer or resistance.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
7.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
3
Length (weeks):
5
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Dickon Bevington, Peter Fuggle, Liz Cracknell, Peter Fonagy. Adaptive Mentalization Based Integrative Treatment. A guide for teams to develop systems of care. Oxford University Press, 2017.
2.
Glen O. Gabbard. Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. 4th Edition 2005.
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Acceptance and mindfulness in cognitive behavior therapy: understanding and applying the new therapies / edited by James D. Herbert, Evan M. Forman. 2011 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Geltner Paul. Emotional communication: countertransference analysis and the use of feeling in psychoanalytic technique. Routledge, 2013.
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Lester Luborsky, Paul Crits-Christoph. Understanding Transference. The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme method. e-Book 2019 International Psychotherapy Institute.
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Judith S. Beck. Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond. The Guilford Press, 1995.
Additional Reading
1.
Shedler Jonathan. The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, American Psychologist, February–March 2010, Vol. 65, No. 2, 98–109.
2.
Tolin David F. Is cognitive–behavioral therapy more effective than other therapies? A meta-analytic review, Clinical Psychology Review 30, 2010. 710–720.
3.
Merton M. Gill. The Analysis of the Transference. e-Book 2015 International Psychotherapy Institute.
4.
Sergio V. Delgado, Jerey R. Strawn, Ernest V. Pedapati. Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015.