Guarantee: PhDr. Roman
Hytych, Ph.D.; e-mail: romhyt@gmail.com
Lectures: Mgr. Michal
Čevelíček, Ph.D., PhDr. Roman Hytych, Ph.D, Mgr. Barbora Kučerová, Mgr. Stanislav Milotínský,
Mgr. Martin Novák, doc. Mgr. Tomáš Řiháček, Ph.D., MUDr. David Skorunka, Ph.D., Mgr.
Monika Skutková, Mgr. Lucia Ukropová, prof.
PhDr. Zbyněk Vybíral, Ph.D.
The course is offered for foreign students of BA
and MA programs. It consists of lectures listed below. The final exam will take
the form of an essay (8 - 10 pages) on a chosen theme. 80% attendance on lectures
is compulsory. Lectures are conducted on Tuesdays from 16:00 till 17:40 in room M 117.
Courses start on 21st September 2021. Lectures of Tomáš Řiháček and Stanislav Milotínský will be on-line, use the link below:
https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/93476798413?pwd=eXlVT1o3dk9WdUpDblJobVhwQjUzdz09
Lectures at the time of covid-19
The lectures are planned in a full-time form. In the event that it will be necessary to switch to the online form during the semester, we will inform you in time.
Course lectures:
Zbyněk Vybíral: Introduction
to Theory, Practice, and Research in Psychotherapy (21/9)
The lecture offers a basic
overview covering themes such as psychotherapy as a profession, scientific views in
psychotherapy, and a variety of research designs. The focus on psychotherapy as
both, the science and “gift” includes several issues for questioning and
discussion. Some biases are mentioned as well.
Stiles, W. B., Shapiro, D. A., Elliot, R. (1986). „Are
All Psychotherapies Equivalent“? American
Psychologist 41 (2), s.165-180;
O’Donohue, W., Cummings, N. A., Cummings, J. L. (2006). Clinical Strategies for Becoming a Master Psychotherapist. Burlington, San Diego, London: Academic Press.
Tomáš Řiháček: What makes a good therapist? (5/10)
The lecture is online!
Although
this question has been asked from the beginning of the psychotherapeutic
profession, an ultimate answer is still missing. We will explore this topic
from several perspectives (axiological, theoretical, empirical, and
developmental), trying to develop a more comprehensive picture. Building on
existing research, we will strive to formulate what establishes therapeutic
competence and what are the best methods to search for it and develop it.
Roman Hytych: Mindfulness
in contemporary psychotherapy: Clinical practice and research findings (12/10)
Mindfulness is a core
skill for life coping developed within the Buddhist tradition. Recent years of psychotherapy application and scientific research have shown a huge range of
its benefits for psychotherapy clients as well as psychotherapists themselves.
Brown, K. W., Ryan, R. M., Creswell, J. D. (2007). Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundation and Evidence for its Salutary Effects. Psychological Inquiry. 4, 211-237.
Barbora Kučerová: Spirituality in
psychotherapy (19/10)
Spiritual needs and longing for transcendence are sometimes understood as inherently human. However, psychology and psychotherapy often don’t know what to do with the transcendental experiences that surpass our everyday concept of normal. In this lecture, we will look into how we can understand transcendental spiritual experiences. How psychotherapy can help us to integrate these unusual experiences. How the therapist can access these experiences of the client. Finally, by looking into current popular spiritual practices we will show how research and therapy are often neglecting this aspect of human experience and how incorporating this aspect it can enrich psychotherapeutic work.
Harry J. Aponte (2002) Spirituality, Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 13:1-2, 13-27, DOI: 10.1300/J085v13n01_02
Vaughan, F. (1991). SPIRITUAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology.
Zbyněk Vybíral: Adverse effects and (potential) deterioration of the client’s state in psychotherapy and counseling (26/10)The lecture gives an overview of
past and current studies in the field. More and more attention is given to
the negative effects of psychological treatment in the contemporary psychotherapy
research of efficacy and effectiveness, and in theoretical studies, too. What
are the unwanted events in psychotherapy? What do we mean when we are talking about
the side effects of psychological treatment? Examples would be given and discussed.
Differentiation between bona fide treatment and malpractice is needed.
Psychotherapists’ optimism would be mentioned and discussed.
Schermuly-Haupt,
M.-L., Linden, M., Rush, A.J. (2018). Unwanted events and side effects in
cognitive behavior therapy. Cognitive
Therapy and Research, 42, 219–229.
Vaughan, B., Goldstein, M. H., Alikakos, M., Cohen, L. J., & Serby, M. J. (2014). Frequency of reporting of adverse events in randomized controlled trials of psychotherapy vs. psychopharmacotherapy. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 55(4), 849–855.
Michal Čevelíček: Case formulation as a process and product
of therapists' thinking about their clients
(2/11)
Broadly defined,
psychotherapy case formulation captures the ways in which therapists think
about their clients (cases). Specifically, it is a process and a product of
capturing and structuring complex information, developing hypotheses about the
nature of issues at hand, and forming plans to resolve these issues. First, we
will focus on the specifics of “therapeutic thinking”. Is thinking of therapists
any different from “common” thinking? What do therapists learn to think as
therapists? Second, we will take a look at some specific methods of case
formulation (both integrative and orientation-specific), which therapists' may
use to shape their thinking.
Eells, T.D.
(Ed.). (2007) Handbook of Psychotherapy
Case Formulation. New York, London: The Guilford Press.
Ingram, B.
L. (2010). Clinical case formulations: Matching the integrative treatment
plan to the client. New Jersey, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Stanislav Milotínský: Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy: Theory, practice, and research. (9/11)
The lecture is online!
This lecture focuses on a
basic overview of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. In the beginning, a basal
introduction to this topic will be provided. The second part aims to give a
glimpse of contemporary research. Consequently, the speaker will talk about the
mechanisms of action. Last but not least, the methodology of
psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy will be discussed, accompanied by an
overview of its risks, current status, and challenging topics.
Schenberg, E. E. (2018). Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy: A paradigm shift in psychiatric research and development. Frontiers in pharmacology, 9, 733.
Mithoefer, M. C., Designee, S., Doblin, R., & Emerson, A. (2019). A manual for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. downloaded from https://maps.org/research-archive/mdma/MDMA-Assisted-Psychotherapy-Treatment-Manual-Version7-19Aug15-FINAL.pdf
Monika Skutková: Helpful and hindering events
in psychotherapy (23/11)
The lecture will focus on
research of helpful and hindering events in psychotherapy – its history,
way of analysis of significant events, an overview of the most important results
and
connection of events to therapy outcome. Understanding of helpful and hindering
events can be
useful particularly for therapists in practice.
Timulák, L. (2010). Significant events in
psychotherapy: An update of research findings. Psychology and Psychotherapy:
Theory, Research, and Practise, 83, s. 421-447.
Timulák, L.
(2007). Identifying core categories of the client-identified impact of helpful
events in psychotherapy: A qualitative meta-analysis. Psychotherapy Research, 17(3), 310-320.
David Skorunka: Contemporary
family therapy and systemic practice (30/11)
The lecture introduces
the main assumptions and a variety of practice in contemporary family therapy
including integrative approaches in this field. Major research findings
regarding both outcome and process of family therapy will be presented.
Dallos, R., Draper, R. Introduction to Family Therapy, Open
University Press, 2010, 3rd Edition
Carr, A. Family Therapy; Concepts,
Process and Practice, Wiley and sons, 2009, 2nd Edition
The seminar focuses on introducing the “Open dialogue ” (OD), a psychosocial network-based approach to working with people experiencing mental
health difficulties. The main principles, used interventions, possibilities, and
limitations of this approach will be discussed. Also, we will discuss the case
study from lecturers' practice and the role of psychotherapy in mental health
and social care community services.
Seikkula,
J. & Olson, M. (2003) The Open Dialogue Approach to Acute Psychosis: Its
Poetics and Micropolitics. Family Process, 42, 403-418.
Schutze, W. (2015). Open dialogue as a contribution to a healthy society: possibilities and limitations. Advances in Psychiatry and Neurology, 24, s. 86-90.
Themes for the final
essay (choose only one of them):
1. A short outline of the situation of psychotherapy in your country;
2. Main psychotherapy approaches,
personalities, and training institutes in your country;
3. Psychotherapy politics in your
country (legal framework);
4. What are the researchers focused on in the field of psychotherapy in
your country?
Final essay
submission deadline: 17th December 2021
Essay evaluation criteria:
- sophistication, structuring, distinct
line of thought or concept
- content density and depth (of course depth is inversely proportional to the breadth of the topic – also an essay with a broad topic and less sophisticated sub-themes may be excellent; anyway we rather recommend to elaborate a chosen sub-theme, in detail and in context.)
- the ability of a clear presentation of
the main ideas of the essay and ability to participate in critical discussion
- keeping to the topic and length
- see also Bad and Good example of the final essay in Information
system