PSYC651-08W (C) Whole Year 2008

Psychotherapeutic Methods

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 25 February 2008
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 7 September 2008

Description

Psychotherapeutic Methods

A primary goal of this course is to provide students with a basic understanding of the
conceptual foundations of cognitive and behavioural therapies for adult disorders.
To this end, the course will explore the theory, application and processes of cognitive
and behavioural intervention approaches with reference to specific psychological
disorders or problematic behaviour patterns, as well as highlight pertinent empirical
data on the effectiveness of the various psychological interventions reviewed.

Preparation:
Admission to the clinical psychology training programme, and satisfactory completion
of the first year training elements of the clinical programme (PSYC641, PSYC642,
PSYC643)

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Janet Carter

Lecturers

Julia Rucklidge , David Gleaves , Bruce Donaldson and Jennifer Wilson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Written Test 30%
Presentation/Written Work 40%
Presentation 30%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Barlow, David H; Clinical handbook of psychological disorders : a step-by-step treatment manual ; 3rd ed; Guilford Press, 2001.

Mash, Eric J. , Barkley, Russell A; Treatment of childhood disorders ; 3rd ed; Guilford Press, 2006.

Roth, Anthony. , Fonagy, Peter; What works for whom? : a critical review of psychotherapy research ; 2nd ed; Guilford Press, 2005.

Course links

Course Outline

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,224.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Psychology .

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