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PSYCHOLOGY 701: PSYCHOTHERAPY SKILLSUnit Index Numbers: 311098Tuition Pattern: Seminar, 4 hours/weekCredit Points: 25Unit Requisites: Co-requisite Psychology 795Unit Coordinator Dr Jenny Thornton (Coordinator)(9266 7087) Room: 401: 310LecturerGill Stevens(9266 3027 ) Room: 401.339SyllabusThis unit provides an introduction to basic counselling and individual psychotherapy skills. The unitalso develops skills in multimodal assessment, mental status examination, risk assessment andDSM-IV/ICD-10 diagnoses.Learning OutcomesOn successful completion of this unit students can:1. Apply psychological theory to the practice of individual psychotherapy2. Conduct multimodal and DSMIV/ICD-10 diagnoses3. Present evidence-based arguments for the importance of the working alliance within modelsof psychotherapy4. Demonstrate the capacity to critically monitor/adjust the key therapeutic factors necessary forthe development and maintenance of a sound therapeutic relationship5. Demonstrate competence in basic counselling skills and interpersonal processesUnit OutlineWeek Unit Content1 Basic counselling skills/interpersonal process(i) Working alliance, structuring, collaboration2 Basic counselling skills/interpersonal process(ii) Response types3 Basic counselling skills/interpersonal process(iii) Listening and understanding4 Basic counselling skills/interpersonal process(iv) Multimodal assessment, representational models5 Basic counselling skills/interpersonal process(v) Immediacy6 Basic counselling skills/interpersonal process(vi) Reflection of feelings/Linking modalities7 Corrective affective experiences8 Resistance9 DSM-IV/ICD-10/mental status examination10 DSMIV/ICD-10Challenging skills11 Pattern search/Case Conceptualisation12 Case Conceptualisation24Curtin University is a trademark of Curtin University of Technology.CRICOS Provider Code 00301J (WA), 02637B (NSW)