The course aims to provide students with the fundamental concepts of clinical psychology, especially in the meeting and the intersubjective construction of different modalities of aid, implemented through the peculiar way of working the clinical psychologist. It is proposed to facilitate the student to understand the value of subjectivity, the interpersonal sense of every clinical act, contributing to the development of a critical and at the same time proactive attitude, indispensable for those who want to get used to thinking about the various facets that the panorama of contemporary clinical psychology offers us. Attention will be paid to the growing need to explain the complex phenomena observable in the clinic through increasingly less sectoral theories, capable of dialogue with historically distant approaches, such as cognitivism, psychoanalysis, phenomenological psychopathology.

The first part of the programme will be devoted to the development of important issues for clinical practice, especially in the diagnosis, with the exposure of the basic elements that allow to perform the diagnostic act. In particular, the specific modalities of diagnosing the clinical psychologist and other professional figures will be treated. The second part of the programme will focus on the description of the most common clinical pictures. The third part of the program will be dedicated to exploring the theory of attachment and clinical cognitivism, from its birth to the development of modern perspectives.

In relation to the discipline the student will have to show:
- mastery of basic knowledge;
- understanding of the fundamental concepts of the discipline;
- the ability to use knowledge and concepts to reason according to the logic of the discipline;
- the ability to communicate knowledge clearly.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Frontal lesson

Course books

- Castonguay L. G., Oltmanns T. F. (2013) Psicologia clinica e psicopatologia. Un approccio integrato. Cortina, Milano.
- Semerari A. (2015) Storia, teorie e tecniche della psicoterapia cognitiva. Laterza, Roma-Bari.
- Pallini S. (2008) Psicologia dell'attaccamento. Processi interpersonali e valenze educative. Franco Angeli, Milano.

Assessment

Oral examination

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.