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Psychosocial Support and Principles of Psychotherapy in Social Work
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:21.03.2024 13:46:01
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_080 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology; Social Psychology | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Liāna Deklava | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Welfare and Social Work | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, socdk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061575 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Social psychology, communication psychology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To expand the knowledge of Master students of the basic principles of the various psychotherapy directions and the possibilities they offer in psychosocial support. To find out the common and different characteristics. To improve students’ knowledge and practical skills in the implementation of therapeutic interventions. To build understanding of the different characteristics of counselling and therapy by actualising their use in psychosocial support in social work. To promote the actualisation of ethical fundamental principles in psychosocial support. To complement students’ active listening skills. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introductory lecture on the basic principles of psychotherapy and its possibilities in psychosocial support. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Concept of psychodynamic direction and its possibilities in psychosocial support. Psychic protection mechanisms. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Most significant concepts and most suitable methods of art therapy in psychosocial support. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Most significant concepts and most suitable methods of cognitive behavioural therapy in psychosocial support. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Most significant concepts and most suitable methods of existential humanistic therapy in psychosocial support. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Social psychological training in different approaches of psychotherapy direction. Most appropriate target audiences, types, methods. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introductory lecture on the basic principles of psychotherapy and its possibilities in psychosocial support. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Concept of psychodynamic direction and its possibilities in psychosocial support. Psychic protection mechanisms. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Most significant concepts and most suitable methods of art therapy in psychosocial support. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Most significant concepts and most suitable methods of cognitive behavioural therapy in psychosocial support. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Most significant concepts and most suitable methods of existential humanistic therapy in psychosocial support. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Social psychological training in different approaches of psychotherapy direction. Most appropriate target audiences, types, methods. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | A report prepared by a group and a presentation on the selected psychotherapy direction and its possibilities in psychosocial support 60% and group report 40%. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in practical classes (20%); the report prepared by a group (20%) on the selected psychotherapy direction and its possibilities in psychosocial support, a presentation of the group’s report (60%). The members of each group assess the other members | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students have an understanding of basic principles and different characteristics of various psychotherapy directions and their possibilities in psychosocial support. Master students are able to define the most important concepts and terms of psychodynamic, analytical, cognitive behavioural and existential humanistic directions of psychotherapy, and to name and describe mechanisms for protecting the human psyche. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students are able to choose an appropriate approach to work in psychosocial support in social work and to implement it in practice. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students are competent in the use of different psychotherapy directions and principles in psychosocial support in social work. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone, K. (Sast.) Mākslu metodes un tehnikas profesionālajā darbībā. Rīga: Raka. 2020. | ||||||||
| 2 | Allen, E. Ivey. Intentional Interviewing and Counseling: Facilitating Client Development. Brooks/Cole, 2018. | ||||||||
| 3 | Payne, M. Modern Social Work Theory. 2014 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Apine, E., Roga, V. Klienta identitātes transformācija sociālā darba procesā. LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, Rīga, 2011. | ||||||||
| 2 | Keismenis, P. Psihoterapeits un viņa pacients. Rīga: RaKa, 2003. | ||||||||
| 3 | Rokasgrāmata. „Psihosociālais sociālais darbs sistēmiskajā pieejā”. Teorija un prakse. Nodibinājums „Cmodulis” Projekts „Cilvēks:izmaiņu veicinātājs!” 2015. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ursano, R. J., Sonnenberg, S .M., Lazar, S. G. Concise guide to psychodynamic psychotherapy. American Psychiatric Press, 2004. | ||||||||
| 5 | Инновационная психотерапия / под. ред. Д. Джоунса. СПб.: Питер, 2001. | ||||||||
| 6 | Кочюнас, Р. Основы психологического консультирования. М.: Академический проект, 1999. | ||||||||
| 7 | Тихонравов, Ю. В. Экзистенциальная психология. М.: ЗАО «Бизнес-школа. Интел-Синтез», 1998. | ||||||||
| 8 | Malans, D. H. Individuālā psihoterapija un psihodinamikas zinātne. Rīga: RaKa, 1997. | ||||||||
| 9 | Gilliland, B. E., James, R. K., Bowman, J. T. Theories and strategies in counseling and psychotherapy. Prentice Hall, 2003. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://www.iecava.lv/upload/pasvaldiba/dokumenti/socialais_… | ||||||||
