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CPS5005

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 22 November 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
OfferedClayton First semester 2012 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)Ms Jacqui Adler

Synopsis

This unit will outline the principles of Child Psychotherapy from a developmental and psychoanalytic perspective. It will address the context and boundaries of therapy and explore ways the child communicates in therapy. It will also address issues of technique including the therapeutic use of the relationship between the child and the psychotherapist being the central tool in ongoing clinical work; the process of observing, hearing and interpretation in psychotherapy; issues of termination: and the structure, significance and dynamics of this process.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will be expected to have an understanding and knowledge of:

  1. the means by which the child communicates in therapy eg. through play, speech and other behaviours;
  2. the significance and meaning of the way the child relates to the therapist ie. an understanding of the concepts of transference ( the way the child perceives and relates to the therapist) and countertransference (the way therapist reacts to the child) and the possible meanings of these concepts and their importance;
  3. the use of interpretation in therapy - timing content and intention;
  4. the significance and importance of boundaries and structure provided by the therapist;
  5. termination - the process of bringing the therapy to a conclusion; and
  6. the impact of working with the disturbed child including the disturbed child in special situations - understanding this in a way which furthers understanding of the child and the therapeutic process.

Assessment

Written assignment 1 (20%)
Written assignment 2 (20%)
Essay (40%)
On-Campus Workshop (20%)
All assessments must be passed to pass the unit

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Jacqui Adler

Off-campus attendance requirements

One day workshop

Prerequisites

CPS5001 (DCP0001) and
CPS5002 (DCP0002) and
CPS5003 (DCP0003) and
CPS5004 (DCP0004)