Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Practicum

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Students enrolled in the Individual Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Lab (3rd or 4th year students) are assigned psychotherapy patients from the Parnes Clinic. The lab should be taken concurrently with psychodynamic theory of intervention courses such as Interpersonal Therapy, Self Psychology, or Object Relations. Enrollment includes participation in a weekly group supervision where students present their individual cases. All lab students are also assigned an individual supervisor for one hour weekly supervision. Lab meetings address issues common to students starting their first intensive, relatively long term (potentially two year) psychodynamic treatments, including but not limited to anxieties related to beginning treatments, case conceptualization, how to maintain good boundaries while connecting well, when to refer for a psychopharmacological consultation, how to interact interprofessionally to coordinate care, and transference/countertransference phenomena. Readings are assigned relative to case material as well. Previously offered as PSC 6492 and PSC 6493.