COURSE DESCRIPTION

Introduction to Counselling and Clinical

Psychology

[Name of the teacher, title of the teacher]Zoltan Kovary, lecturer

[Department of the teacher]Department of Clinical Psychology and Addictology

[E-mail address of the teacher]kovary.zoltan@gmail.com

Office hours and place: IZU 414, Wednesday, 11:00-12:00

The schedule and place of the course:

Tuesday, 17:15-18:45/ IZU 301

The goal of the course

The course introduces the students into the field of clinical and counseling psychology: to clinical and

counseling psychology as a profession and as a scientific field. First we take a look at and history of

clinical psychology as a science, then overview the basic research fields: subjects, theories and research

method .and application: assessment, therapy and other forms of using clinical knowledge. After that we

take a look into counseling psychology’s basics and major fields.

Conditions of the course completion

The grade will be made up of the results of two exams: a mid-term and a final exam. The mid-term

exam is a test covering the topics of week 1 to 6, and the final exam will have two parts a test and

shortt essay questions covering the topics of all weeks. The mid-term exam will make up 30% of the

final grade. If you do not pass the mid-term exam, you will have a chance for a retake with a

deduction of one grade of your score. Passing the mid-term exam is the pre-condition for taking the

final exam. The date of the mid-term exam is: 20th of october, 2015.The final exam will make up 70%

of the final grade. Students have to sign up for the final exam, and will have a chance for a retake as

well according to the general exam rules.

Bibliography, additional materials

Tomothy Trull: Clinical Psychology. Thomson & Wadsworth, 2005

Vanja Orlans & Susan Van Scoyoc: A Short Introduction to Counselling Psychology, SAGE, 2009,

Chapters, 1, 5 &6

Martin Milton (ed.): Therapy and Beyond: Counselling Psychology Contributions to

Therapeutic and Social Issues, Wiley & Blackwell, 2010, Chapter 2

Detailed syllabus

1. Clinical psychology: the foundations. Clinical Psychology as Science and Profession. Ba

Trull, chapters 1& 3

2. The History of Clinical Psychology: History of Assessment, Interventions and Resarch

Trull, chapter2

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3. Research Methods in Clinical Psychology

Trull, chapter 4

4. Diagnosis and Classification in Clinical Wok

Trull, chapter 5

5. Clinical Assessment: Interview and Intelligence Assesment

Trull, chapters 6-7

6. Clinical Assessment: Behavioral and Personality Assessment. The Clinical Judge

Trull-Phares: chapters 8-10

7. Mid-term test

Lectures 1-6

8. Psychological Interventions: The basics.Psychodynamic perspective.

Trull: chapters 11& 12

9. Psychological Interventions: individual and group therapies.

Trull: chapters 13-15

10. Specialities in Clinical Psychology: Community, Health and Forensic Psychology

Trull: chapters 16-19

11. The Social and Historical Context of Counselling Psychology

Orlans, Chapter1

12. Existential-phenomenological Contributions to Counselling Psychology’s Relational

Framework

Milton, Chapter 2

13. The practise of counselling Psychology

Orlans, Chapters 5-6