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Courses - Spring 2013
CCPX 4030 - Psychology of Adjustment
Monday 7:20pm-9pm, Karen Hurley
CCPX 4035 - Personality and Behavior Change
Wednesday 9am-10:40am, Simone Hoermann
CCPX 4037 - Introduction to Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Wednesday 3pm-4:40pm,
CCPX 4038 - Comparative Psychotherapies
Tuesday 3pm-
CCPX 4039 - Non-Traditional Psychotherapies
Wednesday 5:
CCPX 4040 - Psychological Testing and Assessment
Monday 5:10pm-6:50pm, Robin Gay
CCPX 4125 - Women and Mental Health
Thursday 9am-10:40am,
CCPX 4126 - Mother-Child Matrix
Thursday 1pm-2:40pm,
CCPX 4230 - Fieldwork in Applied Psychology
Monday 11am-12:
CCPX 4542 - Introduction to Contemporary Psychoanalytic Thought
Wednesday 11pm-12:
CCPX 5020 - Cognition, Emotion, and Culture
Wednesday 9am-10:
CCPX 5032 - Adult Personality and Psychopathology
Monday 1pm-2:
CCPX 5032 - Adult Personality and Psychopathology
Wednesday 5:
CCPX 5034 - Child Psychopathology
Monday 3pm-4:
CCPX 5034 - Child Psychopathology
Thursday 5:
CCPX 5040 - Developmental Psychopathology
Thursday 3pm-
CCPX 5045 - Psychotherapy, Religious Diversity, and Spirituality
Tuesday 11am-12:
CCPX 5533 - Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
Wednesday 7:20pm-
CCPX 5534 - Research Methods in Clinical Psychology II
Tuesday 1:00-2:40, Randall Richardson
CCPX 5546 - Research Perspectives on Clinical Social Problems
Wednesday 7:20pm-
SPECIAL TOPIC COURSES:
CCPX 4199 - Special Topic: The Practice of Research: Literature, Computing, and Dissemination, Wednesday 1pm-
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the practical aspects of research in psychology, and prepare them for participating in the process of empirical research. Classes focus on all phases of research from idea generation to publication. It will include specific instruction on identifying previous research using library resources, critical interpretation of published studies, ethics and the IRB approval process, statistical computing in SPSS, presenting data, selecting a journal and article submission, and presenting research at conferences.
CCPX 4199 - Special Topic: Technology, Psychology, and Psychotherapy
Thursday 7:
“Technology, Psychology, and Psychotherapy” explores the ways new technology is changing and shaping the field of psychology, from videoconferencing in talk therapy to empirical research on how social media and video games can impact psychological development. Students will come away with a broad range of knowledge about the impact of technology on therapy, psychological health, child development, and the scientific study of social phenomena and the human mind. Students will also explore ways to include new technological resources to treat individuals with autism or developmental disabilities. Frontiers in technology (e.g. human robotics; artificial intelligence; big data) will be examined and debated in class discussions.
CCPX 4199 - Special Topic: Analytical Psychology from C.G. Jung to the Present
Thursday 7:20pm-9pm,
This course is intended to present an introduction and overview of Analytical Psychology from C. G. Jung, M.D., to the present. Each class will cover one of the major aspects of Jung’s theory and its clinical application, or those of Post-Jungians. Illustrative examples from the literature and the Instructor’s experience will ground the theory in practice.
CCPX 4199 - Special Topic: In the Room: The Process of Psychotherapy
Tuesday 5:10pm-6:50pm, Valery Hazanov
The purpose of this course is to explore the historical, scientific, and experiential components of the psychotherapy process. This seminar-type course will combine theoretical and research readings with case presentations of clinicians working in the field. The course will adopt a “trans-theoretical” approach, not committing to any particular school of psychology, but rather seeking to explore the process of psychotherapyitself from multiple perspectives.
CCPX 4199 - Special Topic: Mind-Body Treatment of Addictions
Monday 1pm-2:40pm,
In this course we will study the ways in which mindfulness training and techniques are integrated into the treatment of addictions. We will do weekly meditations, readings, bodily awareness exercises, watch film and read case studies to examine the ways in which mindfulness techniques and related practices are integrated into addictions treatment. Treatments covered are including but not limited to: Harm Reduction, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) as well as the more traditional 12-step model treatment approach.
CCPX 4199 - Special Topic: The Undivided Self: Mind/Body Unity and Its Relation to Learning and Health, Tuesday 3pm-5pm, Ted Dimon
This course presents Dr Dimon’s work in a new field: the study of the human mental and physical ‘operating system’ as a holistic entity and how it works in activity. In our current educational system we are taught how to use our minds through study and how to use our bodies through physical activity. But all activity, whether ‘mental’ or ‘physical’, is performed by means of a total psychophysical system, and little or no attention is given to educating ourselves in the working of this system as a unified whole. This course will define what is meant by psychophysical education in contrast to other ‘mind/body’ methods, show how this subject can be applied in practice, and examine how this new field applies to such diverse areas as education, health, and child development.
CCPX 4199 - Special Topic: Detective Fiction and the Criminal Mind
Monday 5:10pm-6:50pm, Elizabeth Owen & Timothy Strode
This course explores connections between detective fiction and theories of criminal behavior. Topics include: serial killers from Joseph Vacher to Hannibal Lecter; the rational/intuitive spectrum in solving and committing crime; crime, criminals, and popular culture; the public and private selves of the notorious criminal; CSI in the 19th and 21st centuries; gender in crime and detection; the blurred boundary between the criminal and the detective. In addition to traditional exams and a brief academic paper, course requirements include writing a psychologically informed short detective story.
CCPX 4199 - Special Topic: Spiritual Development in Religious Traditions
Thursday 11am - 12:40pm, Gadadhara Pandit Dasa
The Bhagavad Gita is the most commented on spiritual text of India. It is a spiritual response to the human afflictions of anxiety, stress, depression, and uncertainty. What makes the Gita relevant and practical is that it takes place on a battlefield where the warrior Arjuna is going to be faced with the most difficult decisions he has ever encountered. Arjuna, the student of Krishna, arrives at the biggest crossroads of his life and finds himself in a dilemma he is unable to resolve with his own mental and intellectual faculties. We will witness and be enriched by the Gita’s three systems of yoga -- karma (work), bhakti (devotion), and jnana (knowledge), and how they enable Arjuna to achieve clarity of mind, overcome his obstacles, and uplift his consciousness.