Provides various perspectives on transference and countertransference and how to work with these dynamics in the clinical setting. Comparative historical and contemporary views of the development of adult psychopathology and the categorization system of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Exploration of group process through group interaction, didactic analysis and synthesis. Includes experiential learning processes and instructor-demonstrated family of origin interviews. This course provides an overview of key concepts and methods in therapeutic communication, integrating psychodynamic, humanistic and other approaches.
Experiential portion includes role-play and simulations.
Case material introduces strategies of intervention. Presentation and discussion of case material. Emphases upon case formulation, the therapeutic relationship, and the development of clinical skills. Gestalt Therapy will be presented as an adjunct to Existential Philosophy and Therapy, and as a natural reflection of Humanities Psychology. The elements of Gestalt Therapy will be demonstrated, i.e., contact boundaries, awareness, figure formation, the gestalt theory of neurosis, disturbances at the boundaries.