PA224-5-FY-CO:
Advanced Psychodynamic Observation and Reflective Practice
2016/17
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
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Requisites for this module
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FDA LX51 Therapeutic Communication and Therapeutic Organisations
This module aims to enhance and further strengthen students theoretical and practice based understanding of psychodynamic observation and the skills and qualities involved. In addition students will continue to develop professional skills involved in assessment and case presentation.
Students will learn to apply their growing grasp of psychodynamic theory to everyday professional encounters and to develop their appreciation of the role of unconscious and emotional communication in working life. They will hone their perception and receptivity in terms of detail and develop their sensitivity to what they observe and the importance of noticing their own emotional responses. It will enable them to reflect on their own process in observations and in groups and to become more self aware. They will become increasingly alert to the conscious and unconscious ways in which their capacity to observe and participate in learning is influenced by their experiences, and the way their own self awareness affects their capacity to provide therapeutic care to others.
As in year 1, students will continue developing a psychodynamic approach to reflective practice by attending Reflective Groups, maintaining a Reflective Journal and, as a specific end of year assignment, writing a Reflective Report. These activities encourage and support the conscious use of self, self awareness, in social and professional relationships, the experience of learning from action and a recognition of oneself as a participant observer in different contexts. The reflective components bring the theoretical learning into the personhood of the student and thus more effectively into actual practice.
Aims
To develop a keener eye for the detail of human behaviour and interaction
To increase awareness of the role of emotional communication and the unconscious in everyday events and encounters
To understand the application of psychodynamic concepts and insights to all aspects of human experience
To deepen their capacity to use psychodynamic observation as a key skill in psychodynamic practice
To develop employability skills related to psychodynamic assessment and case presentation and reflective practice
To establish a reflective space for acknowledging and processing the emotional and psychological implications of the material studied on this course
Learning Outcomes
Greater ability to observe detail and to perceive subtle indications of emotional and unconscious dynamics
Familiarity with the role of conscious and unconscious mechanisms in relationships
Awareness of the use of psychodynamic observation in work with clients
The capacity to apply psychodynamic thinking to everyday professional encounters
An enhanced capacity to reflect on ones own process in the observing and in the learning contexts
To be increasingly reflectve and recognise the relationship between self awareness and therapeutic care
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Students will be asked to undertake their own observations in the workplace, to write these up and present them in seminars. Seminars lasting 2hrs per week over 20 weeks will solely concentrate on the discussion of observation presentations.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Assessed presentation |
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20% |
| Coursework |
Observation commentary and reflective commentary |
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75% |
| Practical |
Participation |
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5% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Jochem Willemsen
Student Administrator, 4SB.6.2, telephone extension 4969, email cpsugrad@essex.ac.uk
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Mr Nicholas Stein
University of Derby
Programme Leader MA in Art Therapy
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Of 40 hours, 0 (0%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
40 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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