6 credits
This course will integrate behavioral and gestalt theories of personality and psychopathology with the study of the technique of behaviorally-informed and gestalt-informed psychotherapy. Attention will be given to actual case material and the role of the psychologist in treatment. The behavioral and gestalt perspectives on the psychotherapeutic process itself will be explored from a variety of viewpoints including the Skinner, Pavlov, Koffka, and Kohler. Students will be introduced to basic behavioral and gestalt concepts of personality and psychopathology and their implications for psychotherapeutic technique.
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*PSRI courses are for PhD in Clinical Psychology Illinois students only