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The Institute conducts courses and examinations at two levels.
(1) Diploma Level (Part I and Part II)
PART 1
Trimester 1 (Click on individual Modules to see details)
Trimester 2 (Click on individual Modules to see details)
DPSY 224 Developmental Psychology
PART 2
Trimester 1 (Click on individual Modules to see details)
DPSY 240 Individual Differences
Trimester 2 (Click on individual Modules to see details)
DPSY 245 Conceptual and Historical Issues
Trimester 3 (Click on individual Modules to see details)
DPSY 220 General Psychology
Introduction to psychology, What Is Psychology?, Why Study Psychology?
What Psychologists Do, A History of Psychology, Contemporary Perspectives,
Psychological Methods, Ethical Issues.
DPSY
222 Cognitive Psychology
Perception: visual information processing, auditory perception and speech
recognition. Attention. Visual and spatial imagery. Comprehension.
Conceptual knowledge. Learning. Skill acquisition and expertise. Memory:
encoding and retrieval processes, working, autobiographical, episodic and
semantic memory, implicit and explicit memory, memory improvement.
Thinking and reasoning, problem solving, decision-making. Language:
structure, comprehension, production, reading. Connectionist models.
Emotion and cognition.
DPSY 224 Developmental
Psychology
Research methods appropriate to the study of development. Nature of
perceptual, motor and cognitive development during infancy. General
theories of the nature and nurture of psychological attributes.
Development of general representational abilities: especially language,
drawing and number. Nature of cognitive change in the school years.
Comparative analysis of constructivist, socio-cultural, and information
processing theories of development. Development of self and identity.
Gender socialisation. Emotional development.
DPSY 235 Social Psychology
Social perception including: person perception, attitudes, attribution.
Inter-group processes including: prejudice, inter-group conflict, social
identification. Small group processes including: norms, leadership,
decision making, productivity. Social influence including: conformity and
obedience, majority and minority influence, the bystander effect. Close
relationships including: interpersonal attraction, relationships.
History of abnormal psychology, models of abnormal behaviour, Insanity and the law, nature of abnormality, psychological disorders.
DPSY 240 Individual Differences
Key assumptions of, and sources of evidence for, the main approaches to
emotion, motivation, the self and normal and abnormal personality
development, including: psychoanalytic, behavioural, cultural, social
learning, social cognitive, radical behaviourist,
humanistic-existential-phenomenological, lexical-trait, neo Darwinist,
biological and behavioural genetic. Influence of genetic , environmental
and cultural factors on individual differences. Temporal and situational
consistency of individual differences. Influence of personality on other
behaviours including: health; education; culture; ; relationships;
occupational choice and competency. History of mental and psychological
testing. The nature of intelligence, contemporary approaches to
intelligence and their implications for educational and social policy.
DPSY
243 Psychobiology
Basic neurochemistry and neurophysiology of nerve transmission; the
structure and organisation of the CNS; behavioral genetics; hormones and
behaviour. Psychopharmacology, the brain and reward, drug action and
behaviour. Biological aspects of learning, memory, motivation and emotion,
sleep and arousal. Evolutionary explanations of behaviour: primatology,
sociobiology, animal cognition and comparative psychology. Human
neuropsychology, cortical localisation of function, biological basis of
psychological abnormalities.
DPSY 245 Conceptual
and Historical Issues
The syllabus is structured around a number of key questions: What is
science, and to what extent does psychology (the science of the mind)
exemplify scientific characteristics? To what extent is psychology
socially and culturally constructed? Can psychology be politically
neutral? Can psychology be morally neutral? Methods of acquiring
knowledge: scientific method versus common sense; the relationship between
facts and values. Critiques of traditional methods in psychology; the
significance of the standpoint from which values are understood. Paradigms
and research programmes: Kuhn, Lakatos and Feyerabend. Lessons from the
history of psychology: Reductionism, structuralism, functionalism,
relativism and the nature of consciousness. Critical psychology and
subjectivity: The critical psychological view of subject and subjectivity.
The origins of ethical issues for psychology; moral underpinnings of the
theory, research and practice of psychology; psychologists and community
members as partners in the construction of ethically responsible
practices.
DPSY 248 Research Issues
Problem definition and hypothesis formulation. Independent and dependent
variables: their identification and selection. Experimental manipulation,
control and internal validity: the roles of random allocation, matching,
and counterbalancing in independent groups, related samples and repeated
measure designs. The experimental manipulation of more than one
independent variable in factorial designs: the contribution of interaction
effects. The role of random sampling in psychological research: external
validity. Quasi-experimental studies of pre-existing groups: the question
of causality. The particular strengths and weaknesses of "single-subject"
designs and case studies. Observational approaches. Survey research:
sampling and the problem of non-response; descriptive versus explanatory
surveys; questionnaire design including closed and open-ended questions;
attitude scale construction; different questioning methods, e.g. postal,
telephone, face-to-face. Methods of controlling for participants'
expectations and experimenter effects. Inter-rater reliability. Critical
evaluation of the methods employed to collect data in psychological
research. The theory of psychological measurement: standardisation;
reliability and the standard error of measurement; validity. The
collection of qualitative data: observation, participant observation,
techniques for the collection of verbal protocols. The analysis of
qualitative data: content analysis, discourse analysis, grounded theory
and protocol analysis. The ethics of research with humans and animals.
DPSY 250 Quantitative Methods
Descriptive and summary statistics: measures of central tendency and
dispersion; skew and kurtosis; frequency distributions; graphical methods
including frequency histograms and cumulative frequency plots; exploratory
data analysis including stem and leaf and box and whisker displays.
Probability theory: rules for assigning and combining probabilities; the
OR rule with mutually exclusive and non-mutually exclusive events; the AND
rule with independent and non-independent events; the binomial
distribution (and its normal approximation). The normal distribution: z
scores and areas under the curve; the sampling distribution of the sample
mean. Statistical inference: significance testing (including the null and
alternative hypothesis, type 1 and type 2 errors, significance level,
power and sample size); effect size and confidence intervals. z-tests and
t-tests of means for single sample, independent samples and related
samples designs. Confidence intervals: for the population mean; for the
difference between two population means. Mean and error bar graphs.
Non-parametric alternatives to t-tests: the sign test; Wilcoxon
matched-pairs signed ranks test; Mann-Whitney test. Tests of proportions:
chi-squared tests for goodness of fit and for contingency tables. Cramer's
Phi as a measure of association in contingency tables. McNemar's test of
change. Bivariate correlation and linear regression: scatterplots;
Pearson's correlation coefficient; partial correlation; the significance
of a correlation coefficient; the linear regression equation and its use
in prediction; the accuracy of prediction; Spearman's and Kendall's rank
order correlation coefficients. The analysis of variance: one factor
independent and repeated measures designs; two factor independent,
repeated measures and mixed designs; main effects and interaction effects
(including graphical presentation); planned (including trend) comparisons;
the Bonferroni correction; post hoc comparisons (including the choice
between methods); the analysis of simple effects. Non-parametric
alternatives to one factor analyses of variance: Kruskal-Wallis, Friedman
and Cochran's Q tests. The choice of an appropriate statistical analysis:
the issue of level of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio
scales); test assumptions (e.g. normality, homogeneity of variance,
linearity); transformations of the dependent variable in an attempt to
meet assumptions; robustness; power efficiency.
Advanced Diploma in Counselling Psychology
CURRICULUM
Trimester 1
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CPSY 540 Theories of Individual Counseling
CPSY 600 Human Communication
CPSY 610 Psychopathology and Diagnostic Interviewing
CPSY 636 Chemical Dependency
CPSY 535 Domestic Violence
Trimester 2
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CPSY 520 Research Methods in Counseling Psychology
CPSY 611 Treatment Planning
CPSY 620 Adult and Family Development
CPSY 642 Behavioral Intervention
CPSY 643 Cognitive Intervention
Trimester 3
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CPSY 512 Psychological Testing
CPSY 630 Clinical Ethics
CPSY 631 Legal and Professional Issues in Marriage
and Family Therapy
CPSY 650 Theories of Family Counseling
CPSY 681 Practicum I
Trimester 4
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CPSY 634 Psychopharmacology
CPSY 644 Dynamic Intervention
CPSY 651 Techniques of Family Counseling
CPSY 660 Theories of Group Counseling
CPSY 682 Practicum II
Trimester 5
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CPSY 633 Cross Cultural Issues in Counseling
CPSY 661 Techniques of Group Counseling
CPSY 670 Theories of Developmental Counseling with
Children and adolescents
CPSY 691 Traineeship I
Trimester 6
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CPSY 530 Human Sexuality
CPSY 645 Dyadic Intervention
CPSY 671 Techniques of Child and Adolescent
Counseling
CPSY 692 Traineeship II
CPSY 697 Project In Counseling Psychology
CPSY 500
Introduction to Counseling Psychology (4)
Overview of the counseling profession, counseling and consultation
processes and services, counseling theories, and preparation of
counselors, including the development of a professional identify as a
professional counselor.
CPSY 512 Psychological
Testing (4)
Survey of assessment procedures applicable to practice and their
theoretical and applied characteristics. Consideration of the role of
various kinds of assessment in typical clinical situations, as well as the
impact of cultural orientation, age, and other client characteristics in
ethically selecting and using assessment procedures. Prerequisite: one
course in elementary statistics.
CPSY 520 Research Methods in Counseling Psychology (4)
Methods and issues associated with the conduct and use of research
concerning phenomena relevant to counseling psychology. Overview of
hypothesis generation, research design, data collection and
interpretation, and utilization of research findings in clinical practice.
Prerequisite: one course in elementary statistics.
CPSY 530 Human Sexuality (4)
Examination of the major variables affecting human sexuality. Includes the
physiological, psychological, and sociocultural variables associated with
the development and manifestation of sexual identity, sexual behavior, and
sexual disorders. Special attention to the etiology, assessment, and
treatment of sexual
dysfunctions and to the relationship between issues of sexuality and
intimate interpersonal relationships.
CPSY 535 Domestic Violence
(2)
Prevention, detection, assessment, intervention, and legal reporting of
violence in families, with special emphasis on abuse of children,
dependent adults, and partners in intimate relationships. Therapeutic
considerations include diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment planning.
CPSY 540
Theories of Individual Counseling (4)
Examination of several contemporary individual intervention approaches
based on specific behavioral, cognitive, humanistic/experiential, and
psychodynamic frameworks. Consideration of how each approach is used in
clinical, school, and marriage and family counseling applications.
CPSY 600 Human Communication
I (4)
Interpersonal processes fundamental to the development of
psychotherapeutic counseling strategies, with an emphasis on processes
underlying verbal and nonverbal communication and the use of clinical
skills applicable to interviewing, assessment, and intervention. Practice
in simulated laboratory situations.
Offered on a credit, no-credit basis only.
CPSY
610 Psychopathology and Diagnostic Interviewing (4)
Examination of major types of psychopathology. Techniques of intake
interviewing and determining mental status to formulate a differential
diagnosis based upon the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders .
CPSY 611 Treatment Planning (2)
Focus on alternative ways of integrating clinical information in order to
develop practical and effective treatment plans. Relationships among
client factors (e.g., diagnostic, personality, cultural, and
developmental), therapist factors, and various interventions.
CPSY 620 Adult and
Family Development (4)
Exploration of the biological, psychological, and social developmental
tasks and life events of the adult years, including a family and
vocational perspective. Focus on sociocultural, gender, and family issues
salient to relationships, separation, nontraditional and blended families,
and geropsychology.
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CPSY 630 Clinical Ethics (2)
Contemporary professional ethics relative to counseling practice.
Professional codes of ethics .
CPSY 631 Legal and Professional Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy (2)
Laws and regulations that delineate the professional scope of practice of
Marriage and Family Therapy. Current legal patterns and trends, including
those in family law and reporting requirements imposed on therapists by
statue, regulation, State, and case law. Goals and objectives of
professional organizations, standards of training, licensure and
standards, and the rights and responsibilities of the professional
counselor.
CPSY 633 Cross
Cultural Issues in Counseling (4)
Focus on attitudes and issues arising from different values and cultural
assumptions which affect therapeutic intervention. Attention to cultural
sub-groupings of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual
orientation, religion, relationship status, age, disability, and other
demographics as they relate to
the counseling process.
CPSY 634 Psychopharmacology (3)
Examination of the general principles underlying the use in modern
practice of drugs to treat the major classes of mental illness. Include
antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics, mood stablilizers, and
special topics. Mechanisms of action, drug interactions, pertinent aspects
of differential diagnosis, and psychiatric aspects of general medical
conditions will be discussed.
CPSY 636 Chemical Dependency
(2)
Etiology, diagnosis and treatment of substance abuse and dependence
CPSY 642 Behavioral
Intervention (2)
Principles and techniques of behavior acquisition and intervention.
Emphasis on respondent and operant conditioning. Ethical and professional
considerations.
CPSY 643 Cognitive
Intervention (2)
Cognitive theories of psychopathology and adaptive change. Illustration,
demonstration, and practice of techniques of cognitive intervention.
CPSY 644 Dynamic Intervention
(2)
Principles of psychodynamic and contemporary psychoanalytic
psychotherapies, including and object relations and self-psychology
perspectives. Development of the ability to recognize and respond to
conscious, preconscious and unconscious states, defenses, and transference
and countertransference dynamics
CPSY 645 Dyadic Intervention
(2)
Emphasis on the dynamics of couple interaction, as well as on the
examination of gender and ethnic issues. Integrates intrapsychic,
interpersonal, and systems perspectives. Focus on enhancing communication
and relationship processes and skills.
CPSY 650 Theories of
Family Counseling (4)
Focus on major systemic and nonsystemic orientations in relationship,
couples, and family counseling. Attention to the psychodynamics of
relationships and transcultural family systems, communications theory, and
the role of family of origin in individual and family functioning.
Students will relate their own family
dynamics to the literature.
CPSY 651 Techniques
of Family Counseling (3)
Focus on the development of clinical skills necessary for effective
relationship and family counseling. Laboratory experiences will be
provided through observation, demonstration, and practice
CPSY 660 Theories of
Group Counseling (4)
Focus on the major approaches to group counseling. Emphasis on small and
large group processes and involvement in group experiential activities
designed to relate the clinical process to theoretical explanations.
CPSY 661 Techniques
of Group Counseling (3)
Focus on the development of clinical skills necessary for effective group
counseling. Laboratory experiences will be provided through observation,
demonstration, and practice.
CPSY 670 Theories of Developmental Counseling with Children and
Adolescents (4)
Focus on the major approaches to therapeutic interventions with children
and adolescents. Attention to developmental issues and tasks necessary for
competent counseling with children and adolescents, including biological,
psychological, social, and cultural processes that influence or disrupt
normal
development.
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CPSY
671 Techniques of Child and Adolescent Counseling (3)
Focus on the development of clinical skills necessary for effective
preventive, therapeutic, and consultative interventions with and related
to children and adolescents. Laboratory experiences will be provided
through observation, demonstration and practice.
CPSY 681 Practicum I (3)
A supervised clinical practicum within the scope and practice of a
Marriage and Family Therapist. Application of counseling procedures, with
a focus on interviewing, assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment
of familial and relationship dysfunctions. Counts toward the practicum
requirement Limited
to 8 students per section.
CPSY 682 Practicum II (4)
A continuation of CPSY 681. Counts towards the practicum requirement..
CPSY 691 Traineeship I (4)
A supervised clinical practicum in settings designed to facilitate the
professional goals of the trainee within the scope and practice of a
Therapist. Advanced experience in interviewing, assessment, diagnosis,
prognosis and treatment of familial and relationship dysfunctions. Counts
towards the practicum requirement Offered in a credit, no-credit basis
only.
CPSY 692 Traineeship II (4)
A continuation of CPSY 691. Counts towards the practicum requirement.
Offered on a credit, no-credit basis only.
CPSY 697
Examination in Counseling Psychology (2)
Comprehensive examination as the culminating activity in the Counseling
Psychology program. Offered on a credit, no-credit basis only.
CPSY 699 Independent
Graduate Study (1-5)
Individual supervision of counseling or investigation of an approved
project leading to a written report. Offered on a credit, no-credit basis
only. Requires a petition for individual study approved by the Professor
CPSY 700 Clinical Extension (4)
Additional supervised clinical experience for students requiring more than
two quarters to complete the required hours for Practicum or for
Traineeship. May be repeated for credit. Does not count toward
requirements for the Certification in Counseling Psychology.
