PST444 Methodology for psychotherapy

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Tomáš Řiháček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Tomáš Řiháček, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to
  • design and realize a research project in the area of psychotherapy
  • assess critically a research project and a research report
  • implement research into clinical practice
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction, Orlinsky's generic model of psychotherapy, overview of research designs, research question, research project requisites, diploma thesis
    • Experimental designs
    • Correlational designs (esp. process-outcome studies)
    • Intensive process studies (event paradigm, task analysis etc.)
    • Qualitative research (thematic analysis)
    • Case studies; collaborative principle in research
    • Presentation of students' own projects
    Literature
      recommended literature
    • ROBSON, Colin. Real world research : a resource for users of social research methods in applied settings. 3rd ed. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, xxi, 586. ISBN 9781405182409. info
    • TIMUĽÁK, Ladislav. Současný výzkum psychoterapie. Translated by Michal Ivanovský. 1. vydání. Praha: Triton, 2005, 280 stran. ISBN 8072547070. info
    • Bergin and Garfield's handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change. Edited by Michael J. Lambert. 5th ed. New York, NY: Wiley, 2004, x, 854. ISBN 9780471377559. info
    • MCLEOD, John. Doing counselling research. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003, ix, 227. ISBN 076194107X. URL info
    Teaching methods
    Lectures, discussions, demonstrations, students' presentations
    Assessment methods
    Presence on seminars (80%), PowerPoint presentation and a semester paper (research project) are required.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    The course is taught: every other week.
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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