CPS5006 · Principles of adolescent psychotherapy

Overview

This unit will present a psychodynamic framework for adolescent developmental tasks, as well as associated problems and disturbances. It will also look at both general and phase specific principles and issues in psychotherapy with adolescents for the professionals as well as for the adolescents themselves. You will be able to explore these areas through the context of the course work, working with an adolescent in their workplace and prescribed observation of adolescents in their naturalistic settings.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Identify and analyse the key concepts of psychodynamic theory that contribute to an understanding of adolescent development, tasks and issues which include, family, culture and ethnic contexts;
2. Apply basic principles in assessment for therapy with adolescents;
3. Identify and evaluate the issues which arise in working with adolescents in therapeutic contexts;
4. Identify and evaluate the impact on professionals, of working with adolescents;
5. identify and appraise the importance of termination issues in working with adolescents in therapy;
6. Identify and analyse the specific issues and principles to consider for inpatient work with adolescents.

Workload

In this unit there will be 12 hours of teaching and learning activities per week comprising a mix of teacher-directed and self-directed learning, including readings, video resources, online discussions, interactive tutorials, a reflective journal, and written assessments. In addition, students in this Unit will attend and participate in the half day weekend workshop.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.