Family and Sexual Psychological Counselling

Code:

LP410

Acronym:

CPF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Consulta Psicológica de Jovens e Adultos

Instance: 2004/2005 - A

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Psychology Degree

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LPSI	43	Plano oficial a partir de 2001/02	4	6	11	-

Objectives

1) Contributing to the knowledge of various explanatory models and of psychological intervention in different questions concerning the sexual and familiar system;
2) Contributing to the acquisition of the first level of psychological counselling practice in this domain;
3) Students should be prepared to face the field practice in this area in following year.

Program

I. Family’s psychological counselling
1. Historical approach
2. Family’s psychological development
3. Psychological intervention in the family: intervention models
II. Psychological counselling and conjugal development
1. Historical perspective
2. Intimacy
3. Love and couple intimacy
4. Theoretical perspectives and intervention in intimate relationships
5. Conjugal relationships assessment
III. Psychological counselling and sexual development
1. Characterization and development of Sexuality
2. Sexual psychotherapy
3. Sexual disfunctions
4. Sexual identity
5. Sexual abuses
6. Psychological education to the psychosexual development
7. Sexual relationship assessment
IV. Psychological counselling and parental development
1. Motherhood/fatherhood throughout the life cycle
2. Parental psychological counselling
3. Assessment of characteristics and motherhood/fatherhood process
V. Psychological counselling in situations of familiar violence
1. Conceptualisation of violence in family
2. Parental violence
3. Psychological intervention
4. Conjugal violence
VI. Familiar psychological counselling in “non-traditional” situations
1. Divorce
2. Remarried families

Main Bibliography

BAUCOM, D.H., & EPSTEIN (1990). Cognitive-behavioural marital therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel
BORSTEIN, M.H. Handbook of Parenting. New Jersey: L. Elbaum. Ass.
COSTA, M. E. (1994). Divórcio, monoparentalidade e recasamento. Intervenção psicológica em transições familiares. Porto: Ed. Asa.
COSTA, M.E. & DUARTE, C. (2000). Violência Familiar. Porto: Ambar.
FLETCHER, G. (2002). The new science of intimate relationships. Oxford: Blackwell Pub.
RELVAS, A.P. (1999). Conversas com famílias. Discursos e perspectivas em terapia familiar. Porto: Eds. Afrontamento.
SAMPAIO, D. & GAMEIRO, J. (1985). Terapia Familiar. Porto: Eds. Afrontamento
SCHNARCH, D. M. (1991). Constructing the sexual crucible. An integration of sexual and marital therapy. New York: Norton & Company

Teaching methods and learning activities

Number of hours per week: Theoretical – 2h/Practical – 2h

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Calculation formula of final grade

the 1st exam weights 40% in the final classification and the 2nd one weights 60%;