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Chpt 1: Introduction to the Class Notebook
Chpt 2: Registration & Pre-registration
Chpt 3: Required 500 Level Courses
- MAC 502 (Group)
- MAC 503 (Individual)
- MAC 512 (Family Systems)
- MAC 514 (Developmental)
- MAC 521 (Gender/Ethnicity)
- MAC 522 (Abusive Rel.)
Chpt 4: Required 600 Level Courses
- MAC 601 (Psychopathology)
- MAC 602 (Assess/TX)
- MAC 620 (Ethics)
Chpt 5: Elective 500 & 600 Level Courses
- MAC 651 (Substance Abuse)
- MAC 661 (Marriage/Family)
- MAC 671 Syllabus
- MAC 560 (Children)
- MAC 570 (Career)
- MAC 695 (Clinical)
- MAC 695 (Statistics)
Chpt 6: Independent Study Courses
Chpt 7: Transfer Courses
Chpt 8: Internship Classes
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Master of Arts in
Counseling Psychology ("MAC")
MAC 671:
"Expressive Psychotherapies"
Sample Syllabus (Subject to
Change)
Faculty Member:
Leticia
Nieto, PsyD
Course
Description:
This course examines various innovative
theories and expressive techniques in individual, family and
group psychotherapy.
The goal of the class is to
provide students with opportunities to try out a variety of
expressive and innovative therapeutic techniques. Course objectives
include:
- To
become familiar with the foundations of metaphoric and
expressive therapy.
- To
identify and discuss issues surrounding the use of
expressive strategies.
- To
create a repertoire of well thought out strategies.
- To
uncover your own style of expressive psychotherapy.
- To
enhance self-knowledge and therapeutic competence through
participation in therapeutic demonstrations.
Required
Textbooks:
(Please do
not order your books for the current semester from this list. It may not
be up-to-date.)
- Sitgnell,
Spare, Stewart, Thompson. (1990). Sandplay Studies, Bradway, Sigo Press. 1990.
- Landgarten
& Lubbers, (Eds.) (1992). Adult Art Psychotherapy. Brunner/Mazel.
- Combs
& Freedman (1990). Symbol, Story & Ceremony.
Norton
- Holmes
and Karp (1991). Psychodrama. Routledge.
- Additional
readings on reserve form part of the required readings.
Course Requirements:
Each
item below makes up one eighth of your grade. Please turn in work
on time. I will not accept any work after the last day of class.
Please submit two clear, typed copies of each written assignment;
one will become part of the class record, the other will be
returned to you with comments.
- Prepare
a guided journal entry for each class session (except the
last) with thoughtful questions,
reactions, and responses to the
reading material, experiences and class discussions.
- Complete
a Technique and Strategy Glossary. Begin by identifying and
researching expressive arts strategies and techniques.
Please include any resources you used. Develop a format
for describing, at least 30, strategies as well as the
conditions in which each would be indicated and
contraindicated. Create a system for categorizing the
techniques and strategies. You may conduct research on
expressive or innovative therapies not covered in class.
- Prepare,
memorize and
tell a spoken 5 minute autobiographical story (Do NOT use
any cards or notes or an outline). You can author it, or
you can adapt a fairy tale, folk story, or myth.
- Prepare
a brief (15 minutes) experiential
demonstrations for in class strategies sharing based on
reading, research and prior experience. Please provide
accompanying outlines for these demonstrations,
(including resources) enough copies for each class
member.
- Prepare
and present a report of required readings. (Sign up on
first night) You will have three to five minutes
of class time to present a report of readings. The task
is to identify what the author is trying to say. What
truth are they stating? This report is not a
summary or a selection of quotes from the book or
article. Your task is not to tell us what the article was
about (everyone in class will have already read it).
Instead, in your own words, synthesize the essence of the
readings you are responsible for by simply stating the
central point or points. Please also submit two copies of
an outline of your presentation.
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