The course aims to provide students with the foundational skills to understand and evaluate psychological processes, both normal and pathological, through the lens of dynamic psychology. It also aims to develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning, deepening the understanding of the interactions among affective, representational, and relational factors that influence the development and maintenance of various psychopathological frameworks, thereby enabling students to better understand the complexities of behavior and psychological functioning.
The Learning Objectives of the course are as follows:
1) Provide students with the skills necessary to understand and evaluate psychic functioning, both normal and pathological, using the conceptual and methodological paradigms specific to psychodynamic psychology.
2) Develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning, enabling students to critically analyze theories and practices of psychodynamic/psychoanalytic paradigm.
3) Deepen understanding of the interactions among affective, representational, and relational factors that influence the development and maintenance of various psychopathological conditions
The Learning Objectives of the course are as follows:
1) Provide students with the skills necessary to understand and evaluate psychic functioning, both normal and pathological, using the conceptual and methodological paradigms specific to psychodynamic psychology.
2) Develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning, enabling students to critically analyze theories and practices of psychodynamic/psychoanalytic paradigm.
3) Deepen understanding of the interactions among affective, representational, and relational factors that influence the development and maintenance of various psychopathological conditions
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Core Documentation
McWilliams, N. (2011). Psychoanalytic diagnosis: Understanding personality structure in the clinical process (2nd ed.). The Guilford Press