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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Psychology and Social Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Psychodynamic Concepts into Practice

  • Unit Code

    COU0108

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit acquaints students with the basic psychodynamic theory of technique to enable them to appreciate the clinical foundations of psychoanalytic concepts, to outline the ethical values that inform the psychodynamic approach, and to help students to gain the rudimentary ability to practice psychodynamic skills.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded COU3103, COU5103

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the basic rules of free association and free-floating attention.
  2. Demonstrate a practical understanding of the link between psychodynamic concepts and counselling technique.
  3. Demonstrate a recognition of psychodynamic defences as they emerge in clinical practice.
  4. Discuss the ground rules of the psychodynamic process.
  5. Discuss the principles that are central to the psychodynamic relationship.

Unit Content

  1. Feedback session.
  2. Feeding back.
  3. Free-floating attention and listening.
  4. Here and now group sessions.
  5. Listening to themes and metaphors.
  6. Neutrality and formulating an intervention.
  7. One-to-one practice sessions.
  8. The Fundamental Rule - Free Association.
  9. The first consultation and the contract.
  10. The therapeutic process and working in the here and now.
  11. Transference and countertransference in practice.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshoops, and tuturial discussions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentClinical skills paper50%
ExaminationFinal examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentClinical skills paper50%
ExaminationFinal examination50%

Text References

  • ^ Perry, P & Graat, J. (2010). Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy. Palgrave, Macmillan.
  • ^ Howard, S. (2011). Psychodynamic counselling in a nutshell (2nd ed.). Sage.
  • Holmes, C. (2005). The paradox of Countertransference; You and Me, Here and Now. London: Palgrave, Macmillan.
  • Howard, S. (2005). Psychodynamic Counselling in a Nutshell. London: Sage.
  • McWilliams, N. (2004). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide. New York: Guildford Press.
  • Grant, J. & Crawley, J. (2002). Transference and Projection. Buckingham: Open University Press.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Psychology and Social Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Psychodynamic Concepts into Practice

  • Unit Code

    COU0108

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit acquaints students with the basic psychodynamic theory of technique to enable them to appreciate the clinical foundations of psychoanalytic concepts, to outline the ethical values that inform the psychodynamic approach, and to help students to gain the rudimentary ability to practice psychodynamic skills.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded COU3103, COU5103

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the basic rules of free association and free-floating attention.
  2. Demonstrate a practical understanding of the link between psychodynamic concepts and counselling technique.
  3. Demonstrate a recognition of psychodynamic defences as they emerge in clinical practice.
  4. Discuss the ground rules of the psychodynamic process.
  5. Discuss the principles that are central to the psychodynamic relationship.

Unit Content

  1. Feedback session.
  2. Feeding back.
  3. Free-floating attention and listening.
  4. Here and now group sessions.
  5. Listening to themes and metaphors.
  6. Neutrality and formulating an intervention.
  7. One-to-one practice sessions.
  8. The Fundamental Rule - Free Association.
  9. The first consultation and the contract.
  10. The therapeutic process and working in the here and now.
  11. Transference and countertransference in practice.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshoops, and tuturial discussions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentClinical skills paper50%
ExaminationFinal examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentClinical skills paper50%
ExaminationFinal examination50%

Text References

  • ^ Perry, P & Graat, J. (2010). Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of Psychotherapy. Palgrave, Macmillan.
  • ^ Howard, S. (2011). Psychodynamic counselling in a nutshell (2nd ed.). Sage.
  • Holmes, C. (2005). The paradox of Countertransference; You and Me, Here and Now. London: Palgrave, Macmillan.
  • Howard, S. (2005). Psychodynamic Counselling in a Nutshell. London: Sage.
  • McWilliams, N. (2004). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide. New York: Guildford Press.
  • Grant, J. & Crawley, J. (2002). Transference and Projection. Buckingham: Open University Press.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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