Psychological Counselling and Development

Code:

LP400

Acronym:

CPD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2005/2006 - A

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	wvs.psi.up.pt
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	145	Plano oficial a partir de 2001/02	4	4	8	-

Objectives

The aim is the introduction to the preventive, social and community view of psychological intervention, particularly emphasizing the developmental-ecological model. Students should be able to compare several modalities of the psychological profession (psychological counselling), which comprise not only the rather traditional forms such as counselling and psychotherapy with remedial purposes to individuals and groups, but also development groups and diverse kinds of counselling with preventive and encouraging aims.

Program

1st Part: Introduction
2nd Part: Direct intervention for the development of the personal system
3rd Part: Psychological intervention to the development of life contexts

Main Bibliography

CAMPOS, B. (Ed.) (l991). Psychological intervention and human development. Porto: ICPFD e Louvain-la-Neuve: Academia.
CONYNE, R. (l987) Primary preventive counselling: Empowering people and systems. Muncie: Accelerated Development Inc. Pub.
FELNER, R. et al. (l983). Preventive psychology N.Y.: Pergamon Press.
ORFORD, J. (1992). Community psychology. Theory and practice. Chichester: Wiley.
VAUX, A. (l988). Social support. Theory, research and intervention. Praeger.

Complementary Bibliography

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Teaching methods and learning activities

Number of hours per week: Theoretical – 1h30/Practical – 1h30

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam