69992 - Psychological Therapy.

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Docente: Elena Tomba
  • Credits: 10
  • SSD: M-PSI/08
  • Language: Italian
  • Moduli: Jenny Guidi (Modulo 1/a) Elena Tomba (Modulo 1/b) Ioannis Giannopoulos (Modulo 2) Eliana Tossani (Modulo 3)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1/a) Traditional lectures (Modulo 1/b) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 3)
  • Campus: Cesena
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Clinical psychology (cod. 0990)

Learning outcomes

Students will learn evidence-based limits and indications of psychotherapies.

Course contents

The course consists of four teaching modules and will take place during the first semester (from October to November 2018) at the Cesena Campus of the School of Psychology and Education.

 

Module Prof. Guidi (4 CFU):

1. Scientific assessment of psychotherapy. Some aspects of control and randomization.

2. Methodology and design of psychotherapy research. How to interpret a psychotherapy study in the literature. How to apply a psychotherapy protocol in the clinical setting.

3. Process and outcome evaluation. The variables linked to the patient, therapist and setting.

4. Evidence-based treatment of mood disorders.

Module Prof. Giannopoulos (2CFU):

1. Psychodynamic psychotherapy, with particular reference to borderline personality.

2. Setting, motivation, therapeutic alliance. Steps of the psychotherapeutic process.

3. Basics of brief dynamic psychotherapy.

4. Excerpts from psychotherapeutic practice.

5. Ethics.

Module Prof. Tomba (2 CFU):

1. Models of evidence-based psychotherapy for anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder

2. Evidence-based psychotherapy research for phobias, panic attacks, panic disorder, agoraphobia

3. Evidence-based psychotherapy research for generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety

4. Evidence-based psychotherapy research for obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder

Module Prof. Tossani (2 CFU)

1. Treatment of substance use disorders. Behavioral addiction: clinical and therapeutic aspects.

2. Psychological treatment for personality disorders.

3. Group and family therapy in clinical practice.

4. Humanistic-Existential Model: psychological theories and practical application.

Readings/Bibliography

Fava GA, Grandi S, Rafanelli C (a cura di): Terapia psicologica. Centro Scientifico Editore, 2010.

Fava GA: Well-Being Therapy. Basel, Karger, 2016.

Suggested readings (Prof. Guidi, Tomba and Tossani):

S. Stuart, M. Robertson: Interpersonal psychotherapy. London, Arnold, 2003.

A. Roth, P. Fonagy: What works for whom? 2nd Edition. New York, Guildford, 2005.

Suggested readings (Prof. Giannopoulos):

G.O. Gabbard: Psichiatria psicodinamica, Quinta edizione basata sul DSM-5. Milano: Raffaello Cortina, 2015.

Y. Giannopoulos: L'altra realtà. Psicoterapia a breve termine ansia provocante (stapp). Padova: Cleup, 1999.

Teaching methods

Lectures with case exemplifications, group discussionsand practical exercises.Course attendance plays a crucial role in the learning and assessing process.

Assessment methods

The final evaluation will consist in a 60-minute written exam with a case presentation aimed to assess the student's knowledge regarding the topics included in the textbook and discussed in class. There are neither mid-term nor oral evaluations. The highest final mark (30/30), eventually cum laude, will reflect the comprehensiveness, adequacy and full articulation of the report. The following criteria will be considered in making corrections to the exam: relevant studies cited and described appropriately (0-16 points); clinical reasoning applied to the case presented (0-7 points); full articulation of possible therapeutic indications (0-7 points).Marks will progressively decrease based on lack of information (i.e., lack of clinical reasoning, relevant studies neither cited nor described) and/or in case of inaccurate or off-topic answers. For foreign students, the use of a bilingual dictionary is allowed. Students may register for the exam by using Almaesami.

Teaching tools

Slides, PC, slide projector, overhead projector.

Office hours

See the website of Elena Tomba

See the website of Jenny Guidi

See the website of Ioannis Giannopoulos

See the website of Eliana Tossani