25922 - Psychopathology and intervention techniques II
301 - Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas
Compulsory
5.1. Methodological overview
In the subject Psychopathology and Therapeutic Interventions II, we will employ a participative methology, using the Problem-Based Learning methodology as referent. We will stimulate critical thinking, by analyzing and discussing about the usefulness of the different theoretical approches to therapy. This way, our purpose is to help student to choose the theorical approach that fits better their goals in their future work as psychologists.
5.2. Learning tasks
Lecture sessions: 30 hours (3 ECTS)
Practice sessions (case studies, general design of therapeutic interventions): 30 hours (3 ECTS)
5.3. Syllabus
UNIT I. Introduction to sistems of psychotherapy
1. Introduction and history of the different sistems of psychotherapy
UNIT II. Depth Psychology
2. Psychoanalysis (Freud)
3. Individual Psychology (Adler)
UNIT III. Discovering contingencies
4. Behavior Modification (First wave of Behavior Therapies)
5. Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Therapies (Second wave of Behavior Therapies: Beck, Ellis)
6. Acceptance-Based therapies (Third wave of Behavior Therapies: Hayes, Kohlenberg, Linehan)
UNIT IV. Searcning for meaning
7. Client-centered therapy (Rogers)
8. Gestalt Therapy (Perls)
UNIT V. Beyond the individual: the family as a unity
9. Family/Sistemic Therapy