Advanced Psychological Practice

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements, Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

Students will be given the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of advanced clinical practice issues, including psychotherapy process, treatment approaches for complex clinical presentations, clinical consultancy risk assessment and primary prevention approaches. Students will gain critical understanding of the context for clinical practices, including evaluation and quality assurance, supervision and professional development.

It is the overall aim of this unit to foster a sense of professional identity and competence through the exploration of advanced treatment approaches and complex clinical practice issues. The subject is concerned with the examination of aspects of clinical psychology practice with an emphasis on students developing a critical approach to varoius clinical, professional practice and evaluation issues.

An in-class presentation based on one of twelve lecture topics (20% of assessment).

An end of semester assignment of a 2,000 word essay (80% of assessment).

A hurdle requirement of attendance at three 6-hour clinical workshops providing training in (1) Mindfulness in Clinical Practice, (2) Motivational Interviewing and (3) Grief Counselling.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Analytic and synthesizing skills leading to improved information integration

Problem-solving skills