Cursos / 2º Ciclo / Institute of Psychology and Educational Sciences :: Clinical Psychology

MÉTODOS E TÉCNICAS DE INTERVENÇÃO CLÍNICA EM ADULTOS - 2023/2024

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 7

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Susana Pedras
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Susana Pedras

Class type and School hours

Prática Laboratorial : 2 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

The objective of this UC is to promote in-depth knowledge and specific skills about clinical intervention in adults. Overall, students are expected to be able to understand psychological intervention as a sequential process resulting from the objectives derived from the specific assessment and conceptualization of each case and depending on the psychological disorder presented.

Specific Aims/Objectives

To know the empirically validated treatment models and their recent developments; implement specific interventions for the main psychopathological conditions in adults, according to a behavioral, cognitive-emotional approach; develop skills for ethical and critical reflection, and decision-making in the clinical context; develop skills to prepare an intervention plan adjusted to the characteristics and difficulties presented by the client.

Skills to be acquired

At the end of the UC, students should have acquired competence and ability to understand and contextualize cases according to the specific characteristics associated with different psychopathological disorders; knowing how to design and elaborate intervention programs adjusted to the disturbances; to develop oral and written communication skills of the contents worked.

Teaching Procedures

Oral presentation aiming at theoretical deepening, with discussion of clinical cases and active reflection on the topics covered.

Programme

1. The typical process of therapeutic intervention with adults:
1.1. Phases and processes of Psychological Intervention;
1.2. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT);
1.3. Main techniques and methods applied in CBT;
1.4. Development of a client-centered intervention plan.
2. Empirically validated intervention models, strategies and protocols in the main psychological disorders:
2.1. Anxiety Disorders
2.2. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Related Disorders
2.4. Depressive Disorders
2.5. Eating and Ingestion Disorders
2.6. Neurocognitive Disorders.
3. Discussion of clinical cases and development of specific intervention protocols.

Evaluation Type

The continuous assessment will include the practical component with the discussion of cases and/or role-play. It will also involve the performance and oral presentation of two group assignments: 1) on an empirically validated treatment for a specific psychological disorder and 2) the development of a CBT intervention program in a practical case to be provided by the teacher.

Teaching Resources

Books and scientific articles. As support resources, intervention protocols, clinical strategy guides and videos with examples of clinical intervention will be used. On the Moodle platform, several guides for practical activities will be provided.

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Intervention with adults
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Clinical contextualization

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography