MCP0001

Child psychotherapy 1 (year 1)

(MED)

Ms J Beaufoy

8 points + First semester + Austin Hospital (Repat. campus)

Synopsis: Seminars on: introduction to psychoanalytic theories of development including developmental perspectives of Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, Margaret Mahler, John Bowlby and Donald Winnicott. Psychiatric assessment, assessment for psychotherapy, infant-parent work, child psychotherapy, adolescent psychotherapy, parent therapy and psychodynamic understanding of the family. Clinical Supervision: individual psychotherapy supervision, 2 hours per week. Parent Therapy Supervision, 1 hour per week. Developmental Observation Seminar, 1 hour per week.

Assessment: Trainees' performance on seminars + Written reports trainees submit of assessments and each series of observations + Written report submitted by clinical supervisors for each trainee detailing progress made + An integration of the various aspects of the unit are to be demonstrated in the students' clinical work