Self directed experience/Therapeutic Skills Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - cognitive behavioural therapy, 3 credits

Passing the “Psykoterapi under handledning samt arbetsplatsförlagd praktik 3 – KBT” (“Psychotherapy under supervision and applied practice 3 – CBT”) course.

On completion of the course, the student is expected to:
Knowledge and understanding
Be able to account in detail for the significance of theories and therapist variables in the therapy situation. Be able to account in detail for methods for continuously noting and describing the quality of their own therapist behaviour and professional role in relation to effects on the patient in the therapy situation. Be able to critically review and reflect on research and theories about the relevance of understanding the patient’s experiences and perspective within the psychotherapeutic process. Be able to critically review and reflect on research and theories about the professional development of therapists and the profession-specific risks and problems they face.

Skills and abilities
Demonstrate an ability to review their own therapeutic behaviour, compare this with what research and theories state is desirable, and take actions to meet an identified development need. Show ability to reflect over the own experience of the application of psychotherapeutic interventions from both psychotherapist - and patient role.

Values and attitudes
Be able to review and reflect on their own values that may affect their own professional practice, including formulating in behavioural terms what it means not to discriminate against people on the grounds of their gender, ethnic origin, religion or other declaration of faith, sexual orientation or disability.

The course consists of two (2) parts.

Part 2 is a continuation of previous term.

Teaching takes place in the form of lectures, group exercises, seminars and individual discussions.

All attendance is mandatory. Students will not pass in the event of more than 20% absence. In the event of absence of no more than 20%, students will be given substitute tasks for those instances of teaching that they have missed. Students who fail are entitled to repeat the course on one occasion. The following are required in order to pass the course:
1) 1) Active participation in the various parts of the course and meeting the attendance requirement of at least 80%.
2) 2) Passing a written examination in theories and research findings of relevance to the course.
3) 3) Students formulating, evaluating and revising their own written development plans together with their mentors.
4) 4) Students coding at least two session extracts and passing at least one session extract in relation to therapist variables (capacity for empathy, being able to support the patient’s autonomy, being able to promote cooperation with the patient, steering the therapy session and being able to coax out the patient’s perspective and strengthen the patient’s expression of the desire to change), coded by independent coders.

The course has been cancelled

Course evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the guidelines established by the Board of Education.

Each student must submit confirmation from his or her employer demonstrating that the student has been employed on a part-time basis with psychotherapeutic work tasks in psychiatric care or equivalent duties during the term in question.