Postgraduate - UnitCPS5006 - Principles of adolescent psychotherapy

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	School of Psychological Sciences
Offered	Clayton First semester 2015 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Ros Webb

Synopsis

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.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Have a knowledge of a psychodynamic theoretical understanding of adolescent development, tasks and issues;
Have some understanding of how various levels of problems and disturbances can arise during adolescence;
understand basic principles in assessment for therapy with adolescents;
examine how adolescents may present in therapy;
understand basic issues which arise in working with adolescents;
explore the impact of working with adolescents on professionals and the importance of the process between professional and adolescent;
explore termination issues in working with adolescents; and
explore specific issues and principles to consider for inpatient work with adolescents.

Assessment

Written assignment 1 (20%)
Written assignment 2 (20%)
Essay (40%)
On-campus workshop / Alternative assessment (20%)

All assessments must be passed to pass the unit.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jennifer Re

Off-campus attendance requirements

Two day on-campus workshop.