Psychodynamic Therapy in Psychiatry (PSYT90090)
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About this subject
Contact information
July
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
| Availability | July - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
Psychodynamic principles and treatment underpin a broad range of psychological treatments in psychiatry. This unit is intended to provide an overview of broad principles of psychodynamic psychotherapy and their application to psychiatric assessment, intervention and management of a range of psychiatric conditions.
This unit will cover the skills and knowledge required as mandated Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) training in supportive psychotherapy and in managing the therapeutic alliance. The unit will also assist in tackling the long psychotherapy training case which is mandated RANZCP training.
The course will have sessions on psychodynamic theory starting with Freud, Klein and Winnicott (object relations) and move to contemporary and integrative developments such as mentalisation based psychodynamic psychotherapy thus linking with infant development and attachment theory.
The sessions to follow will concentrate on the therapeutic alliance, particularly boundaries and frame. Skills involved in using supportive psychotherapy based on psychodynamic principles in many therapeutic encounters will be covered including times-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Sessions will be interactive using DVDs and group discussions in addition to didactic teaching.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this unit students will be able to:
- Explain key concepts in psychodynamic theory such as the unconscious, transference and countertransference, defence mechanisms, the development of the self and the therapeutic alliance including their implications for clinical practice
- Explain the importance of developmental factors, particularly early attachment experiences and trauma in providing a detailed psychodynamic formulation for psychiatric patients
- Describe and apply the principles of assessment for psychodynamic psychotherapy
- Describe and apply the principles of supportive psychotherapy to general psychiatric patients
- Demonstrate the knowledge to be able to provide time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy including the termination phase
Generic skills
Upon successful completion of the unit the student will have acquired a good understanding of the following:
- Basic psychodynamic theories and their implications for clinical practice;
- Unconscious mental functioning as it related to contemporary neuroscience and contemporary psychotherapy practice;
- Mentalisation and relective functioning;
- The basis concepts of personality and how this is linked with Borderline Personality Disorder and trauma; and
- Integrating psychodynamic principles into treatment planning of general psychiatric patients.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Class participation | Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Oral presentation of approx 7 mins duration
| During the teaching period | 20% |
Written essay (due within 3 weeks of teaching period end date)
| 3 Weeks after the end of teaching | 70% |
| Hurdle requirement: Attendance: 75% of sessions (for face-to-face students) OR 75% completion of online modules (for online students) | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- July - Online
Principal coordinator Mahesh Jayaram Coordinator Debra Menser Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Six weekly 3.5 hour modules Total time commitment 85 hours Pre teaching start date 26 June 2023 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students should familiarise themselves with the online platform and may like to take the opportunity to read through preliminary information about the subject and the services and support that is available to them. Students are encouraged to use this time to also introduce themselves to peers and teaching staff and to learn about those they will be studying with throughout the term. Teaching period 3 July 2023 to 7 August 2023 Last self-enrol date 27 June 2023 Census date 14 July 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 August 2023 Assessment period ends 25 August 2023 July contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Time commitment details
85 hours
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Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
- Winston A, Rosenthal R and Pinsker H “Learning Supportive Psychotherapy an illustrated guide” American Psychiatric Publishing (2012)
- Bateman, Brown and Pedder "Introduction to Psychotherapy - an outline of psychodynamic principles and practice" 4th Edition Routledge (2010)
- Gabbard G.O. Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy a basic text APP (2010)
- Holmes J. John Bowlby and Attachment Theory Routledge (1993)
- Ed Levy and Ablon Handbook of Evidence- Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Humama Press (2009)
Recommended texts and other resources
- Cozolino The Neuroscience of Human Relationships Pub Norton (2006)
- Holmes J. Storr’s The Art of Psychotherapy Hodder Arnold (2012)
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Psychiatry Course Master of Psychiatry - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Students wishing to take this subject under Community Access must meet the course entry requirements to be eligible.
Last updated: 31 January 2024