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Fields of modern psychotherapy. V.Oaklander’s model of psychotherapy

ОНД.02

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2024/2025

1 Semester

3

PR 1. To search and analyze professionally important knowledge from various sources, including the use of modern information and communication technologies. PR 4. Make a psychological prognosis for the development of individuals, groups, organizations PR 5. Develop and implement programs of psychological interventions (counseling, psychological correction, psychotherapy, training), implement them in individual and group work, evaluate the quality. PR 9. Solve the ethical dilemmas based on the law, ethical principles and universal values. PR 12. Carry out analytical search in accordance with the formulated problem of scientific information and evaluate it by the criterion of adequacy.

Full-time form

1. Know the theoretical foundations of general and developmental psychology, psychological patterns and tasks of personality development at different stages of ontogenesis; trends of modern psychotherapy. 2. Be able to select, correctly apply, analyze and interpret tests and questionnaries, be able to use basic evidence-based techniques of counseling and psychotherapy 3. To have basic skills of conducting a consultative interview.

The purpose of the discipline is to give students knowledge and practical skills of psychotherapeutic work with children and families according to the Oaklader model. The model of psychotherapeutic work with children, proposed by V.Oaklander is based on the Gestalt approach in therapy and is combined with the ideas of Ukrainian psychologists (D.Elkonin, L.Bozhovich, etc.) about the child as a personality who develops in relationships with others. The course program includes theoretical parts and practical forms of work. Students are studying the model of child development, with developmental factors of behavioral and emotional disorders, with the algorithm of the therapeutic process. Practical classes are focused at mastering the methods and techniques of therapy according to the Oaklander model, skills of work using different materials (pictures, clay, sand, etc.). Particular attention is paid to the peculiarities of work with parents during the treatment process with the child.

1. Vlasova O.I., Bulatevych N.M. & Lunov V.Y. (red.) (2020) Psykhodiahnostyka rozvytku osobystosti v umovakh simeinoi sotsializatsii : naukovo-metodychnyi posibnyk . Ontario: Accent Graphics Communication & Publishing. 2. Fried K., McKenna Ch. Healing Through Play Using the Oaklander Model: A Guidebook for Therapists & Counselors Working with Children, Adolescents and Families. 2020. 3. Lampert R. (2008) A Child's Eye View: Gestalt Therapy with Children, Adolescents and Families. Highland: The Gestalt Journal Press. 4. Lobb M. Sp., Levi N. & Williams A. (Ed.) (2016) Gestalt Therapy with Children: from Epistemology to Clinical Practice. Siracusa, Italy. 5. Mortola P. (2006) Windowframes: Learning the Art of Gestalt Play Therapy the Oaklander Way. N.Y.: Gestalt Press.

The course covers topics: 1. Age model of child development in the Gestalt approach (Oaklander model). 2. Psychotherapeutic process using the Oaklander model and developmental factors of children and adolescents. Algorithm for working with projective techniques. 3. The first session with parents and children: the structure and objectives. Work with the child's family and parents during the treatment process with the child. 4. Model of psychotherapy with children and adolescents. 5. Psychotherapeutic work with children with various behavioral and emotional difficulties (aggression, fears, traumatic experiences, etc.) Teaching methods: lectures, workshops, discussions, case studies, work in mini-groups, work on projects

Work with cases - 20 (min 12) points. Work during classroom classes (participation in discussions, work in mini-groups) - 24 (min 14) points. Preparation and presentation of the abstract - 10 (min 6) points. Final test - 10 (min 6) points. Exam – 40 (min 24) points. Intermediary evaluation is carried out during the semester for all types of work. The maximum rate is 60 points for work during the semester. The form of final control is an exam. The condition for admission to the exam is to obtain at least 36 points in semester forms. The form of the exam is writing. Types of tasks - open questions and creative tasks; the answer to the first open question - 25%; the second open questions - 25%; the answer to the creative task - 50% of the total score. Rating scale: Excellent – 90-100 балів Good – 89-75 балів Satisfactory – 74-60 балів Fail – 0-59

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