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Shue Yan University Prospectus 2018-19

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES (PsyD-CoP PROGRAMME)

CP 601 Culture and Psychotherapy
1 Term; 3 Credits

This course is designed to facilitate a scholarly and experiential learning environment for
students to examine ways in which culture shapes and crystallizes not only counselling
psychologist and client identities and their therapeutic encounters, but also the phenomenol-
ogy of mental health and psychotherapy. Specifically, students will be challenged to think
critically and reflexively about the dynamic role of culture and language in constructing one’s
reality, as well as the processes of psychotherapy. The course also aims at fostering students
to grow competently as an independent scientist-practitioner who espouses a multicultural
sensitive framework in psychotherapy practice (i.e., case conceptualization, assessment,
psychological diagnosis, and therapeutic intervention) and psychotherapy research.

CP 602 Conceptual Issues in Counselling Psychology
1 Term; 3 Credits

Conceptual Issues in Counselling Psychology is a specialized course that will allow the
student to pursue in depth and breadth areas of particular interest or areas of desired
specialization in Counselling Psychology. The Issue (if major) or issues (several smaller
issues) will be chosen by the student with input from an instructor on the doctoral programme
who has expertise and interest in the chosen topic area(s).

CP 603 Guided Readings in Specific Topics
1 Term; 3 Credits

Guided Readings in Specific Topics is a specialized course that will allow the student to
pursue in depth and breadth areas of particular interest or areas of desired specialization in
Counselling Psychology by concentrating focused and extensive reading in a limited number
of topics. The readings will be chosen by the student with input from the teacher of the course
in the doctoral programme who has expertise and interest in the chosen area(s) of concentra-
tion. The student is encouraged to choose areas of interest and/or specialization which are
related to his or her clinical practice and clinically-based research.

CP 604 Advanced Skills in Assessment and Evaluation in Counselling Psychology
1 Term; 3 Credits

This course is structured to equip doctorate students with advanced assessment and
evaluation techniques in order to enhance their psychotherapeutic treatments with different
client populations. Students will further enhance integrative and clinical judgment skills in
writing comprehensive assessment reports as well as planning treatment interventions
systematically in accordance with the obtained assessment data. Furthermore, the students
will obtain basic knowledge and training in scale/assessment development for the use of local
community.

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