B020866 - MODELS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY

Italian

What is Psychotherapy?
Ethical Principles
Efficacy and Effectiveness of Psychotherapy
Theories and Models
Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapy
Humanistic Psychotherapy
Family Therapies
Integrative Psychotherapy
Other Psychotherapies

- Fonagy, P., & Target, M. (2003). Psychoanalytic Theories. Perspectives from Developmental Psychopathology. Whurr Publishers Ltd.

- Bara, B. (a cura di) (2005). Nuovo Manuale di Psicoterapia Cognitiva. Vol. 1 Teoria. Bollati Boringhieri, Torino.

- Didactic material provided during the course

Knowledge and understanding

To understand the fundamental knowledge of theories and models in psychotherapy. Understanding the diverse and conflicting positions on the theory and practice of various psychotherapies. Recognize the specificity that allow the therapist to indicate a treatment instead of another.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The course will aim to develop the following competencies and knowledge: to understand the various forms of intervention, to learn technical and scientific terms, to explore the various possibilities for interaction between pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment, to understand the importance of research on the effectiveness of different treatments

Making judgements
Emphasis will be given on: the variety of different psychotherapeutic approaches, the existence of different treatments and, as a consequence, the need of evaluate in each single case the best scientific evidence about the efficacy of these treatments.

Communication skills
Upon completion of this course students should be able to understand the taxonomy of therapeutic interventions without negletting the efficacy and effectiveness

Learning skills
The course must make the students able to integrate the newly acquired knowledge with those already in their possession and with those obtained by other courses, with the aim of creating useful links and connections.

General aims
To acquire basic knowledge on the different theoretical models, techniques and applications in order to know how to steer between the different therapeutic indications

Good knowledge of psychopathology and research methods

Knowledge and understanding
Lectures.

Applying knowledge and understanding
During the lessons, exercises and examples will be conducted on real or simulated clinical cases in order to illustrate the way in which the acquired theoretical knowledge can be put into practice.

Making judgements
During the course, a critical approach will be used in relation to analyzed theories and concepts, so as to accustom students to the discussion of the concepts and the theories that has been proposed in the clinical and scientific field.

Communication skills
During the lessons will be used a language that can allow students to learn the important technical terms of the discipline, and that it can provide useful examples of communication methods to be used in a diversified manner with colleagues and patients.

Learning skills
Lectures.

The class attendance is not compulsory.

Knowledge and understanding
Written examination Multiple Choice and Open Questions. On average, the items in the exam have a difficulty index of between .25 and .75

Applying knowledge and understanding
During the course, exercises will be provided on real and simulated clinical cases, so that students will have the opportunities of verify their progressive learning.

Making judgements
During the written examination, critical judgements will be requested about the concept exposed in the text and in the didactic material provided during the course

Communication skills
During the written examination, the technical correctness of used language and also the conceptual clearness in the description of concept and theories will be evaluated.

Learning skills
At the time of written examination the ability to develop link and connections between concepts and theories will be evaluated; this ability will be evaluated also in relation to previous courses

Grades examination

What is Psychotherapy?
Ethical Principles
Efficacy and Effectiveness of Psychotherapy
Theories and Models

Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Summary of the history of psychoanalysis
The foundations of the psychoanalytic model and the Freudian evolutionary model
The structural approach and its developments
Object Relation Theory
The Independent Group
The Interpersonal-Relational Approach
The Attachment Theory
Schema Theories
Mentalization
Transactional Analysis
Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Adler and Jung

Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapy
From behaviourism to cognitivism: a brief history
The epistemological bases of cognitive psychotherapies
Italian Clinical Cognitivism
Cognitive formation
The cognitive therapist
The role of attachment
The development of Self
The therapeutic relationship
Conversation in cognitive therapy with constructivist orientation
Metacognition
Mindfulness
The organization of knowledge
Neo-behaviourism
Schema Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Humanistic Psychotherapy
Client Centered Therapy
Gestalt Psychotherapy

Family Therapies

Integrated Psychotherapy

Other Psychotherapy and Techniques: Animal Assisted Therapy, Art Therapy, Bioenergetics, Biofeedback, Choice Theory and Reality Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, Emotion Focused Therapy, Feminist Therapy, Phototherapy and Photolangage, Hypnosis, Logotherapy, Music Therapy, Psychodrama, Psychosynthesis and Transpersonal Psychotherapy, Sandplay Therapy, Sensory Motor Psychotherapy, Strategic Therapy, Sex Therapy, Autogenic Training