Year 4 (100 hours)
MODULE 21. THE PSYCHOTHERAPY OF DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
1. DSM 5 diagnosis for depressive disorders: 1.1. The definition and description of depression; 1.2. Diagnostic criteria; 1.3. Symptoms of the major depressive episode; 1.4. Types of depressive episodes; 1.5. Depressive disorders according to severity; 1.6. The prevalence and evolution of depression; 2. Theories regarding depression; 2.1. Biological theories on depression; 2.2. Psychological theories on depression; 3. Cognitive-behavioural therapy for depression; 3.1. The cognitive theoretical model; 3.2. The cognitive triad in persistent depression; 3.3. Depression inducing schemas; 3.4. The cognitive therapy of depression; 3.5. The cognitive-behavioural model in the treatment of depression; 3.6. Schema centred therapy for depression; 3.7. The applicability of BT; 4. The hypnotherapy of depression: 4.1. Ego strenghtening; 4.2. The treatment of somatic complaints and pain; 5. Complex programmes in the treatment of depression; 5.1. the psychotherapy of depression according to Yapko; 5.2. The psychotherapy of depression according to Alladin; 6. Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression; 6.1. The principles of interpersonal psychotherapy in treating depression; 6.2. Treatment stages in interpersonal psychotherapy for depression; 7. Integrative psychotherapy in the treatment of depression; 7.1. General recommendations of the integrative model; 7.2. The integrative model in the treatment of depression according to Hayes and Newman; 8. Integrative strategic psychotherapy for depression.
MODULE 22. THE PSYCHOTHERAPY OF ANXIETY DISORDERS
1. Theories on anxiety; 1.1. Anxiety as a product of learning; 1.2. The psychoanalytical theory on anxiety; 2. The panic disorder and agoraphobia; 2.1. Symptoms; 2.2. Genetic and biological factors; 2.3. The causes of panic attacks; 2.4. Cognitive-behavioural therapy for the panic disorder; 2.5. Brief strategic psychotherapy for agoraphobia; 3. Phobic disorders; 3.1. The brief strategic model for phobic disorders.
MODULE 23. THE PSYCHOTHERAPY OF EATING DISORDERS
1. The classification and diagnosis of eating disorders: 1.1. Pica; 1.2. The rumination disorder; 1.3. Restrictive eating disorder; 1.4. Anorexia nervosa; 1.5. Bulimia nervosa; 1.6. Binge eating; 1.7. Other eating disorders; 1.8. Unspecified eating disorders; 2. Theoretical models of eating disorders; 2.1. Attachment issues; 2.2. The cognitive-behavioural model; 2.3. The socio-cultural models; 2.4. Emotional and personality factors; 2.5. The integrative strategic model for eating disorders; 3. The psychotherapy of eating disorders: 3.1. The motivational interview and transtheoretical psychotherapy; 3.2. Cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy; 3.4. Dialectical behavioural psychotherapy (DBT); 3.5. Analytical cognitive therapy; 3.6. Family therapy; 3.7. Hypnotherapy; 3.8. Integrative strategic psychotherapy.
MODULE 24. THE PSYCHOTHERAPY OF THE SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM
1. The history of schizophrenia; 2. The schizophrenia spectrum; 2.1. Features of the schizophrenia spectrum disorders; 2.2. Evaluation of symptoms and clinical signs in psychoses; 3. The diagnosis and symptoms of schizophrenia spectrum disorders; 3.1. The schizotypal personality disorder; 3.2. The delusional disorder; 3.3. The brief psychotic disorder; 3.4. The schizophreniform disorder; 3.5. Schizophrenia; 3.6. The schizoaffective disorder; 3.7. The psychotic disorder induced by substances or medication; 3.8. The psychotic disorder due to a medical conditions; 3.9. Catatonia; 3.10. Other specified disorders of the schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders; 3.11. The unspecified schizophrenia spectrum; 4. The neurobiology of schizophrenia; 4.1. The genome; 4.2. The epigenome; 4.3. The vulnerability; 4.4. Biological markers; 4.5. Biochemical mechanisms; 4.6. The phenotype; 5. The pharmacotherapy of schizophrenia; 6. The psychotherapy of schizophrenia; 6.1. Cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy; 6.2. Person centred psychotherapy; 6.3. Meta-cognitive modification therapy (MCT); 6.4. Family therapy; 6.5. Solution oriented psychotherapy; 6.6. Interventions for increasing medication compliance; 6.7. Narrative psychotherapy; 6.8. Art-therapy; 6.9. Transpersonal psychotherapy; 6.10. PORT recommendations in the treatment of schizophrenia; 6.11. Integrative psychotherapy; 6.12. Integrative strategic psychotherapy.
MODULE 25. THE PYCHOTHERAPY OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS
1. Personality disorders- general notions; 2. Cluster A personality disorders- diagnosis and symptoms; 2.1. The paranoid personality disorder; 2.2. The schizoid personality disorder; 2.3. The schizotypal personality disorder; 3. Cluster B personality disorders- diagnosis and symptoms; 3.1. The antisocial personality disorder; 3.2. The borderline personality disorder; 3.3. The histrionic personality disorder; 3.4. The narcissistic personality disorders; 4. The C cluster personality disorders: 4.1. The avoidant personality disorder; 4.2. The dependent personality disorder; 4.3. The obsessive-compulsive personality disorder; 5. Other personality disorders; 5.1. Personality changes due to a medical condition; 5.2. Other specified and unspecified personality disorders; 6. Personality disorders along a continuum according to DSM 5: 6.1. General criteria for personality disorders; 6.2. The antisocial personality disorder; 6.3. The avoidant personality disorder; 6.4. The borderline personality disorder; 6.5. The narcissistic personality disorder; 6.6. The obsessive-compulsive personality disorder; 6.7. The schizotypal personality disorder; 7. The psychotherapy of personality disorders: 7.1. Reconstructive interpersonal psychotherapy; 7.2. The treatment of personality adaptations with re-decision therapy; 7.3. Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT); 7.4. Brief psychodynamic psychotherapy; 7.5. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy; 7.6. Cognitive-behavioural therapy; 7.7. Schema centred integrative psychotherapy; 8. Specific aspects in treating personality disorders.
Year 5 (100 hours)
MODULE 26. THE PSYCHOTHERAPY OF SLEEP DISORDERS
Theoretical course (10 hours): 1. Normal sleep; 1.1. The stages of sleep; 1.2. The duration of sleep; 1.3. The functions of sleep; 2. Insomnia; 2.1. Diagnosis and symptoms; 2.2. The psychotherapy of insomnia; 2.3. Fatal familial insomnia; 3. Other sleep disorders that can be managed psychotherapeutically; 3.1. Nocturnal bruxism; 3.2. Sleep terrors; 4. Dreams and the interpretation of dreams; 4.1. Dreams and sleep; 4.2. The neurobiology of dreams; 4.3. Theories regarding the activation of dreams; 4.4. The brain and dreams; 4.5. The function of dreams; 4.6. The analysis of dreams; 4.7. The DCT model in dream interpretation; 4.8. The Jungian interpretation of dreams.
MODULE 27. THE PSYCHOTHERAPY OF ADDICTIVE DISORDERS
1. Disorders connected to a substance: 1.1. Substance addiction; 1.2. Substance abuse; 1.3. Substance intoxication; 1.4. Substance abstinence; 2. Alcohol: 2.1. Alcohol addiction; 2.2. Alcohol abuse; 2.3. Alcohol intoxication; 2.4. Alcohol abstinence; 2.5. Symptomatology of alcohol induced disorders; 3. Amphetamine; 3.1. Amphetamine addiction; 3.2. Amphetamine abuse; 3.3. Amphetamine intoxication; 3.4. Amphetamine abstinence; 2.5. Symptomatology of amphetamine induced disorders; 4. Cannabis: 4.1. Cannabis addiction; 4.2. Cannabis abuse; 4.3. Cannabis intoxication; 4.4.. Symptomatology of cannabis induced disorders; 5. Cocaine: 5.1. Cocaine addiction; 5.2. Cocaine abuse; 5.3. Cocaine intoxication; 5.4. Cocaine abstinence; 5.5. Symptomatology of cocaine induced disorders; 6. Hallucinogens: 6.1. Hallucinogen addiction; 6.2. Hallucinogen abuse; 6.3. Hallucinogen intoxication; 6.4. The persistent perception disorder induced by hallucinogens; 5.5. Symptomatology of hallucinogen induced disorders; 7. Inhalants: 7.1. Inhalant addiction; 7.2. Inhalant abuse; 7.3. Inhalant intoxication; 7.4. Symptomatology of inhalant induced disorders; 8. Opiates: 8.1. Opiate addiction; 8.2. Opiate abuse; 8.3. Opiate intoxication; 8.4. Opiate abstinence; 8.5. Symptomatology of opiate induced disorders; 9. Nicotine: 9.1. Nicotine addiction, 9.2. Nicotine abstinence; 10. Pathological gambling.
MODULE 28. PSYCHOSOMATICS
1. Psychosomatics- definition and history; 2. The evaluation of psychological factors that affect individual vulnerability to somatization; 3. Somatoform disorders; 3.1. Somatization disorder; 3.2. Hypochondria; 3.3. Conversion disorder; 3.4. Body dysmorphic disorder; 3.5. Pain disorder; 3.6. The Munchausen syndrome; 3.7. Malingering; 4. Psycho-cardiology; 5. Psycho-dermatology; 5.1. Delusional skin disorders; 5.2. Skin diseases aggravated by psychological factors; 6. Psycho-endocrinology; 6.1. Diabetes mellitus; 6.2. Tiredness; 6.3. Fibromyalgia; 7. Psycho-gastro-enterology; 7.1. Irritable bowel syndrome; 8. Psycho-pneumology; 8.1. Bronchial asthma; 9. Psycho-oncology; 10. The psychodynamic interpretation of psychosomatic disorders.
MODULE 29. PSYCHOSEXOLOGY
1. Psychodiagnosis and clinical evaluation; 1.1. The human sexual response cycle; 1.2. Diminished sexual desire; 1.3. Sexual phobia; 1.4. The female sexual arousal disorder; 1.5. The male erection disorder; 1.6. The female orgasm disorder; 1.7. The male orgasm disorder (delayed ejaculation); 1.8. Premature ejaculation; 1.9. Dyspareunia; 1.10. Vaginismus; 1.11. Paraphilias; 1.12. Sexual identity disorder; 2. The psychotherapy of sexual disorders; 2.1. Sexual therapy; 2.2. Behavioural models in the psychotherapy of sexual disorders; 2.3. Cognitive-behavioural therapy; 2.4. Neuro-linguistic programming; 2.5. Family therapy; 2.6. Narrative psychotherapy; 2.7. Hypnotherapy; 3. Sexual addiction.
MODULE 30. THE PSYCHOTHERAPY OF TRAUMA AND STRESS-RELATED DISORDERS AND OF DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS
Theoretical course (10 hours): 1. The diagnosis and symptoms of trauma and stress-related disorders; 1.1. The reactive attachment disorder; 1.2. The post-traumatic stress disorder; 1.3. The acute stress disorder; 1.4. Adaptation disorders; 2. The psychotherapy of post-traumatic stress disorder: 2.1. General treatment guidelines; 2.2. Family therapy; 2.3. Psycho-dynamic treatment; 2.4. Immediate post-trauma interventions; 2.5. Cognitive-behavioural approaches; 2.6. Complex treatment programs; 3. The diagnosis and symptoms of dissociative disorders: 3.1 The dissociative identity disorder; 3.2. Dissociative amnesia; 3.3. The depersonalisation/ derealization disorder; 4. The treatment of the dissociative identity disorder.