This
course, offered by the Department of Psychological Medicine, is conducted
primarily at the Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg. The degree
is taken by coursework and minor thesis. The course for the degree shall be
completed in not less than three years and not more than six years and will be
undertaken part-time.
The aim of this degree is to provide the opportunity for psychotherapists from
various disciplines to examine critically the theoretical and research bases of
the practice of child psychotherapy in the context of ongoing clinical skills
training in this area, to understand the issues of research methodology in this
field, and to contribute to the body of knowledge in this field by means of a
substantial piece of scholarship. The long-term objective is to raise the
academic and clinical standard of child psychotherapy and encourage scholarship
and research in the field.
Applicants need to have a minimum of two years practice in their graduate field
with approved experience working with children and their families and be
currently engaged in therapeutic work with children.
Three hours of coursework per week per semester over three years.
Three hours supervision of psychotherapy work per week per semester over three years, plus each student is to have at least two children, two adolescents and two parents in psychotherapy during the course.
A series of seminars and other workshops on research methodology, data analysis, and critical examination of the literature relevant to the field of child psychoanalytic psychotherapy and the planning, preparation and writing of the minor thesis.
Candidates will be required to submit a substantial piece of individual scholarship in the form of a minor thesis at the end of their final year.
Assessment of the coursework will be by continual assessment based on evidence of attendance and participation, and the submission of assignments related to the subjects being undertaken for the degree. This may be supplemented by written and oral examinations.
Inquiries should be directed to Ms J Beaufoy, c/- Postgraduate Child Psychiatry Training (Vic.), Austin Repatriation Medical Centre (Repatriation Campus), Building 36, Waterdale Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084. Telephone (03) 9496 4118 or email jeanette.beaufoy@med.monash.edu.au
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