Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

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Course ID:	2500-EN-S-70
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0313) Psychology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Name in Polish:	Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Psychology
Course groups:	specialization courses for 4 and 5 year WISP specialization courses for 4 year
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) The analysis of the essential phenomena in psychodynamic theory and psychotherapy.
Short description:	The course provides basic knowledge about psychodynamic psychotherapy and shows how to apply it to clinical practice.
Full description:	The purpose of the course is to present basic knowledge about psychodynamic therapy understood as a specific way of thinking about the patient. Main concepts, phenomena, purposes, and therapeutic methods will be discussed during the course, with a focus on using the theory in practice. Therefore, various clinical vignettes and case studies will be presented and analysed.
Bibliography:	1. What is psychodynamic therapy? Introduction.  Gabbard, G.O. (2010). Long-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Basic Text. Washington D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing. Chapter 1. “Key concepts” (with “Effectiveness’ research” skipped).  McWilliams, N. (2004). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A practitioner`s guide. The Guilford Press. Chapter 1.”What defines a psychoanalytic therapy?”. 2. What are the principal psychodynamic conceptions?  Gabbard, G.O. (2005). Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. Washington D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing. Chapter 2.“The theoretical basis of dynamic psychiatry”.  McWilliams, N. (2011). Psychoanalytic diagnosis. Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process. New York, London: The Guilford Press. Chapter 2.”Psychoanalytic character diagnosis”. 3. Who can benefit from psychodynamic therapy? Essentials of psychodynamic diagnosis.  Gabbard, G.O. (2010). Long-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Basic Text. Washington D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing. Chapter 2.”Assessment, indications, and formulation.”  McWilliams, N. (2011). Psychoanalytic diagnosis. Understanding Personality Structure in the Clinical Process. The Guilford Press. Chapter 3.”Developmental levels of personality organization”. 4. What is special about the therapist – patient relationship in psychodynamic therapy?  Gabbard, G.O. (2010). Long-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Basic Text. Washington D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing. Chapter 3.”The nuts and bolts of psychotherapy: getting started” (up to “Practical issues”). Chapter 4. “Therapeutic interventions: what does the therapist say and do?”  McWilliams, N. (2004). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner`s Guide. New York, London: The Guilford Press. Chapter 6. “Basic Therapy Processes. Power and love”. 5. What are the specific phenomena? Transference, countertransference, projective identification, resistance.  Gabbard, G.O. (2010). Long-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Basic Text. Washington D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing. Chapter 6. “Working with resistance”. Chapter 8. “Identifying and working with countertransference”. 6. How does the psychodynamic therapist work? Setting, rules and boundaries, therapeutic interventions, dream analysis etc.  Gabbard, G.O. (2010). Long-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Basic Text. Washington D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing. Chapter 3.”The nuts and bolts of psychotherapy: getting started. Practical issues.”  McWilliams, N. (2004). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner`s Guide. New York, London: The Guilford Press. Chapter 6. “Basic Therapy Processes” (up to “Power and love”). 7. What cures in psychodynamic therapy? Is this method effective? The curative factors, effectiveness` research. Summary of the course so far in brief presentations.  Gabbard, G.O. (2010). Long-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Basic Text. Washington D.C.: American Psychiatric Publishing. Chapter 1. “Key concepts. Effectiveness` research”. Chapter 5. “Goals and therapeutic action.”  Shedler, J. (2010). The efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy. The American Psychologist, 65(2), 98-109. doi:10.1037/a0018378  Abbass A.A., Kisely S.R., Town J.M., Leichsenring F., Driessen E., De Maat S., Gerber A., Dekker J., Rabung S., Rusalovska S., Crowe E. Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapies for common mental disorders. (2014). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD004687. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004687.pub4. 8. Test. What is special about the therapist?  McWilliams, N. (2004). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner`s Guide. New York, London: The Guilford Press. Chapter 2. ”The psychoanalytic sensibility” and Chapter 3. “The Therapist’s Preparation”. 9. Working with depression  Valerio, R. (2015). Permission to Take a Breath: A Case of Depression. In: R.F. Summers, J.P. Barber. (eds). Practicing psychodynamic therapy: a casebook. The Guilford Press: New York. 10. Working with obsessionality  Elliott, L. J. (2015). “She’s Just Trying to Help”: A Case of Obsessionality. In: R.F. Summers, J.P. Barber. (eds). Practicing psychodynamic therapy: a casebook. The Guilford Press: New York. 11. Working with fear of abandonment  Schweitzer, R., & Vann, A. (2015). “I Can’t Leave Him, I Think He Loves Me”: A Case of Fear of Abandonment. In: R.F. Summers, J.P. Barber. (eds). Practicing psychodynamic therapy: a casebook. The Guilford Press: New York 12. Working with low self-esteem  Collier, S. J. (2015). The Uncertain Father: A Case of Low SelfEsteem. In: R.F. Summers, J.P. Barber. (eds). Practicing psychodynamic therapy: a casebook. The Guilford Press: New York 13. Working with panic anxiety  Shah, D. (2015). Horrified and Guilty: A Case of Panic Anxiety. In: R.F. Summers, J.P. Barber. (eds). Practicing psychodynamic therapy: a casebook. The Guilford Press: New York 14. Working with trauma.  Campanella, K. (2015). Our Therapeutic Journey: A Case of Trauma. In: R.F. Summers, J.P. Barber. (eds). Practicing psychodynamic therapy: a casebook. The Guilford Press: New York

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