Systems and Skills Interventions in Psychology-II

Paper Code: 
PSY 424A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives :

  • To acquaint students with various systems of psychotherapy.
  • To train students in skills for intervention in psychology.

 

Course Outcomes:

 

  • CO148: Apply evidence-based intervention and prevention strategies designed to alleviate suffering and to promote health and well-being of individuals, groups, and/or organizations.
  • CO149: Evaluate intervention progress and modify intervention or prevention strategies on the basis of evaluation of clients’ or groups’ progress and/or feedback.
  • CO150: Acquire and demonstrate knowledge of and clinical proficiency in developing effective professional relationships, conducting psychological assessments, and selecting and conducting interventions that are appropriate to the individual’s needs and supported by scientific evidence
  • CO151: Have a value driven commitment to reducing psychological distress and enhancing and promoting psychological well-being through the systematic application of knowledge derived from psychological theory and evidence.
  • CO152: The skills, knowledge and values to conduct research and reflect upon outcomes in a way that enables the profession to develop its knowledge base and to monitor and improve the effectiveness of its work. 

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Therapy Systems Emphasizing Thoughts I:

 Cognitive Therapy: Theory of Personality and Therapy. Emerging approaches emphasizing thoughts.

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Therapy Systems Emphasizing Thoughts II

 Albert Ellis & Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Therapy Systems Emphasizing Actions

Behavior Therapy- history, Theory of Personality, Goals, Assessment and General Treatment Approach; Reality Therapy: Choice Theory and Therapy; Solution Focused Therapy

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Cognitive behavior therapy

- Major Constructs, Importance of Cognitions, Learning and Functional Analysis; Goals, Process of Change, Traditional Intervention Strategies and Brief Intervention Strategies. Group Therapy- Models, Process, Therapeutic Milieu

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Integrated and Eclective Treatment System I

Overview, Theories of Integrated and Eclective Treatment- Cyclical Psychodynamics, Trans-Theoretical, Multimodal.

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Corey, G. (1996). Theory and Practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy. New Delhi: S. Chand & Publications.
  • Capuzzi, D. (1998). Counseling and psychotherapy: Theories and Interventions. New Delhi: Pearson Education India.
  • Korchin, S.J. (2004). Modern Clinical Psychology: Principles of Intervention in the Clinic and Community. New Delhi: CBS Publishers.
  • Sharf, R.S., (2011). Theories of Psychotherapy and Counseling: Concepts and Cases. Broadman & Holman Publishers.

 

References: 
  • Beck, J.S. (1995). Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond. New York: Guildford Press.
  • Dryden, W. (1989) Rational Emotive Counselling in Action. Delhi: Sage Publications.
  • Kaslow, H.W. (2004). Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy. (Vol. I to IV). Noida: John Wiley and Sons.
  • McMullin, R.E. (1999). The New Handbook of Cognitive Therapy Techniques. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
  • Nelson-Jones, R. (2012). Theory and Practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy. London: Sage Publications.

 

Academic Year: 
2021-22
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