Individual Client Interventions
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| PSTY4014 | Psychiatry and Applied Psychology | 4 | 40 | Spring UK |
- Code
- PSTY4014
- School
- Psychiatry and Applied Psychology
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 40
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This module provides students with the theoretical foundations to understand the phenomenology of problems commonly referred to clinical psychology services. In this module students develop the key skills for planning and delivering CBT interventions with individual clients, based specifically on models of engagement and change of CBT and other psychological EBP models.
Relationship to External Bodies
Approved by HCPC. Accredited by BPS.
Target Students
Doctorate students on DClinPsy
Classes
Lectures, student led and tutor led seminars, skills workshops, role-plays, reflective practice groups, clinical presentations, peer supervision, group and individual tutorials, personal study and group learning.Please see DClinPsy online learning systems at Nottingham (and Lincoln) for the full module timetable or see Timetables at www.nottingham.ac.uk for online module timetable.
Assessment
- 40% Coursework 1: Problem-based learning assignment: Written Report (3,500 words). NB All components must be passed to pass the module.
- 40% Practical: Problem-based learning assignment: Role play interview. NB All components must be passed to pass the module.
- 20% Coursework 2: Problem-based learning assignment: Reflective Report (1,500 words). NB All components must be passed to pass the module.
Assessed by end of summer vacation
Educational Aims
The aims of this module are to familiarise students with the theoretical models clinicians use to understand the acquisition, instigation and maintenance of problems commonly referred to clinical psychology services. Students also learn about models of change and growth derived from CBT and other EBP based models in order to develop and deliver effective client-focussed interventions.As the module progresses, students practice skills of formulating from more than one evidence-based theoretical perspective and learn how to offer a CBT formulation tailored to the capacities of their clients; negotiate a therapeutic contract appropriate to different client problems and service settings; and deliver a CBT intervention.Students consolidate their scientist-practitioner stance and reflective practice skills and further develop the capacity to work effectively in pairs and small groups.Learning Outcomes
- CBT and other evidence-based intervention strategies.
- The phenomenology of the range (mild to severe and enduring) of problems commonly referred to clinical psychology services; including factors influencing an individual’s vulnerability to, and the acquisition, instigation and maintenance of, mental ill-health.
- Factors influencing the viability of the design, choice and implementation of clinical interventions with individuals, taking full account of client preferences, individual needs, resources, diversity issues.
- The relative strengths and weaknesses of diagnostic and formulation-based approaches.
- A thorough critical understanding of CBT.
- The ability to critique and synthesise information from competing literatures and EBP models and apply the results creatively to specific clinical problems in an individualised integrative approach from assessment through formulation to intervention.
- Creating an individualised treatment programme including assessment, formulation, planning, intervention and evaluation.
- Negotiating a therapeutic contract appropriate to different clinical problems and service settings.
- Delivering a CBT intervention.
- Evaluating client progress.
- Recognising the limitations of intervention and knowing when to stop intervening.
- Working effectively in pairs and small groups.
- Consolidating expertise as a reflective scientist-practitioner.
- Considering and managing risk to client, self, others and services.
- Presenting clinical material from a variety of perspectives.
- Using oral, written and audio-visual media to communicate effectively at a high level with individuals, teams and larger groups; both formally and informally.
- Using advanced academic skills, applying sophisticated psychological knowledge to address individual client difficulties.
Conveners
- Dr Rachel Sabin Farrell