SPECIAL TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Schedule of Readings & Assignments
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Topic Date Textbook reading

Additional required readings

Additional optional resources Activities & assignments
Course introduction Tue, 1/8        
What is clinical psychology? Thu, 1/10

Chapter 1

 

> American Psychological Association.  (2000).  Graduate study in psychology.  Washington, DC:  Author.

> Sternberg, R. J.  (1997).  Career paths in psychology: Where your degree can take you.  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association.

> American Psychological Association.  (1993).  Getting in:  A step-by-step plan for gaining admission to graduate school in psychology.  Washington, DC:  Author.

 
History of clinical psychology Tue, 1/15 Chapter 2

Hacker, C1-C2, R4

1. Bettelheim, B. (1989).  Freud's Vienna and other essays.  NY:  Vintage Books.

2. Freud, S.  (1938).  The history of the psychoanalytic movement.  In The basic writings of Sigmund Freud.  NY:  The Modern Library.

> Reisman, J. M.  (1991).  A history of clinical psychology (2nd ed.).  New York:  Hemisphere Publishing.

Test critique:

Choose assessment instrument

Psychological assessment Thu, 1/17 Chapter 3

1. Dawes, R. M., Faust, D., & Meehl, P. E.  (1989). Clinical versus actuarial judgment. Science, 243, 1668-1674.

> Golstein, G., & Hersen, M.  (Eds.). (2000).  Handbook of psychological assessment (3rd ed.).  Amsterdam:  Pergamon.

> Turner, S.M., DeMers, S.T., Fox, H.R., & Reed, G.M.  (2001).  APA's guidelines for test user qualifications:  An executive summary.  American Psychologist, 56, 1099-1113.

 

Clinical

interviewing

Tue, 1/22

Chapter 5,

pp. 100-104

1. Querido, J., Eyberg, S., Kanfer, R., & Krahn, G.  (2001).  The process of the clinical child assessment interview.  In C. E. Walker & M. C. Roberts (Eds.), Handbook of clinical child psychology (3rd ed.) (pp. 75-89).  New York:  John Wiley.

2. Benjamin, A.  (1969).  Attitudes and behavior.  In The helping interview.  Boston:  Houghton Mifflin.

> Cormier, W. H., & Cormier, L. S.  (1991).  Interviewing strategies for helpers (3rd ed.).  Pacific Grover, CA:  Brooks/Cole.

> Rogers, R.  (1995).  Diagnostic and structured interviewing.  Odessa, FL:  Psychological Assessment Resources.

Test critique:

Outline due

  Thu, 1/24

 

     
Intellectual, cognitive, & neuropsychological assessment Tue, 1/29 Chapter 4

Hacker C2 & C4

1.  Sohlberg, M. M., & Mateer, C. A.  (1989). Current perspectives in cognitive rehabilitation, In Introduction to cognitive rehabilitation:  Theory and practice.  New York:  Guilford.

> Heilman, K., & Valenstein, E.  (Eds.) (1993).  Clinical neuropsychology (3rd ed.).  New York:  Oxford University Press.

> Kaplan, E.  (1988).  A process approach to neuropsychological assessment.  In T. Boll & B. Bryant (Eds.), Clinical neuropsychology and brain function:  Research, measurement, and practice.  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association.

> Lezak, M.  (1995).  Neuropsychological assessment (3rd ed.).  Oxford:  Oxford University Press.

Test critique:

Introductory paragraph due

Behavioral assessment and vocational/interest tests Thu, 1/31

Chapter 5,

pp. 119-126

 

     
Personality assessment Tue, 2/5

Chapter 5,

pp. 104-119

1.  Lilienfeld, S. O., Wood, J. M., & Garb, H. N.  (2001).  What's wrong with this picture?  Scientific American, 284, 81-87.

> Lilienfeld, S. O., Wood, J. M., & Barb, H. N.  (2000).  The scientific status of projective techniques.  Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 1, 27-66.

Test critique:

1st draft due

  Thu, 2/7        
Introduction to interventions Tue, 2/12  

1. Shiang, J., Bongar, B., & Landry, B.  (1997).  Psychotherapy.  In J.R. Matthews & C.E. Walker (Eds.), Basic skills and professional issues in clinical psychology (pp. 83-113).  Needham Heights, MA:  Allyn & Bacon.

2. Nichols, M. P.  (1995).  The lost art of listening.  New York:  Guilford.

> Frank, J. D. & Frank, J. B.  (1991).  Persuasion and healing:  A comparative study of psychotherapy.  Baltimore:  Johns Hopkins University Press.

> Seligman, M.E.P.  (1994).  What you can change and what you can't.  New York:  Knopf.

 
  Thu, 2/14        
Psychoanalysis & psychodynamic perspective Tue, 2/19

Chapter

6 & 7

 

> Freud, S.  (1933).  New introductory lectures on psycho-analysis.  London:  Hogarth.

Test critique:

Revision due

 

  Thu, 2/21    

> Strupp, H. H., & Binder, J. L.  (1984).  Psychotherapy in a new key:  A guide to Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy.  New York:  Basic Books.

> Weissman, M.M., Markowitz, J.C., & Klerman, G. L.  (2000).  Comprehensive guide to interpersonal psychotherapy.  New York:  Basic Books.

Case report:

Clinical interview

Person-centered perspectives Tue, 2/26 Chapter 8  

>  Patterson, C. H.  (2000).  Understanding psychotherapy:  Fifty years of client-centered theory and practice.  Ross-on-Wye, England:  PCCS Books.

> Rogers, C. R.  (1940).  The process of psychotherapy.  Journal of Consulting Psychology, 4, 161-164.

 
Gestalt & existential perspectives Thu, 2/28 Chapter 9 1.  Frankl, V. E.  (1963).  Man's search for meaning.  New York:  Pocket Books.

> Greenberg, L. S., & Watson, J. C.  (Eds.).  (1998).  Handbook of experiential psychotherapy.  New York:  Guilford Press.

> Perls, F. F.  (1969).  Gestalt therapy verbatim.  Lafayette, CA:  Real People Press.

Case report:

History and diagnostic impression due

Spring break Tue, 3/5        
Spring break Thu, 3/7        
  Tue, 3/12        
Behavioral perspective Thu, 3/14 Chapter 10    

Case report:

Treatment plan due

Cognitive perspective Tue, 3/19 Chapter 12

1.  Channon, S., & Wardle, J.  (1989).  Eating disorders.  In J. Scott, M.G. Williams, & A. T. Beck (Eds.), Cognitive therapy in clinical practice:  An illustrative casebook (pp. 127-156).  New York:  Routledge.

> Ellis, A.  (1971).  The case of the black and silver masochist.  From Growth through reason:  Verbatim cases of rational-emotive therapy (pp. 15-45).  Palo Alto, CA:  Science and Behavior Books.

> Ellis, A.  (1975).  A new guide to rational living.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ:  Prentice-Hall.

 
  Thu, 3/21  

 

 

 
Cognitive perspective Tue, 3/26      

Case report:

Final revision due

Group interventions Thu, 3/28 Chapter 13 1.  Yalom, I. D.  (1985).  Interpersonal learning.  From The theory and practice of group psychotherapy (3rd ed.), pp. 19-47.  New York:  Basic Books. > Yalom, I. D.  (1999).  Momma and the meaning of life:  Tales of psychotherapy.  New York:  Basic Books.  
Group interventions Tue, 4/2      

Ethics:

Outline due

  Thu, 4/4        
Marriage and family interventions Tue, 4/9 Chapter 14 1.  Minuchin, S., & Nichols, M. P.  (1998).  Structural family therapy.  In F. M. Dattilio (Ed.), Case studies in couple and family therapy:  Systemic and cognitive perspectives (pp. 108-131).  New York:  Guilford.    
Research and clinical psychology Thu, 4/11 Chapter 15  

> Hersen, M., & Bellack, A. S.  (1999).  Handbook of comparative interventions for adult disorders (2nd ed.).  New York:  John Wiley.

>  Seligman, M. E. P.  (1994).  What you can change and what you can't.  New York:  Knopf.

Ethics:

1st draft due

NO CLASS Tue, 4/16   NO CLASS NO CLASS  
  Thu, 4/18      

Ethics:

Revision due on Monday 4/22

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