Course overview
Attachment processes in the therapeutic relationship will focus on the importance of attachment patterns and their interplay between practitioner and client. Psycho-dynamic principles of attachment will be discussed in depth with relevant psychoanalytic theory and practice inherent in the focus of the therapeutic alliance. Key theoretical premises discussed will include projection, transference/counter-transference/ holding and containing, erotic transference and self-disclosure.
Course learning outcomes
- Apply knowledge of attachment theory, research, and developmental theories to counselling and psychotherapy case planning and practice
- Understand childhood and adult attachment patterns, how they present in the clinical setting, and reflect on one's own attachment pattern and how this impacts upon the psychotherapeutic relationship
- Define the processes of containment and holding through the psychodynamic theoretical lens and distinguish the nuanced role that attachment plays in the nature of the psychodynamic therapeutic relationship and alliance
- Articulate how trauma interfaces with psychodynamic attachment related processes and describe the role of neurobiology, attachment experiences and the brain
- Interpret how modern environments and cultures impact upon attachment and how this effects the therapeutic relationship
- Recognise the nature of projection, transference, countertransference and erotic transference in relation to the psychodynamic principles of attachment.
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 28092
Section WS01
Size 70
Available 70
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