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Module Specifications
Archived Version 2018 - 2019
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Description This module is designed to engage the candidate in critical inquiry about the philosophical underpinnings of popular models of psychotherapy. Candidates will be encouraged to critically discuss the influence, interconnections and disconnections between philosophy and psychotherapy. It will explore the influences of philosophical paradigms on key aspects of psychotherapy such as conceptualisations of being & humanity, pathology & problematisation, growth and change, responsibility, therapeutic relationship and therapists’ roles. Furthermore, the module aims to assist candidates to articulate and critically examine their own professional and personal philosophies regarding psychotherapy practice and to widen their horizon of understanding about the implicit and explicit influence of philosophy in the world of psychotherapy. Through independent study, candidates will engage in a depth of reading, reflection and critical appraisal of philosophical positions with respect to dominant approaches to psychotherapy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Articulate the influence, interconnections and disconnections between philosophy and psychotherapy. 2. Critically discuss philosophical positions, for example, phenomenology, post-modernism, post-structuralism, constructivism, social constructivism and moral philosophy. 3. Explore different approaches in psychotherapy and debate how each is informed from a philosophical perspective. 4. Investigate and critically discuss what conceptualisations of being & humanity, pathology & problematisation, growth & change, responsibility, therapeutic relationship and therapists’ roles are held by major schools of psychotherapy. 5. Critically appraise the psychotherapy model(s) that influence their practice and describe the philosophical underpinnings of these model(s). 6. Explore the ethical implications of embracing specific psychotherapeutic positions and various ways of viewing and enacting the therapeutic relationship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Learning Activities Philosophy, Psychotherapy, ethics, phenomenology, post-modernism, post-structuralism, constructivismPhilosophical positions, e.g. phenomenology, post-modernism, post-structuralism, constructivism, social constructivism and moral philosophy. Philosophical underpinnings of major schools of psychotherapy, for example, Person-centred, Psychoanalytic psychotherapy, Systemic psychotherapy and CBT. Conceptualisations of being & humanity, pathology & problematisation, growth & change, responsibility, therapeutic relationship and therapists’ roles. Ethics, philosophy and psychotherapy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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