Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)

Study Course Description

Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Theory and Practice II

Main Study Course Information

Course Code

RPH_006

Branch of Science

Anatomy; Clinical medicine

ECTS

6.00

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 with theoretical knowledge and skills in a long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy. To acquire knowledge and skills required for psycho-dynamic evaluation and formulation of patient's personality, master skills to develop and apply therapeutic factors and relations, applying theories of personality and psychotherapy. Master psychoanalytic/psycho-dynamic techniques of psychotherapy (empathic encouragement, clarification, confrontation, interpretation, holding a frame) and apply those depending on the phase of therapy and type of personality organisation and level of functioning.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.knowledge of psychoanalytic/psychodynamic theory of psychotherapy, apply it for treatment of patients with different level of functioning of personalities and different types of personality organisation, and identify peculiarities of work.

Skills

1.treat patients with different personality structures and levels of functionality applying psychoanalytic/psychodynamic psychotherapy.

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

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
Long course of psycho-dynamic psychotherapy – individual therapy patients or group therapy patients.

Examination

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
2. Examination	-	-
1. Develop description of patient's psychodynamic evaluation (explaining their justification using examples and theoretical concepts); 2. Develop and defend descriptions of patient's clinical case.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Auditorium

Topics

Transference, its use in psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Seminar

Modality	Location
-	-

Topics

Supportive psychotherapy and its techniques.

Seminar

Modality	Location
-	-

Topics

The process from dependance to independence in the process of psychotherapy.

Seminar

Modality	Location
-	-

Topics

Countertransference, its use in psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Seminar

Modality	Location
-	-

Topics

Resistance, work with it in psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Seminar

Modality	Location
-	-

Topics

Working with dreams in psychotherapy.

Seminar

Modality	Location
-	-

Topics

Magical thinking, belief in the paranormal, religiosity, spirituality; work with their manifestations in psychotherapy.

Seminar

Modality	Location
-	-

Topics

Combination of psychotherapy with psychopharmacotherapy.

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

6.00

Number of Residency Seminars:

Length (weeks):

Final Examination:

Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

Geltner, Paul. Emotional communication: countertransference analysis and the use of feeling in psychoanalytic technique. Routledge, 2013.

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.

Merton M. Gill. The Analysis of the Transference. e-Book 2015 International Psychotherapy Institute.

Sergio V. Delgado, Jerey R. Strawn, Ernest V. Pedapati. Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015.

Lester Luborsky, Paul Crits-Christoph. Understanding Transference. The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme method. e-Book 2019 International Psychotherapy Institute.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy: a practitioner’s guide / Nancy McWilliams. The Guilford Press, 2004.

Additional Reading

Jules R. Bemporad.Psychoanalytic Therapy of Depression. e-Book 2015 International Psychotherapy Institute.

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

Selected papers of S.H. Foulkes/Psychoanalysis and Group Analysis/Ed. by E. Folkes. 1990.

Individuālā psihoterapija un psihodinamikas zinātne/Deivids Malans, 1997.