Integrated course of Clinical and Dynamic PsychologyModule CLINIC PSYCHOLOGY AND MODELS OF INTERVENTION IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: PASQUALE CAPONNETTOExpected Learning Outcomes
The aim is to develop a clinical ability within a psychological intervention model capable of dealing with different contexts and demands and to promote a culture of intervention based on research control and comparison.
The course aims to provide a thorough understanding of the processes involved in psychopatolgy. This course will include both didactic and experiential components in order to promote a comprehensive approach to learning about clinical psychology. Specifically, there will be a focus on how psychological disorders are theoretically conceptualized, assessed, and treated from evidence based perspective.
Course Structure
Frontal lessons, case series discussions, and simulations; meetings with professionals and expert, role playing, /supervised clinical practice and research
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.
Detailed Course Content
Acquisition of a theory of psychological that allows the use of intervention techniques in the light of a specific theoretical model. Lesson will be proposed in order to develop specific skills for conducting an intervention, with particular reference to the stages that characterize it: observation, exploration, interpretation will be highlight. Integrated management of the main methods of clinical psychology, such as interview, assessment, reporting, analysis of the demand. Critical review of the basics of psychological intervention. Contextualization of the major theoretical and operational issues within a clinical psychological approach in the light of an integrated theoretical perspective. Focusing on early intervention. Efficacy and effectiveness. Content of the training - The different theoretical models in clinical psychology. -assessment in clinical psychology. -Psychodiagnostic. -treatment in clinical psychology. -Analysis of psychopathological case series.
Textbook Information
1) Louis G. Castonguay, Thomas F (2023). Oltmanns. Psicologia clinica e psicopatologia: Un approccio integrato. Raffaello Cortina Editore. Pagine 600, Only chapters 7, 12, 15 Pagine 110
2) Ornella Corazza, Gianluca Esposito (2025). Psicologia e psicopatologia delle nuove dipendenze. Zanichelli, Pg 209
3) Boncinelli V, Rossetto M, Veglia F (2018). Sessuologia Clinica. Modelli di intervento, diagnosi e terapie integrate. Erickson, Pg 360
4) Erica Puglise (2024). Nella mente dei dipendenti affettivi. Franco Angeli pg 160
5) Caponnetto P, Casu M. Update on Cyber Health Psychology: Virtual Reality and Mobile Health Tools in Psychotherapy, Clinical Rehabilitation, and Addiction Treatment. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 16;19(6):3516. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063516. PMID: 35329201; PMCID: PMC8955341. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8955341/
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology with elements of Psychotherapy | Louis G. Castonguay, Thomas F (2016). Oltmanns. Psicologia clinica e psicopatologia: Un approccio integrato. Raffaello Cortina Editore. Pagine 600 |
| 2 | Psychology and psychopathology of sexual behavior | Boncinelli V, Rossetto M, Veglia F (2018). Sessuologia Clinica. Modelli di intervento, diagnosi e terapie integrate. Erickson (2018) |
| 3 | Psychology and psychopathology of new addictions | Ornella Corazza, Gianluca Esposito (2025). Psicologia e psicopatologia delle nuove dipendenze. Zanichelli, Pg 209 |
| 4 | Inside the Mind of Emotionally Dependent Individuals | Erica Puglise (2024). Nella mente dei dipendenti affettivi. Franco Angeli pag 160 |