This unit will support students to build skills, knowledge and attitudes in research methods in psychotherapy, mental health and trauma-informed care appropriate to critical and reflective practice in Psychotherapy. This learning will provide a foundation for appraisal and design of psychosocial research and further scholarship in the area. The student will gain an understanding of the case study, qualitative and quantitative methods, and mixed methods approaches, linguistics and dyadic research and the applications of these methods to epidemiological, process and outcomes research. The student will also develop and demonstrate critical thinking that considers philosophical approaches and analytic investigation. The student will be able to describe the research cycle. The student will apply the concepts to critical appraisal of journal articles and synthesise learning by proposing a research project.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Brain and Mind Science |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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PSTY5201 and PSTY5202 and PSTY5203 and PTSY5204 and PSTY5205 |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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NURS5101 |
Assumed knowledge
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This unit assumes a working clinical knowledge of basic counselling and mental health, commensurate with a clinician having worked 2 or more years in a setting with general health counselling or mental health clients. |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Lea Crisante, lea.crisante@sydney.edu.au |
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Tutor(s) | Janine Stevenson, janine.stevenson@sydney.edu.au |