Important Note
All Semester II bachelor and master psychology courses and examinations (2020-2021) will be offered in an on-line format.
If it is safe and possible to do so, supplementary course meetings may be planned on-campus. However, attendance at these meetings will not be required to successfully complete Semester II courses.
All obligatory work groups and examinations will be offered on-line during Central European Time, which is local time in the Netherlands.
Information on the mode of instruction and the assessment method per course will be offered in Brightspace, considering the possibilities that are available at that moment. The information in Brightspace is leading during the Corona crisis, even if this does not match the information in the Prospectus.
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 and information about a Critically Appraisal of a Topic (CAT). Students learn how to systematically search relevant scientific literature for a clinical vignette and formulate a clinical recommendation based on their findings. 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). Finally, three 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.
In addition to attending the lectures, each student completes a Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) based on a clinical vignette. The students need to systematically search for relevant scientific literature and formulate a clinical recommendation based on their findings.
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 (CAT).
Timetable
For the timetables of your lectures, work group sessions, and exams, see the timetables page of your study programme. You will also find the enrolment codes here. Psychology timetables
Registration
Course
Students need to register for lectures, workgroups and exams. Instructions for registration in courses for the 2nd and 3rd year
Elective
Elective students have to enroll for each course separately. For admission requirements contact your study advisor.
Exchange/Study abroad
For admission requirements, please contact your exchange coordinator.
Examination
Students are not automatically enrolled for an examination. They can register via uSis from 100 to 10 calendar days before the date; students who are not registered will not be permitted to take the examination. Registering for exams
Mode of instruction
8 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.
Each student also completes a Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) based on a clinical vignette. The students need to systematically search for relevant scientific literature and formulate a clinical recommendation based on their findings.
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 (including the information on the Critical Appraisal of a Topic).
The integral exam consists of two separate parts: completing a CAT and a multiple choice examination. The final grading is calculated on a 70% (multiple choice): 30% (CAT) weighting. The resit will also consist of both a CAT and multiple choice examination. It is not possible to resit part of the examination. For both parts of the exam questions and answers will be in English.
Each assignment will be checked for plagiarism. The CAT will be graded with zero points when not uploaded on time, with one point if rated as ‘insufficient’, with 2 points when rated as ‘sufficient’, and with three points when rated as ‘good’.
The multiple choice exam consists of 40 multiple choice questions with four answering categories.
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 (both the CAT and the multiple choice examination).
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 will become/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 (10th edition) only containing the 6 chapters (out of the 16 chapters of the total book) that are part of the examination. Moreover, the previous 9 editions of the book of Wedding and Corsini markedly differ from the present 10th edition and studying these previous editions is at your own risk.
Contact information
Dr. Kim de Jong kjong@fsw.leidenuniv.nl