PSYC5511 Special Topics in Clinical Psychology
- Credit
- 6 points
- Offering
(see Timetable) Availability Location Mode Non-standard teaching period UWA (Perth) Face to face - Content
- This unit provides a series of master classes addressing a diverse range of theory, assessment, interventions, and professional skills for psychological disorders as well as other topics relevant to the student's practice of clinical psychology. Individual topics may change with student/staff interests and availability of visiting lecturers, for example: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy; Assessment and Treatment of Trauma, Gender Diversity and Gender Dysphoria, Life Beyond Uni, Working with Refugee Families, Third wave therapies (e.g., mindfulness approaches), and Family Therapy.
Academic Objectives:
1) Gain in-depth understanding of the presentation of a variety of disorders and clinically relevant problems and issues in clinical practice. 2) Gain knowledge of specialist approaches to assessing and treating clinical problems. 3) Gain understanding of how to integrate and apply the knowledge within a supervised clinical placement where appropriate. - Outcomes
- Students are able to (1) identify the presentation of a variety of disorders and clinically relevant problems and issues in clinical practice.; (2) apply specialist approaches to assessing and treating clinical problems in presented cases.; and (3) apply the knowledge acquired in this unit within a supervised clinical placement where appropriate..
- Assessment
- Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) case formulation and (2) multiple quizzes (each after a Master class). Further information is available in the unit outline.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit. - Unit Coordinator(s)
- Dr Jeneva Ohan and Associate Professor Iliana Magiati
- Unit rules
- Contact hours
- These are advanced Master classes typically delivered in 3- to 6-hour workshops, up to a total of 50 hours in the teaching period.
- Note
- Students enrolled in an APAC accredited program must hold provisional registration as a psychologist. It is the students' responsibility to ensure registration eligibility. Enrolled students are also responsible for maintaining provisional registration for the duration of their enrolment in the program
- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change.
- All students are responsible for identifying when they need assistance to improve their academic learning, research, English language and numeracy skills; seeking out the services and resources available to help them; and applying what they learn. Students are encouraged to register for free online support through GETSmart; to help themselves to the extensive range of resources on UWA's STUDYSmarter website; and to participate in WRITESmart and (ma+hs)Smart drop-ins and workshops.
- Books and other material wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary reading', 'Recommended reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available via the Booktopia Textbook Finder, which has the functionality to search by course code, course, ISBN and title, and may also be posted or available at the appropriate school's administrative offices. Where texts are listed in the unit description above, an asterisk (*) indicates that the book is available in paperback.