PSY 7538 - Psychodynamic Approaches to Interventions

(3 units)

The goal of the course is to help students develop knowledge and skills in contemporary psychodynamic psychotherapy. Students will learn to conceptualize patients’ issues using several psychodynamic theories and to develop interventions based upon and consistent with their conceptualizations, adapting concepts and interventions to diverse populations. Students will practice clinical case presentation skills and will practice formulating cases from various psychodynamic perspectives.