Code: | P744 | Acronym: | ITPD |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Psychology |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Psychology |
Course/CS Responsible: | Integrated Master Psychology |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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MIPSI | 78 | Official Curricular Structure | 4 | - | 6 | 54 | 162 |
This CU aims to provide students with knowledge and competences that will enable them to intervene with young people and adults, taking into account not only the specificity of the problems/difficulties, but also the nature of ongoing developmental tasks and transitions and the uniqueness of life trajectories. Based on attachment theory as an integrative paradigm of human development, the UC intends to discuss its implications and applications for (a) the understanding of the conditions and developmental processes that gave rise and/or mantain clinical disorders; and (b) the construction of the therapeutic relationship and the potentiation of the processes of change.
It is expected that the student is able to:
. reflect in an integrative and comprehensive way upon the major developmental transitions and disorders of the young adult and adult years;
. discuss the implications and applications of attachment theory to the clinical context;
. elaborate and evaluate processes of psychotherapeutic intervention based on constructivist and developmental principles;
. know and discuss critically the movement of evidence based therapies;
. discuss the role of the development of the psychotherapist as an integral part of the therapeutic relationship and the change process;
. acquire competencies and counselling skills, adapted to the specificities of developmental periods, the diversity of needs and problems, and the uniqueness of developmental histories;
. recog nize and discuss the ethical and social implications of the psychologist's actions;
. develop an attitude of active, autonomous and lifelong learning.
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1. A developmental and constructivist epistemology of clinical intervention for the development of young adults and adults.
Implications of attachment theory for clinical intervention. Constructivist approaches to psychological intervention and change processes. The mouvement of the evidence-based therapies.
2. Basic principles of psychological counselling with young adults and adults
Structural elements of the intervention process; regulatory processes of psychological change; the nature of the psychotherapeutic relationship; the role of language and transformational conversation; the development of the psychotherapist; ethical.
3. Psychopathological configurations of meaning-making and other (dis)orders
Depressive disorders. Suicide and suicide attempts. Adaptation to loss, bereavement and grief processes. Anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety, panic disorder, agoraphobia, social anxiety, post-traumatic stress).
Methods of oral presentation of the thematic subjects;
Intentional creation of opportunities for discussion based upon contributions of students and teacher;
The teacher will appeal to her clinical experience and gives examples of psychotherapeutic processes and dilemmas present in psychological intervention;
Deepening and systematization of knowledge based upon suggested readings and autonomous search of literature;
Observation and discussion of videos related to therapeutic systems privileged in the unity;
Use of images, metaphors and cartoons;
Role-playing (role of the client and of the counsellor) for training of counselling skills;
Invitation of clinical psychologists that present and discuss their practices;
Confrontation with practical ethical dilemmas;
Students are expected to present a work about psychotherapeutic strategies and resources to be discussed within the group
designation | Weight (%) |
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Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico | 50,00 |
Trabalho escrito | 50,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
designation | Time (hours) |
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Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico | 6,00 |
Estudo autónomo | 98,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 54,00 |
Trabalho escrito | 4,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
It is recommended effective presence of the student in ¾ of the practical lessons given. To be approved in the unity, the student must obtain a minimum of 10 points out of 20, and each of the components evaluated regarding the distributed evaluation (group work and individual work) must have a minimum of 9 points out of 20.
The group work includes the oral presentation and discussion of a work organised in small groups (3/4 elements) on a topic related to resources, strategies and processes of psychotherapeutic intervention. A list of possible topics is presented on the first day of classes. Apart from a theoretical-conceptual and empirical review on the topic, the presentation intends to be substantive, creative and dynamic, and should also involve colleagues in learning and discussion of specific skills. It is also requested a summary of the presentation, with (a) the identification of the main content, (b) the objectives to be achieved, (c) the competencies to be acquired, and (d) the bibliography consulted. The documents related to the students' presentations (power point presentation and summary) are placed in the documents folder of UC (Sigarra).
The individual work concerns a written, critical and sustained synthesis on a theme to be announced by the teacher related to the programmatic contents developed in the theoretical classes.
The evaluation follows a distributed evaluation and consists of group work (50%) and individual work (50%). The final classification results from the arithmetical mean of both quotations and will be expressed in a 0-20 interval scale.
According to the official regulation of the FPCEUP (cf. art.º 9º).
Although student workers do not need to conform to the request of presence in ¾ of the practical classes, they need to fulfill the other requirements. Plase contact the teacher at the beginning of the semester.
Follows the general rules of FPCEUP (cf. art. 11). The improvement of the final mark is possible by conducting an exam. This may be done up to the year immediately following the year when the student had the classification. There is no way to improve the distributed component throughout the year.