DOCTORAL CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSIONAL STUDIES A
PSY6DCA
2014
Credit points: 25
Subject outline
This series of lectures and seminars provides a working knowledge of counselling skills and professional issues, psychological assessment and cognitive-behavioural therapy.
Faculty: Faculty of Science, Tech & Engineering
Credit points: 25
Subject Co-ordinator: Lynette Evans
Available to Study Abroad Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 6 - Doctoral
Exchange Students: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Melbourne, 2014, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Lynette Evans
Class requirements
TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"weeks 9-13 for cognitive-behavioural therapy"
TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"weeks 4-8 for cognitive-behavioural therapy"
TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"Counselling Skills"
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| behavioural experiments assignment (1,500 words) | Hurdle requirement: four 300-word CBT intervention reviews. For cognitive-behavioural therapy. | 8 |
| case formulation assignment (1,500 words) | for cognitive-behavioural therapy | 8 |
| class participation and reading | for psychological assessment | 6 |
| one 1,500-word journal | for counselling skills and professional issues | 17 |
| one 2-hour examination | for cognitive-behavioural therapy | 17 |
| one 45-minute video or audio tape of an initial role-play interview and associated critique | for counselling skills and professional issues | 17 |
| videotaped testing session and written reports (3,000 words) | Demonstrated professional level of expertise in the use and administration of specified psychological tests | 27 |