The unit provides an initial clinical experience supported by small group supervision, to be followed by the unit PSTY5204, structuring learning in psychodynamic practice. The initial focus is on assessment for psychotherapy and the structure of short term psychodynamic intervention as comprising initial, middle and ending phases. Students will bring suitable cases with audio-taped sessional material from their work setting or an affiliated psychotherapy program and begin 2 therapies, both short term psychotherapies of 10-15 sessions or one short term therapy and a longer term therapy, with cases continuing in PSTY5204. This second option is open to those enrolled in the Grad Dip or Masters or requires Departmental permission. Supervision will focus on the micro-skills of engagement and attunement and use of language, assessment of states of mind and formulation and the construction of a safety plan, frame and contract. Students will gain skills in: developing the therapeutic relationship; identification of coping mechanisms, dissociation, transference and countertransference; the use of feeling/affective language and metaphor; managing the vicissitudes of therapy; construction of a goodbye letter. Students will gain a grounding in reflective practice, ethical conduct and self-care.
Unit details and rules
Unit code | PSTY5203 |
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Academic unit | Brain and Mind Science |
Credit points | 3 |
Prohibitions
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None |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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PSTY5201 |
Assumed knowledge
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This unit assumes a working clinical knowledge of basic counselling |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Joan Haliburn, joan.haliburn@sydney.edu.au |
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