Neuropsychotherapy

Course: Clinical Psychology and Fundamentals of Psychotherapy

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Neuropsychotherapy
Code
ВБ 2.3
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5
Learning outcomes
LO. 5; LO. 10; LO. 14; LO. 15; LO. 16; LO. 17; The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section " Programme Profile".
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know the basics of personality neuropsychology, the directions of modern psychotherapy, the biology of mental and behavioral disorders. 2. Have the skills of scientific research, search, processing and analysis of information from various sources, the use of information and communication technologies.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to master topical psychological and neuropsychological theories of psychotherapy in accordance with the professional activity of a psychologist, to learn how to develop the design of neuropsychological studies of psychotherapy. The discipline "Neuropsychotherapy" belongs to the selective block of disciplines of training an applicant in clinical psychology with the basics of psychotherapy. Mastering the discipline forms the readiness for research activities in the field of neuropsychotherapy, the study of neuropsychological aspects of the full functioning of the personality and neuronal correlates of psychotherapeutic changes of the client. Interdisciplinary neuropsychological research of psychotherapy is an important area for psychology. Neuropsychological models of psychotherapeutic changes of the client are actively used to study the results of psychotherapy, improve existing methods of psychological counseling and study mental health.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Krupelnytska L. Napriamy suchasnoi psykhoterapii. Navchalnyi posibnyk / K.: Interservis. – 2018. – 350 c. [in Ukrainian]. 2. Cozolino L. The neuroscience of psychotherapy: healing the social brain (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology). – WW Norton & Company, 2017. – 608 c. 3.Montgomery A. Neurobiology essentials for clinicians: What every therapist needs to know (norton series on interpersonal neurobiology). – WW Norton & Company, 2013. – 360 c. 4. Siegel D. J., Schore A. N., Cozolino L. Interpersonal Neurobiology and Clinical Practice (norton series on interpersonal neurobiology). – WW Norton & Company, 2021. – 368 c.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, practical training, individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral reports, discussion, presentation, final control work. Semester assessment: answers and additions are evaluated at seminar classes. Evaluation of the written task on topics 1-4: RN1.1; RN1.2; RN2.1 – 10/6 points. Evaluation of the written task on topics 5-11: RN1.1; RN2.1; RN2. 2-10/6 points. Evaluation of participation in the discussion at seminars: RN1.1; RN1.2; RN1. 3; RN2. 1 – 20/12. Assessment of the quality of tasks at seminars: RN1.1; PH.2.1; RN2. 2; RN2. 3 – 20/12. The minimum score required for admission to the exam is 36 points, the maximum for the semester is 60 points. The form of control is an exam. The minimum score on the exam is 24, the maximum is 40 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Sergiy Vitaliiovych Lytvyn
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology