Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Description This module provides the student with opportunities to embrace psychoanalytic theory and associated techniques in counselling and psychotherapy practice. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Critique the theoretical underpinnings of psychoanalytic approaches to therapeutic encounters 2. Assess the process of case formulation and therapeutic change as conceptualised by psychoanalytic traditions 3. Evaluate the impact the discovery of the unconscious had on the development of a psychical topography 4. Analyse psychoanalytic frameworks of development and psychopathology 5. Evaluate the outcomes and process research literature relating to psychoanalytic models of psychotherapy 6. Examine how transference may either facilitate or inhibit therapeutic practice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
This module is based on introducing students to the advanced theory and knowledge required to conduct counselling and psychotherapy with an integrative approach. The primary areas of the module are outlined belowExploration of psychoanalytic theory and practice with particular emphasis on an introduction to Freud, Klein, Bion and LacanConsideration and comparison of psychical development from Freudian, Kleinian and Lacanian perspectivesExploration of the myth and reality of OedipusConsideration of how psychoanalytic theory conceptualises pathology and engages in assessment and treatmentAnalysis of how psychodynamic models create and maintain therapeutic allianceExploration of the unconscious, repression, defense mechanisms, containment, transference, counter transference, language and desireExploration and analysis of the concept of group psychoanalytic theoryConsideration of integrative approach, including exploration of how models may be integrated in practice both as a method to treat and as a tool to understanding psychopathologyEvaluate research pertinent to the practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapyCritique the contribution of psychoanalytic approaches make to pathway specific pathologyContinuous Assessment 100%Written assignment- theory (4000 words) 60%Case Presentation with report – clinical (2000 words) 40%Notes; both elements of assessment must be successful passed to complete this module.It is a module requirement that both assignments will be submitted to turnitin." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of Last Revision | 16-SEP-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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