Internship in Psychopathology and Dynamic Psychotherapies

Year
5
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
02018492
Subject Area
Psychology
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
ECTS Credits
30.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Students must have successfully completed the first year of the second phase of the Integrated Master in Psychology - area of  Dynamic Psychopathology and Psychotherapies

Teaching Methods

Teaching is mostly tutorial, based on active methods (observation and participation in activities) in the organization where the internship takes place. The supervision carried out by the FPCE is also tutorial and active, implying the presentation and discussion of cases

Learning Outcomes

 Prepare the students for professionalization in the psychologist clinical work, considering mainly  the activities related with dynamic psychopathology and psychotherapy in multidisciplinary teams;

- Provide the students formative experiences in a professional context, where the knowledge related with psychology previously acquired can be applied and developed;

- Develop in student a autonomic and initiative attitude for lifelong learning, leading to an attitude of systematic updating

Competencies:

- Assessment and psychopathology diagnosis

- therapeutic planning

- Psychotherapeutic intervention;

- Assessment communication

- Team work

- Critical thinking and self-evaluation of the accomplished work

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

According to the specificity of the stages in Psychology, in this field there are more activities than programmatic contents.

1. Internship preparation seminars

2. Trainee adaptation and integration to the institution

2.1 knowing the team, the institution and the provided services;

2.2 Observation and monitoring the psychological activities in the institution;

3. Internship full application of knowledge and skills in the professional context

3.1 Psychological assessment and psychopathology diagnosis;

3.2 Clinical and expertise reports;

3.3 Psychotherapeutic work;

3.4 Active participation on the clinical multidisciplinary meetings;

3.5 Internship final report elaboration;

4. Training and supervision activities in FPCE-UC

4.1 Diagnostic activities, therapeutic orientation and assessment;

4.2 Clinical reports analysis

4.3 Clinical projects guidance (proposed by the internship student)

Head Lecturer(s)

Rui Alexandre Paquete Paixão

Assessment Methods

Assessment
The students are evaluated by a jury of three elements, which necessarily includes the academic tutor. The evaluation will have, as a reference, among other elements, the report of the internship delivered by the student at the end of the academic year: 100.0%

Bibliography

American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed., text rev.). Washington, DC: Author.

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author

Cierpka, M., Grande, T., Rudolf , G., von der Tann, M., Stasch, M, & the OPD Task Force (2007). The Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnostics System: Clinical Relevance, Reliability and Validity, Psychopathology, 40, 209–220

Clarkin, J.F. & Posner, M. (2005). Defining the Mechanisms of Borderline Personality Disorder. Psychopathology, 38:56–63.

Caligor, E., Kerneberg, O., & Clarkin, J.F. ((2008). Psicoterapia Dinâmica: das patologias leves de personalidade. Porto Alegre: Artmed

Mack, A.H, Brady, K.T., Miller, S.I., & Frances, R.J. (2016). Clinical textbook of addictive disorders. New York: The Guilford Press

Patricia Coughlin (2017). Maximizing effetiveness in Dynamic psychotherapy. London: Routledge

Richard F.S