COURSE DESCRIPTION

Introduction to Counselling and Clinical

Psychology
[Name of the teacher, title of the teacher]Zoltan Kovary, lecturer
[Department of the teacher]Department of Clinical Psychology and Addictology
[E-mail address of the teacher]kovary.zoltan@gmail.com
Office hours and place: IZU 414, Wednesday, 11:00-12:00

The schedule and place of the course:

Tuesday, 17:15-18:45/ IZU 301
The goal of the course
The course introduces the students into the field of clinical and counseling psychology: to clinical and
counseling psychology as a profession and as a scientific field. First we take a look at and history of
clinical psychology as a science, then overview the basic research fields: subjects, theories and research
method .and application: assessment, therapy and other forms of using clinical knowledge. After that we
take a look into counseling psychologys basics and major fields.

Conditions of the course completion

The grade will be made up of the results of two exams: a mid-term and a final exam. The mid-term
exam is a test covering the topics of week 1 to 6, and the final exam will have two parts a test and
shortt essay questions covering the topics of all weeks. The mid-term exam will make up 30% of the
final grade. If you do not pass the mid-term exam, you will have a chance for a retake with a
deduction of one grade of your score. Passing the mid-term exam is the pre-condition for taking the
final exam. The date of the mid-term exam is: 20th of october, 2015.The final exam will make up 70%
of the final grade. Students have to sign up for the final exam, and will have a chance for a retake as
well according to the general exam rules.
Bibliography, additional materials
Tomothy Trull: Clinical Psychology. Thomson & Wadsworth, 2005
Vanja Orlans & Susan Van Scoyoc: A Short Introduction to Counselling Psychology, SAGE, 2009,
Chapters, 1, 5 &6
Martin Milton (ed.): Therapy and Beyond: Counselling Psychology Contributions to
Therapeutic and Social Issues, Wiley & Blackwell, 2010, Chapter 2

Detailed syllabus
1. Clinical psychology: the foundations. Clinical Psychology as Science and Profession. Ba
Trull, chapters 1& 3
2. The History of Clinical Psychology: History of Assessment, Interventions and Resarch
Trull, chapter2

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3. Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
Trull, chapter 4

4. Diagnosis and Classification in Clinical Wok

Trull, chapter 5
5. Clinical Assessment: Interview and Intelligence Assesment
Trull, chapters 6-7

6. Clinical Assessment: Behavioral and Personality Assessment. The Clinical Judge

Trull-Phares: chapters 8-10
7. Mid-term test
Lectures 1-6
8. Psychological Interventions: The basics.Psychodynamic perspective.
Trull: chapters 11& 12
9. Psychological Interventions: individual and group therapies.
Trull: chapters 13-15
10. Specialities in Clinical Psychology: Community, Health and Forensic Psychology
Trull: chapters 16-19
11. The Social and Historical Context of Counselling Psychology
Orlans, Chapter1
12. Existential-phenomenological Contributions to Counselling Psychologys Relational
Framework
Milton, Chapter 2
13. The practise of counselling Psychology
Orlans, Chapters 5-6