Clinical Psychology

Activity type

Psicologia dinamica e clinica

SSD

M-PSI/08

Year

1st year

Semester

1st semester

CFU

3

Hours distribution

36 laboratory hours

Lecturers

VIVIANA LANGHER

Activity type

Psicologia dinamica e clinica

SSD

M-PSI/08

Year

1st year

Semester

1st semester

CFU

6

Hours distribution

48 classroom hours

Lecturers

VIVIANA LANGHER

General aims
Acquisition of a clinical logic of the intervention, able to deal with the questions from different contexts (people, groups, organization).

Specific aims
knowledge and understanding
Understanding the question proposed by the client, or the meaning of the proposed report.

applying knowledge and understanding
Identify the relationship between the proposed question and the development of the intervention with reference to the setting and the technique.

making judgements
Develop the ability to deal with the possible designs of the intervention, identifying criteria to choose which one to implement.

communication skills
Learn the possible verbalizations in conducting a clinical interview, and the acquisition of an appropriate psychological language in the professional relationship.

learning skills
Learning to orient oneself among the different sources of knowledge, acquiring the ability to self-update according to the different professional contexts.

Module: ADVANCED TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Module: THEORY BASED TECHNIQUE OF CLINIC INTERVENTION
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Module: ADVANCED TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
From the point of view of theoretical prerequisites, a good knowledge of dynamic psychology is necessary, in particular object relations theory.
As regards the logical prerequisites, the following are necessary: deductive and abductive logical reasoning skills; ability to synthesize; tolerance towards the ambiguity of the stimulus and activation of the exploratory capacity; ability to build hypotheses and identify the correct disconfirmation procedures. Good basic general culture is very important.



Module: THEORY BASED TECHNIQUE OF CLINIC INTERVENTION
From the point of view of theoretical prerequisites, a good knowledge of dynamic psychology is necessary, in particular object relations theory.
As regards the logical prerequisites, the following are necessary: deductive and abductive logical reasoning skills; ability to synthesize; tolerance towards the ambiguity of the stimulus and activation of the exploratory capacity; ability to build hypotheses and identify the correct disconfirmation procedures. Good basic general culture is very important.

Module: ADVANCED TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
to plan interventions starting from the request for intervention posed by a client in healthcare, educational, organizational, individual psychological consultancy and community contexts (36 hours).


Module: THEORY BASED TECHNIQUE OF CLINIC INTERVENTION
Theories of mind: from information processing to Matte Blanco's bi-logic, the dynamics of mental positions by M. Klein (8 hours). Object relations theory applied to intervention questions (4 hours). Affective symbolization, collusion and local culture. Individualist paradigm and individual context paradigm (8 hours). Elements of psychodynamic psychopathology in a relational key (4 hours) Case study methodology: observation and interpretation; data collection and analysis. Clinical interview, interview, questionnaires (8 hours). Characteristics of the labor market for psychologists: healthcare, educational, productive, community, international contexts; freelance work (8 hours)

Module: ADVANCED TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Four texts to choose from the following:
Langher, Viviana; Ricci, Maria Elisabetta; Diamanti, Samantha; ,La normativa sull'integrazione scolastica dei disabili tra colpa e pretesa. Una ricerca sul fallimento collusivo nel rapporto tra insegnanti e genitori di alunni disabili.,Rivista di Psicologia Clinica,,2,,2010,

Tomai, Manuela; Langher, Viviana; Martino, Gabriella; Esposito, Francesca; Ricci, Maria Elisabetta; Caputo, Andrea; ,Promoting the development of children with disabilities through school inclusion: clinical psychology in supporting teachers in Mozambique,Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology,5,3,,2017,

Caputo, Andrea; Tomai, Manuela; Pomoni, Elpiniki; Méndez, Hilda Cecilia; Castellanos, Bartolo Atilio; “Agua Futura” Consortium; Langher, Viviana; ,Water conservation and environmental sustainability from a community clinical psychological perspective,Sustainability,14,15,9146,2022,MDPI

Brandimarte, Daniele; Caputo, Andrea; Langher, Viviana; ,Analisi delle tipologie di pubblicazioni psicologiche nelle riviste ad alto Impact Factor: Qualche spunto di riflessione sul sistema di valutazione della qualità delle pubblicazioni scientifiche,Quaderni di Psicologia Clinica,10,1,5-27,2022,

Langher, Viviana; ,Approfittare di una pandemia per rivedere criticamente alcuni assunti del nostro comune pensare: Sanità eccellenti e psicologi curatori del disagio,Rivista di Psicologia Clinica-Open Access,,1,,2020,

Tombolini, Alessia; Bosoni, David; Brandimarte, Daniele; Casellato, Carola; Langher, Viviana; ,Induced abortion and consciousness objection: an explorative analysis of gynecologists’ narratives,"International Journal of Psychoanalysis and Education: Subject, Action & Society",3,1,75-89,2023,

Favieri, Francesca; Forte, Giuseppe; Casagrande, Maria; Dalpiaz, Claudio; Riglioni, Anna; Langher, Viviana; ,A Portrait of Gambling Behaviors and Associated Cognitive Beliefs Among Young Adolescents in Italy,International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction,,,1-15,2023,Springer US New York

Viviana Langher, Andrea Caputo, Daniele Brandimarte, Agnese Giacchetta, Anna Maria Grippo, Valentina Nannini, 2019, Symbols and meanings in a suburban's local culture: A case study, Rassegna di psicologia, 36,
[http://rassegnadipsicologia.it/index.php/rdp/article/view/125] full text disponibile dopo registrazione

Viviana Langher, Fabiola Fedele, Andrea Caputo, Francesco Marchini, Cesare Aragona, 2019, Extreme Desire for Motherhood: Analysis of Narratives From Women Undergoing Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Europe’s Journal of Psychology 15 (2), 292-311
[https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/1736/pdf]

Francesca Forcina, Andrea Caputo, Gabriella Martino, Viviana Langher, 2018, Emotional Text Analysis of the Italian press about school inclusion of students with disabilities, Reti Saperi Linguaggi, Italian Journal of Cognitive Science, 5 (1), 209-231

Angelika Groterath, Viviana Langher, Giorgia Marinelli, 2020, Flight and Migration from Africa to Europe: Contributions of Psychology and Social Work, Barbara Budrich Publisher



Module: THEORY BASED TECHNIQUE OF CLINIC INTERVENTION
Margaret Rustin, 2017, Revisiting Melanie Klein’s Narrative of a Child Analysis: some thoughts about contemporary approaches to clinical practice in the light of Klein’s fearless approach to interpretation, Before and Beyond Words: Exploring Melanie Klein’s Work and Influence, the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland Medical Psychotherapy Faculty in conjunction with the Melanie Klein Trust, 24-25 November 2017, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
[http://melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Revisiting_MKs_Narrative_Margaret_Rustin_Pitlochry_2017_final.pdf]

Melanie Klein’s theories, in Melanie Klein Trust: posizione schizo paranoide, posizione depressiva, il complesso di Edipo, identificazione proiettiva, Super-Io, invidia, organizzazioni patologiche, riparazione, oggetti interni, la formazione del simbolo, fantasia inconscia, tecnica kleiniana,
[https://melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/theory/]

Renzo Carli, Fiammetta Giovagnoli, 2010, The unconscious in Ignacio Matte Blanco’s thought, Rivista di psicologia clinica [http://www.rivistadipsicologiaclinica.it/ojs/index.php/rpc/article/view/200]

Renzo Carli, 2006, la collusione e le sue basi sperimentali, Rivista di psicologia clinica [http://www.rivistadipsicologiaclinica.it/ojs/index.php/rpc/article/view/279]

Viviana Langher, Andrea Caputo, Gabriella Martino, 2017, What happened to the clinical approach to case study in psychological research? A clinical psychological analysis of scientific articles in high impact-factor journals. Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 5(3)
[http://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/1670/pdf]

Module: ADVANCED TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Module: THEORY BASED TECHNIQUE OF CLINIC INTERVENTION
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Module: ADVANCED TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Module: ADVANCED TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
strongly recommended


Module: THEORY BASED TECHNIQUE OF CLINIC INTERVENTION
strongly recommended

Module: ADVANCED TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
written exam with open question


Module: THEORY BASED TECHNIQUE OF CLINIC INTERVENTION
written exam with open questions

Module: ADVANCED TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Module: THEORY BASED TECHNIQUE OF CLINIC INTERVENTION
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Module: ADVANCED TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Module: THEORY BASED TECHNIQUE OF CLINIC INTERVENTION
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