Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)

Study Course Description

Theories of Psychotherapy I

Main Study Course Information

Course Code

RPH_011

Branch of Science

Anatomy; Clinical medicine

ECTS

3.00

Target Audience

Medicine

LQF

Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Artūrs Utināns

Residency Speciality

Speciality

Psychotherapist

Supervisor of Medical Speciality

Artūrs Utināns

Contacts

About Study Course

Objective

Provide knowledge on different theories on potential transformations of mental symptoms and human emotions. Students have to master the understanding of shared and distinctive aspects of different theories of psychotherapy; understanding on the mechanisms of changes in functioning of the psyche; analyse the scientific and the non-scientific information among the theories of psychotherapy.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.to define common and different features of diverse theories of psychotherapy;

Skills

1.analyse theories of psychotherapy, apply latest discoveries and conclusions, scientific approaches;

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

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
Analysis of mental state of patients according to various theories of psychotherapy — 4 patients per week.

Examination

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
Resident expresses his/her knowledge and clinical/psychodynamic thinking about broad range in psychotherapeutic theories spectrum.
2. Examination	-	-
Written test.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Auditorium

Topics

Theories of psychodynamic psychotherapy, theories of orthodox psychoanalysis, object relations, psychology of the self, theories of affects, theories of cognitive therapy; theories of behavioural therapy; systemic theories; theories of existential-humanistic approach; attachment theory, theories of group therapy; common and different features of theories of psychotherapy; natural sciences versus social sciences paradigm. Therapeutic factors in different psychotherapy approaches.

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Auditorium

Topics

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

3.00

Number of Residency Seminars:

Length (weeks):

Final Examination:

Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

The patient and the analyst. The Basis of the Psychoanalytic Process.Joseph Sandler and Anna Ursula Dreher. 1992.

Freud and Beyond. History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought. Stephen A. Mitchell, Margaret J.Black.1995.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychiatric Problems. A practical Guide/K.Hawton, The patient and the analist. The Basis of the Psychoanalytic Process.Joseph Sandler and Anna Ursula Dreher. 1992.

Introduction to Psychoanalysis. Contemporary theory and practice/Anthony Bateman and Jeremy Holmes. 1995.

Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy technique/Sarah Fels Usher.2nd ed..1994.

The theory and practice of group psychotherapy/Irvin D.Yalom.1995

Coping with ethical dilemmas in psychotherapy/Martin Lakin 1995

Individuālā psihoterapija un psihodinamikas zinātne/Deivids Malans 1997.

Kulbergs “Dinamiskā psihiatrija”, Jumava, 2001

10.

Contemporary Controversies in Psychoanalytic Theory, Techniques, and their Applications. Otto Kernberg. Yale University press, 2004.

11.

Nicholas A. Cummings, Janet L. Cummings. The Essence of Psychotherapy. Academic Press, 2000.

Additional Reading

The American Psychiatric Publishing textbook of psychoanalysis / edited by Ethel S. Person, Arnold M. Cooper, Glen O. Gabbard.—1st ed. 2005 American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.