PSYC1012-1 : Cognitive and Behavioural Clinical Psychology

Study Programmes 2015-2016

PSYC1012-1

Cognitive and Behavioural Clinical Psychology

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Bachelor in psychology and education : general		3
Bachelor in psychology and education : general		3
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Sylvie Blairy

Coordinator :

Sylvie Blairy

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

The main purpose of the course is to expose the concepts and methodology of cognitive and behavioural in clinical psychology.
The main topics
The historic evolution of the CBT approach.
The behavioural approaches (the different types of conditionning and theirs uses in the clinical psychology).
The cognitive approaches and the first cognitive treatments.
The emotional approach and the pathologies of emotions.
The processual approach in clinical psychology.
The clinical interviews.

Learning outcomes of the course :

To have basic the knowledges to analyse a behaviour.
To have the theoretical knowledge to conduct a clinical interview.
To use the experimental approach in clinical psychology.
To be able to read, understand and summarize scientific articles (in english) on the cognitive and emotional models in clinical psychology.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

recommanded courses
PSY00030-1. Psychology of emotions

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Oral presentations, exercices, readings.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Ex-cathedra courses