PA408-6-SP-CO:
Therapeutic Practice
2023/24
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Monday 15 January 2024
Friday 22 March 2024
15
10 November 2023
Requisites for this module
PA123 and PA125 and PA403
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BA C890 Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies,
BA C89A Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Placement Year),
BA C89B Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA C89C Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Foundation Year)
This module gives you an introduction to how depth psychological approaches are applied in contemporary psychotherapeutic work. It will help you understand the wide range of different applications – not only in theoretical orientation but also in the intensity of treatment, length of treatment and client age-group, in group, family and couple work as well as individual work, and in non-clinical settings. It will give you a sense of the psychotherapeutic landscape and the prospects for applying the learning from the degree in future.
It will also give further insight into the psychotherapeutic process
By the end of the module you should have:
a grasp of the psychotherapeutic landscape in terms of:
• Orientation
• Intensity
• Short-term, time-limited and long-term work
• Age range and adaptations to different client groups
• Applications in non-clinical settings
• Different views of the psychotherapeutic process
By the end of the module you should have:
• Familiarity with the psychotherapeutic landscape in terms of practice orientation.
• Knowledge of the implications of a range of therapeutic intensities
• Knowledge of the implications and applications of working within different time-frames in therapeutic work
• Knowledge of the adaptations made to therapeutic work when focussing on different age-groups
• Knowledge of how therapeutic understanding can be applied in non-clinical settings
No additional information available.
There will be a taught seminar/lecture followed by group discussion.
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Mitchell, S.A. and Black, M.J. (2016b)
Freud and beyond: a history of modern psychoanalytic thought. 2016 edition, updated with a new introduction. New York: Basic Books. Available at:
https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/206022.
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British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (2018b) The handbook of counselling children and young people. Second edition. Edited by M. Robson and S. Pattison. London: SAGE.
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Roth, A. and Fonagy, P. (2006b)
What works for whom?: a critical review of psychotherapy research. Second Edition. New York: Guilford Press. Available at:
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=262880.
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Gray, A. (2014)
An introduction to the therapeutic frame. Routledge mental health classic edition. London: Routledge. Available at:
https://doi-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/10.4324/9781315882185.
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Trevor Hartnup (1999) ‘The Therapeutic Setting: The People and the Place’, in
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: Psychoanalytic Approaches. Routledge, pp. 93–104. Available at:
https://www-taylorfrancis-com.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/books/edit/10.4324/9780203135341/handbook-child-adolescent-psychotherapy-monica-lanyado-ann-horne.
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Rowan, J. and Jacobs, M. (2002)
The therapist’s use of self. Buckingham: Open University Press. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6212014.
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Perry, P. and Graat, J. (2010b)
Couch fiction: a graphic tale of psychotherapy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=684306.
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Greene, V. (2009) ‘Individual psychotherapy: assessment, intensive and non-intensive work’, in M. Lanyado and A. Horne (eds)
The handbook of child and adolescent psychotherapy: psychoanalytic approaches. Second edition. Hove, East Sussex: Routledge, pp. 175–190. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=439156.
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Kernberg, O.F. (1999) ‘Psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy and supportive psychotherapy: Contemporary controversies’,
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 80(6), pp. 1075–1091. Available at:
https://pep-web-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/search/document/ijp.080.1075a.
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Meltzer, D. and Harris Meltzer Trust (2008)
The psycho-analytical process. London: Published for the Harris Meltzer Trust by Karnac. Available at:
https://pep-web-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/browse/document/ZBK.138.0078A?page=P0078.
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Carpy, D (1989) ‘Tolerating the countertransference: a mutative process’,
The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 70, pp. 871–884. Available at:
https://search.proquest.com/docview/1298182719/37F742B860AB486EPQ/1?accountid=10766.
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Williams, G. (1991) ‘Reflections on the Process of Internalisation’,
Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 17(2), pp. 3–14. Available at:
https://pep-web-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/search/document/jcptx.017b.0003a.
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Mak-Pearce, G. (2001) ‘Engaging Troubled Adolescents in in Six-Session Psychodynamic Therapy’, in
Community-based psychotherapy with young people: evidence and innovation in practice. Hove: Brunner-Routledge, pp. 15–24. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=180360.
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Coren, A. (2010a) ‘Idiom, the Therapeutic Triangle and Transference’, in
Short-term psychotherapy: a psychodynamic approach. 2nd ed. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 63–108. Available at:
https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/1071518.
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Terry, P.M. (2008)
Counselling and psychotherapy with older people: a psychodynamic approach. Second edition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4763375.
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Sinason, V. (1992) Mental handicap and the human condition: new approaches from the Tavistock. London: Free Association Books.
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Rioch, Margaret J (1970) ‘The Work of Wilfred Bion on Groups’,
Psychiatry, 33, pp. 479–484. Available at:
https://search.proquest.com/docview/1301436213/fulltextPDF/15DE612E47974ED0PQ/1?accountid=10766.
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Kegerreis, S. (2010b) ‘Understanding and Working with Groups’, in
Psychodynamic counselling with children and young people: an introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 91–99. Available at:
https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/15765.
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Ruszczynski, S. (1993)
Psychotherapy with couples: theory and practice at the Tavistock Institute of Marital Studies. London: Karnac Books. Available at:
https://doi-org.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/10.4324/9780429479298.
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Kegerreis, S. (2010a) ‘Psychodynamic Work with Families’, in
Psychodynamic Counselling with Children and Young People. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?pq-origsite=primo&docID=4762791.
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McMahon, L. (2003) ‘Applying the Therapeutic Community Model in Other Settings’, in
Therapeutic communities for children and young people. London: Jessica Kingsley, pp. 259–276. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=290828.
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Temperley, J. (1980) ‘The Implications for Social Work Practice of Recent Psychoanalytical Developments’, in.
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Youell, B. and Canham, H. (2006)
The learning relationship: psychoanalytic thinking in education. London: Karnac. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=764941.
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Kegerreis, S. (1986) ‘Psychoanalytic Insight in the Classroom, Asset or Liability?’, Journal of Educational Therapy, 1(4), pp. 43–61.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
Coursework |
Essay 1 |
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50% |
Coursework |
Essay 2 |
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50% |
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 Madeleine Wood, email: madeleine.wood@essex.ac.uk.
From Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Student Administrator ppsug@essex.ac.uk 01206 874969
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Dr Angie Voela
University of East London
Reader
Available via Moodle
Of 18 hours, 18 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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