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Psychodynamic Concepts in Supervision
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:14.04.2023 09:22:07
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_303 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology | Target Audience: | Pedagogy | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Velga Sudraba | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdak rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061568 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Individual supervision; Counseling and problem solving methods in supervision; Supervisor's personality qualities; Personality and health. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide an opportunity to acquire knowledge about psychodynamic concepts in supervision and the skills to apply the acquired knowledge in order to be able to understand personality development and the role of organizing and managing the supervision process (individually, in a group or in an organization). | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Psychodynamic theories of personality development (psychosexual, psychosocial, object relations theory) | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Defense mechanisms of the psyche | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Organization of personality functioning or levels of functioning | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Resistance in supervision. Transference, countertransference | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Parallel processes. Projective identification. Shame in supervision | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Ways of thinking in supervision | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Practical analysis of cases (patients/clients, literature, video materials, etc.). | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independently watch video lectures, read the specified sources and literature. Active participation in class discussions. Final thesis (exam) preparation: presentation of research findings on psychodynamic constructs in supervision. At the end of the course, each student fills out a feedback survey. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1) active participation in seminar classes - 10%; 2) all independent tasks completed and submitted on time - 40%; 3) final thesis: presentation of research findings on the recognition of psychodynamic constructs in supervision - 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Master's students explain, describe the most important theoretical psychodynamic concepts in supervision, describe, analyze and justify the levels of personality functioning, the main protective mechanisms of the psyche, their influence on the supervision process. Recognizes transference, countertransference and parallel processes in supervision. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Master's students evaluate the levels of personality functioning, the main protective mechanisms of the psyche, problems and difficulties related to them, evaluate professional difficulties, needs and resources. Helps to develop the self-assessment, analytical, self-reflection skills of the supervisees, which help to solve professional problems independently. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | According to the goals of supervision, the specific situation, the needs of the supervisee, the master's students evaluate the psychodynamic concepts in the supervision process and, according to them, organize the supervision work. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone, K., Mihailova, S. (sast.) (2017). Supervīzija: teorija, pētījumi, prakse. Rīga: RSU | ||||||||
| 2 | Mendelsohn, R. (2012). Parallel Process and Projective Identification in Psychoanalytic Supervision. Psychoanalytic Review, 99(3): 297-314. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Watkins, E. (2011). Toward a Tripartite Vision of Supervision for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies: Alliance, Transference–Countertransference Configuration, and Real Relationship. Psychoanalytic Review, 98(4): 557-590. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Milne, D. (2009). Evidence Based Clinical Supervision. Principles and Practice. BPS Blackwell. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Hahn, K. (2001). The Experience of Shame in Psychotherapy Supervision. Psychotherapy, 38(3): 272-282. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Scharff, J.S. (2014). Clinical Supervision of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. International Psychotherapy Institute E-Books. | ||||||||
| 2 | Falender, C.A., & Shafranske, E.P. (eds) (2008). Casebook for Clinical Supervision: A Competency-based. American Psychological Association. | ||||||||
| 3 | Wiener, J., Mizen, R., & Duckham, J. (eds.) (2003). Supervising and Being Supervised: A Practice in Search of a Theory. Palgrave Macmillan. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Journal of Supervision | ||||||||
| 2 | Journal of Clinical Supervision | ||||||||
| 3 | Journal of Supervision and Training | ||||||||
