Family psychodiagnostics and family counseling
Course: Psychology
Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology
Title
Family psychodiagnostics and family counseling
Code
ДВС 4.01
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PLO 4; PLO 5; PLO 7; PLO 9; PLO 10; The full list of Programme
learning outcomes is given in the section Programme Profile
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The master student must know: the patterns of the family functioning and the psychology of family
relationships.
The master student must be able to: study the family system, obtain the skills of diagnostic
research, searching, processing and analysis of information, using of information and communication
technologies in practical work with the family, consulting with the family and its members.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline: to introduce students with a systematic approach to family problems, to
develop a professional worldview of the general patterns of the family functioning as a system and
technological tools for their diagnosis, to develop competencies to identify psychological problems by
diagnosing basic parameters of the family system.
1. The family as an autonomous systemic and structural unit. System models of family problems
research.
2. Transgenerational transfers. Integrative model of system family diagnostics.
3. Psychology of marital and family relations. Diagnosis of marital relations at different stages of family
development.
4. Diagnosis of interpersonal communication in the family. Psychology of child-parent relationship.
5. Existential approach to family problems. Existential interview by A. Lengle and diagnosis of areas
for relationship development.
6. Diagnosis of symptomatic behavior in the family system. Circular processes in the family.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Vaskivska S.V. Osnovy psykholohichnoho konsultuvannia. – Kyiv : Nika-tsentr, 2018. – 711 s. [in
Ukrainian]
Vaskivska S.V. Piat vymiriv psykholohichnoho konsultuvannia. – Kyiv : Nika-tsentr, 2019. – 400 s. [in
Ukrainian]
Myliutina K. Psykholohiia simi. Kyiv : Hlavnyk, 2007. – 144 s. [in Ukrainian]
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical classes, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
Semester assessment:
1. Systematic control survey: max.5 points for 5 correct answers.
2. Assessment of participation in practical classes: max.2 points for the seminar (total 15 = 30).
3.Selective individual tasks (search and analytical work; research work; practical tasks)
4. Assessment of independent work: psychodiagnostic studies and protocols: max. 5 points.
Total points in the semester 60
Final evaluation - in the form of a test.
The maximum number of points that can be obtained by a student during the semester - 60 points, on
the test - 40 points on a 100-point scale;
Form of conducting - written report. Minimum threshold level of assessment at which the test is
considered passed: the test for the test can not be less than 24 points.
Conditions of admission to the test. A student is not admitted to the test if he / she scored less than 36
points during the semester. The student is admitted to the test provided that 50% of the planned tasks
are completed.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Departments
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