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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title Integrative Approaches:Life Span & Contextual
Module Code NS5019
School School of Nursing and Human Sciences
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NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 5
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description
The purpose of this module is to critically examine the place of using an adaptable integrative framework to understand life-span and contextual issues in psychotherapy theory and practice. The approach adopted will address the needs of participants in the assessment and formulation of interventions informed by conventional as well as contemporary diagnostic and psychopathological frameworks and drawing directly on the first person perspective of persons who have experienced and recovered from “severe mental illness”. Students are expected to attend lectures, seminars, work-shops, discussion and personal awareness groups and to engage in on line self directed learning activities supplemented by reading the relevant theoretical and empirical literature.

Learning Outcomes
1. Explore early inter-personal, social and cultural influences on human self-development
2. Appraise the role of affect and empathy in early human development
3. Examine how developmental change processes are relevant to therapeutic change
4. Evaluate the way psychodynamic-analytic, humanistic-existential, cognitive-behavioural and systemic-constructivist approaches conceptualise and use the therapeutic relationship
5. Critique psychopathology as operationalised using conventional diagnostic classification systems
6. Support an adaptable and integrative framework for practice that is led by the needs of and foregrounds the usefulness to the client



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture18Didactic teaching
Tutorial8In vivo work shop
Moodle discussion6Topical discussion debate
Group work6Role play and group exercises
Independent learning time37Self-directed learning, reviewing, reading empirical and theoretical literature and course material as sssigned
Total Workload: 75

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Introduction and review.
Examine the place of using an adaptable integrative framework to understand lifespan and contextual issues in psychotherapy theory and practice drawing on and comparing psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive behavioural and systemic constructivist approaches..

Common factors versus technical eclectic models of change..
Common factors and technical-eclectic models of change will be examined in an integrative theoretical framework to practice.

Attachment, and contemporary internal working models.
Examine how primary attachment - developmental experiences, internal working models and the capacity to regulate affect contribute to emotional well-being and resilience throughout the life-span..

The therapeutic relationship.
Using clinical case examples and role play demonstrate how psychodynamic-analytical, humanistic existential, cognitive behavioural and systemic constructivist approaches conceptualise, establish and use the therapeutic relationship to promote change..

The medical model and diagnostic classification systems.
Critically examine the scientific validity of the medical model of mental illness and the utility of DSM – IV -TR multi-axial diagnostic classification system. In a work-shop led by experts by experience contrast the first person perspective of those whose experiences are synonymous with a diagnosis of dis-ease with the psychopathological interpretation of these “illness” experiences..

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment100% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
EssayWritten asignment60%Sem 2 End
Practical/skills evaluationCase illustration and presentation40%Sem 2 End
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1
Indicative Reading List
  • Evans, K.R., & Gilbert, M: 2005, An Introduction to Integrative Psychotherapy, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke,
  • O Brien, M & Houston, G: 2007, Integrative Therapy a Practitioners Guide, Sage, London,
  • Bowlby, J.: 1998, A Secure Base. Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory., Tavistock/Routledge, London,
  • Clarkson, P.: 2003, The Therapeutic Relationship, 2nd edition, Wiley Blackwell,
  • Feltham, C: 2002, What's the Good of Counselling & Psychotherapy?: The Benefits Explained, Sage,
  • Freeth, R: 2007, Humanising Psychiatry and Mental Health The Challenge of the Person Centred Approach, Radcliffe Publishing,
  • Holmes, J.: 2002, The Search for the Secure Base; Attachment Theory and Psychotherapy, Brunner Routledge, Hove,
  • Horvath, A.O., & Greenberg., L.S.: 1994, The Working Alliance, Theory, Research and Practice., Wiley Interscience, New York,
  • Read, J., Mosher, L.R. & Bentall, R.P: 0, Models of Madness: psychological, social and biological approaches to schizophrenia, Brunner-Routledge, Hove and New York.,
  • American Psychiatric Association: 2001, DSM – IV – TR, Washington DC,
  • Sanders, D., & Wills, E.: 1999, Therapeutic relationship in cognitive therapy, In C. Feltham (ed) Understanding the counselling relationship, Sage, London,
  • Safran, J.D., & Muran, A.C: 2000, Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance. A Relational Treatment Guide, The Guilford Press, New York,
Other Resources
141, Journal, 0, Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 142, Journal, 0, Psychotherapy Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 143, Journal, 0, Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice., 144, Journal, 0, Journal of Counselling Psychology, 145, Journal, 0, The Counselling Psychologist, 146, Journal, 0, The European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling, 147, Journal, 0, Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, 148, Journal, 0, Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 149, Journal, 0, Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, 150, e - resource, 0, CINAHL plus with full text, 151, e - resource, 0, Cochrane Library, 152, e - resource, 0, MEDLINE® at OVID, 153, e - resource, 0, Philosopher's Index, 154, e - resource, 0, PsycArticles, 155, e - resource, 0, Counselling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works, 156, e - resource, 0, PsycINFO, 157, e - resource, 0, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 158, e - resource, 0, SAGE journals online, 159, e - resource, 0, ScienceDirect, 160, e-resource, 0, Critical Psychiatry Network,
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