Paper 6.1: Psychotherapeutic Interventions II
Unit |
Content |
Time (Hours) |
Domain |
| I | Evidence based Psychotherapies
Evidence in psychotherapies, empirical basis of therapies: Importance and limitations of psychotherapy research Objectivity-subjectivity issues, biases and cultural factors, client factors, therapist factors Guidelines of evidence-based practice, randomized controlled trials, improving quality of research in psychotherapy Quasi-experimental research Meta-analysis in psychotherapy research |
14
5
5
4 |
Must know
Desirable to Know Nice to Know |
| II | Cognitive therapy
Basic principles, theoretical background, history and development Cognitive conceptualization, identifying and evaluating automatic thoughts, modifying beliefs Applications: depression, anxiety, anger, social anxiety Shyness Modifying beliefs |
13
3
5
5 |
Must know
Desirable to Know Nice to Know |
| III | Behavior therapy
Basic principles, theoretical background, history and development Techniques of classical conditioning: flooding, systematic desensitization, aversion therapy; Techniques of operant conditioning: contingency management, modelling, extinction, token economy Applications: behaviour modification in children, anxiety, social anxiety, phobia, ADHD Watson’sexperiments on phobia Applied behaviour analysis |
13
3
5
5 |
Must know
Desirable to Know Nice to Know |
Syllabus Books:
- Gerring, R.J. & Zimbardo, P.G. (2006). Psychology and Life. Pearson.
- Neitzel, M.T. Bernstein, D.A. &Millich, R. (1998). Introduction to Clinical Psychology. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
- Snyder, L.R. & Lopez, S. (2007). Positive Psychology: The scientific and practical exploration of human strengths. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Reference Books:
- L. Chin, V. De La Cancela, Y. M. Jenkins. (1993). Diversity in Psychotherapy: The Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender. Praeger Publishers.
- Holmes, R. Lindley. (1998). The Values of Psychotherapy.Karnac Books.
- A. Eisner. (2000). The Death of Psychotherapy: From Freud to Alien Abductions.Praeger, 2000
- D. Geller, J. C. Norcross, D. E. Orlinsky. (2004). The Psychotherapist’s Own Psychotherapy: Patient and Clinician Perspectives.Oxford University Press, 2004