Important websites, Journals and information

Keep at a glance the assigned readings and content for every week

Key Issues in Psychotherapy and Counselling; Goals of Psychotherapy; Effectiveness of Psychotherapeutic Change Considerations in Therapeutic Practice

Components of Psychotherapeutic Change, The therapist variables; The client variables. Ethical Considerations in Therapeutic Practice

Defining Goals of Psychotherapy Interviewing; Skills and Effective tools.

Philosophical and theoretical foundations; Psychoanalytic perspectives on personality development; Object-relations therapy and self-psychology

Understand the application of the analytic framework, free association, interpretation, dream analysis, and analysis and interpretation of resistance and transference.

Philosophical and theoretical foundations; Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy Principles.

This week we will begin our discussion of the practice of Cognitive-Behavioral-Therapies (CBT). We will discuss CBT in the context of the principles of interactive therapies and behavioural therapies and will discuss the basic elements and principles in CBT practice.

Philosophical and theoretical foundations from approaches to person-centred therapy. We will discuss the procedures and the theoretical principles and underpinnings of psychotherapeutic techniques.

Continuing our discussion of the less widespread psychotherapeutic approaches, this week we will discuss the humanistic approaches to psychotherapy. Specifically, our focus will be in Gestalt techniques and also briefly discuss the existential approaches to psychotherapy

Group dynamics; Process of family systems therapy; Several Approaches examples will be introduce.

Mind-body practices are techniques designed to enhance the mind's positive impact on the body. These techniques practices include behavioural, psychological, social, expressive, and spiritual approaches.

This week we will discuss the importance and principles of integration of therapeutic approaches in delivering results and treatment. We will also discuss the common issues in the therapeutic process, as well as the principles of evaluation of interventions and therapeutic techniques.

Psychotherapy with the elderly; Brief Cognitive-Dynamic Treatment of stress response syndrome. Disasters and emergencies –Psychological First Aid