GPSA 532 Group Dynamics II: Group Leadership (3 credits)

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Thursday, 4:50 – 7:20pm GPSA 532 Group Dynamics II: Group Leadership/Silver (3 credits)

This, Group Dynamics: Group Leadership, course provides an opportunity to study specific issues relating to therapeutic work with groups in a variety of settings and across different theoretical, clinical frameworks. Through assigned readings, class interaction, and case presentations students will develop an understanding of the unique leadership role involved in effectively leading groups. Ways of studying group dynamics, helping members interact and connect, assessing group progress, as well as designing and implementing therapeutic interventions will be studied. The unique interpersonal dynamics presented in the group situation can be studied from a diverse and comparative theoretical and clinical perspective through this ongoing process of the interactive group class. In addition, the stressors, demands and personal impact on the clinician of working with relationships in groups will be explored. More than 10 clock hours of this course are structured as a group experience activity. 531 SP24 or 532 required for CMHC – SU24, Elective for PsychoA Cert

GPSA 687d Reading Course in Anna Freud and Melanie Klein

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Wednesday, 4:50-7:20 pm GPSA 687d Reading Course in Anna Freud and Melanie Klein/ Vaccaro (3 credits)

This course examines a designated author or topic within a historical psychoanalytic context. Resources such as literature, videos, artifacts and clinical material will provide a view of the development of how the author or topic has contributed to psychoanalytic concepts, clinical work and current practice. Elective for CMHC, Theory or Elective for PsychoA Cert

GPSA 704 Fieldwork Seminar: Issues of Bias in the Treatment of Mental Illness (4 credits)

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Tuesday, 7:00 pm- 9:30 pm, GPSA 704 Fieldwork Seminar: Issues of Bias in the Treatment of Mental Illness (4 credits)

In this course, students will study their countertransference responses, listen to, and become aware of client’s dynamics and how each client speaks to present these dynamics through symbolic communication. This clinical course has a focus on how perceptions shape our views of various society groups. Aspects of bias that influence practice experiences are examined while providing client hours at an externship site. Students will identify the phenomena of bias in cases presented in relation to diversity in terms of ethic. Sociological and psychopathological processes. They will learn to observe their own reactions to the clinical work and use with growing understanding as a clinical and technical tool. Students’ will achieve this by studying internal unexamined perceptions as well as broader societal prejudices, society trends and subgroups, interactions patterns and the impact of differing lifestyles and maladaptive behaviors, including stress, abuse and discrimination on subjective responses. Required for CMHC and MAP after GPSA 700

 

Tuesday

10:30 – 12:00pm GPSA 704C SGS/Ashworth

2:00 – 3:00pm GPSA 704B SGS/Lapides

3:00 – 4:30pm GPSA 704P SGS/Hess

6:00 – 7:30pm GPSA 704D SGS/Thomas

 

Wednesday

2:30 – 4:00pm GPSA 704E SGS/Silver

 

Thursday

9:30 – 10:00am GPSA 704G SGS/Bratt

12:00 – 1:30pm GPSA 704L/Vaccaro

2:00 – 3:30pm GPSA 704H/Lazar

2:00 – 3:30pm GPSA 704M/Miele

3:10 – 4:40pm GPSA 704J/Semel

3:15 – 4:45pm GPSA 704K/DeLia