Psychology & Brain Sciences 391E - S-Adv Topics in Clinical Psych

This course is for students who intend to become Psychotherapists. Classes are devoted to discussions of alternative ways a therapist might handle specific situations that commonly arise in clinical work including: establishing a working alliance with challenging patients, setting appropriate boundaries and managing boundary violations, handling resistance, repairing relationship ruptures, and maintaining an optimal balance between focusing on process and focusing on outcome. Role - playing is used extensively, and the class is highly interactive. Because experiential learning is a major didactic tool used in this course, class attendance is required.

Senior Psychology Majors only. Pre Req: PSYCH 241 & 380 This course is absolutely restricted to students with a serious intention of pursuing graduate study in one of the helping professions (specifically clinical, counseling, or school psychology; psychiatry or psychiatric nursing; social work; or pastoral counseling). Students with only an academic interest in abnormal psychology or psychotherapy should not register for this course. Subtitle is Practice Matters. This class may open to juniors later in the registration period if space permits.