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Offerings

MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING

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Enrolment rules

PSY388 Psychology: Abnormal Behaviour or PSY213 Psychology: Abnormal Behaviour and either BSC302 Advanced Quantitative Research Methods or PSY311 Psychology: Advanced Quantitative Research Methods or PSY315 Psychology: Advanced Qualitative Research Methods; OR enrolment in Graduate Diploma in Psychology (GradDipPsych) OR BA Psych (Hons) OR BPsych (Hons) or Psychology with Honours (BA (Hons)) or Psychology with Honours (BSc (Hons)).
Students who have completed PSY436 Advanced Topic E or PSY536 Psychology: Principles and Processes of Psychological Intervention may not enrol in this unit for credit.

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.
Describe and critically appraise the theoretical bases of a variety of approaches to therapeutic interventions for common psychological and behavioural problems.
2.
Describe their main principles, strategies and techniques when used with different client populations.
3.
Describe how their theoretical perspectives and underlying principles impact upon their conceptualization of clinical cases and the methods and practices they use for assessment and therapeutic intervention.
4.
Compare and contrast the variety of approaches presented, highlighting their similarities (e.g., non-medical, non-diagnostic) and differences (e.g., emphasis on changing thinking and feeling versus changing behaviours).
5.
Evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of the variety of approaches when applied in therapeutic interventions for common psychological and behavioural problems by examination of the research literature.
6.
Describe and be familiar with the core competencies which guide psychological practise in Australia with an emphasis on the Code of ethics (2007)

Assessments

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