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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
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| Module Title | |||
| Clinical Practice 3: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Infants, Children and Young People | |||
| Reference | SSD002 | Version | 1 |
| Created | February 2021 | SCQF Level | SCQF 12 |
| Approved | May 2021 | SCQF Points | 30 |
| Amended | October 2019 | ECTS Points | 15 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To enable students to apply and evaluate the knowledge and skills required to develop and expand the clinical practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy with children of different ages, genders, with a range of presenting problems and with their parents/carers and families. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
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| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Critically evaluate transference phenomena and apply transference and counter-transference in clinical sessions. |
| 2 | Critically evaluate the evidence for a range of psychotherapeutic interventions including short term psychoanalytic psychotherapy (STPP, parent -infant psychotherapy, brief work and parent work. |
| 3 | Critically evaluate and apply psychotherapeutic techniques for working with children, young people and their parents and carers. |
| 4 | Critically appraise and draw on relevant psychoanalytic theories in relation to specific clinical presentations. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| ACP competency framework; NHS governance; relevant policy and legislation; adaptation of techniques to specific populations across the lifespan and key transition periods eg. perinatal, young child, latency, adolescence, parent and family work; looked after children and young people; complex trauma, comorbidity and developmental disorders; brief work; parent work; short term psychoanalytic psychotherapy (STPP); parent-infant psychotherapy and group work. |
| Module Delivery |
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| The module will primarily be undertaken in the clinical environment supported by a placement supervisor. In addition the student will undertake directed reading, seminars, lectures and practical workshops. Students undertake placement full time over the course of a calendar year working a 37.5 hour week with 28 days holiday and 8 statutory public holidays. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 81 | N/A |
| Non-Contact Hours | 58 | N/A |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | 161 | N/A |
| TOTAL | 300 | N/A |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body | 2093 |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
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| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 50% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Description: | Clinical report 3 - a portfolio consisting of three reports and letters (4000 words). | ||||
| Component 2 | |||||
| Type: | Practical Exam | Weighting: | 50% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Description: | Clinical practice which will be assessed on a competency basis against the Association of Child Psychotherapists competency | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | |
|---|---|
| Explanatory Text | |
| There are 2 components of assessment: Component 1 is a clinical report Component 2 - clinical practice which will be assessed on a competency basis against the Association of Child Psychotherapists competency | |
| Module Grade | Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade: |
| Pass | A pass in Components 1 and 2. |
| Fail | A fail in either Component 1 or 2. |
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination |
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | Successful completion of Stage 1 of Doctor of Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (DPsychPsych). |
| Corequisites for module | SSD001 Research Thesis or SSM125 should a student chose to exit with the MSc Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| ADDITIONAL NOTES |
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| All learning outcomes are assessed both in clinical practice and via the supporting clinical report,by portfolio, and are specific to ACP requirements. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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| 1 | BION, W. R. (1967) Second Thoughts London: Maresfield |
| 2 | GERHARDT, S. (2004) Why Love Matters: how affection shapes a baby’s brain London: Routledge. |
| 3 | HINDLE, D. and SHULMAN, G. (Eds) (2008) The emotional experience of adoption: a psychoanalytic perspective. London: Routledge. |
| 4 | KLEIN, M. (1975) Envy and Gratitude and other works 1946-1963 London: Hogarth. |
| 5 | POZZI, M. (2003) Psychic hooks and bolts: Psychoanalytic work with children under five and their families London: Karnac. |
| 6 | RAPHAEL-LEFF, J. (Ed.) (2008) Parent-infant psychodynamics: Wild things, mirrors, and ghosts London: Anna Freud Centre. |
| 7 | KEVAL, N. (2016) Racist States of Mind: Understanding the perversion of curiosity and concern London: Karnac. |