Entry requirements
Personality, Clinical and Health Psychology or a similar course. This elective course presupposes basic knowledge of psychopathology and psychological interventions for psychopathology necessary for successful completion of the course.
Description
This course focuses on different forms of psychotherapy and research into its effectiveness. The first introductory lecture provides a short history of psychotherapy. The following four lectures will discuss the theoretical basis and techniques of the main psychotherapy orientations (i.e., psychoanalytic and psychodynamic, client-centered, cognitive-behavioural, and family therapy). For these lectures, practitioners of these orientations are to discuss and demonstrate techniques used. Finally, two lectures will provide an overview of research findings in psychotherapy. Besides presenting research into the effectiveness of psychotherapy, these lectures also present research into the importance of theoretical orientation, as well as therapist, client and relational and technical factors for therapy outcomes. Where applicable, ethical considerations will be discussed.
Course objectives
Students will acquire:
An understanding of the theoretical basis and techniques of various psychotherapies;
Knowledge of the research evidence of the effectiveness of psychotherapies; and
Skills in translating scientific knowledge into the daily practice of psychotherapy.
Timetable
For the timetable of this course please refer to MyTimetable
Registration
NOTE As of the academic year 2021-2022, you must register for all courses in uSis. You do this twice a year: once for the courses you want to take in semester 1 and once for the courses you want to take in semester 2.
Registration for courses in the first semester is possible from July. Registration for courses in the first semester is possible from December.
The exact date on which the registration starts will be published on the website of the Student Service Center (SSC). First year Bachelor students as well as premaster students will be registered by the Student Service Center; they do not need to register themselves.
The registration period for all courses closes five calendar days before the start of the course.
Also read the complete registration procedure
Elective
Elective students have to enroll for each course separately. For admission requirements contact your study advisor.
Mode of instruction
7 2-hour lectures. The lectures present the theoretical basis and techniques of some major models of psychotherapy as well as an overview of research findings in psychotherapy.
Assessment method
The following information has to be studied for the final exam: a. all the chapters of the custom edition of Wedding and Corsini (195 pages excluding references); b. all the chapters of the book of Cooper (155 pages excluding references); c. the power point presentations of each of the lectures.
The integral exam consists of a multiple choice examination. The final grading is calculated on a 70% (multiple choice): 30% (open-ended questions) weighting. The resit will also consist of examination including multiple choice and open-ended questions.. It is not possible to resit part of the examination. For both parts of the exam questions and answers will be in English.
The exam consists of 40 multiple choice questions with four answering categories and 2 open-ended questions.
The Institute of Psychology uses fixed rules for grade calculation and compulsory attendance. It also follows the policy of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences to systematically check student papers for plagiarism with the help of software. Disciplinary measures will be taken when fraud is detected. Students are expected to be familiar with and understand the implications of these three policies.
After the examination, a one hour session will be reserved for students to ask questions about the integral exam.
Reading list
2nd Leiden University custom edition of Danny Wedding and Raymond J. Corsini (Eds.) (2021), Current Psychotherapies (11th edition). Boston: Cengage Learning. Available via Studystore
Cooper, M. (2008). Essential research findings in counselling and psychotherapy. Los Angeles: Sage.
Both books are available in the webshop of Labyrinth. Please note that there is a special and more affordable Leiden University custom edition of Danny Wedding and Raymond J. Corsini (Eds.) (2014), Current Psychotherapies (11th edition) only containing the 8 chapters (out of the 16 chapters of the total book) that are part of the examination. Moreover, the previous 10 editions of the book of Wedding and Corsini markedly differ from the present 11th edition and studying these previous editions is at your own risk.
Contact information
Dr. Kim de Jong kjong@fsw.leidenuniv.nl