Module PY4102-KP07
Applied Psychotherapy Including Documentation and Evaluation of Psychotherapeutic Treatments (AngPsyTh)
Duration
1 Semester
Turnus of offer
each winter semester
Credit points
7
Course of studies, specific fields and terms:
- Master Psychology - Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 2027, compulsory, psychology
- Master Psychology - Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 2022, compulsory, psychology
Classes and lectures:
- PY4102-KP05-S Treatment planning, documentation and evaluation in the settings of psychotherapy (seminar, 2 SWS)
- PY4102-KP05-V Applied psychotherapy - care and legal foundations (lecture, 2 SWS)
Workload:
- 150 hours private studies
- 60 hours in-classroom work
Contents of teaching:
- Introduction to the specifics of care systems with special emphasis on mental disorders with disease value for which psychotherapy is indicated
- Clinical care in the fields of prevention, psychosomatics, neuropsychology and forensics
- Professional and socio-legal foundations for the practice of psychotherapy
- Study achievements are to be rendered as active contributions to discussions and participation in the practical exercise units.
- Psychosocial care, especially in the fields of prevention, neuropsychology and forensics
- Quality assurance and quality management in health care
- Methods for testing, securing and further improving psychotherapeutic care
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
- The students are able to adapt the treatment planning for different settings and under consideration of the specifics of inpatient or outpatient care.
- The students are able to advise patients and other involved persons appropriately on the basis the specific characteristics and treatment approaches of clinical care.
- Students know how to transfer patients to appropriate care facilities when needed.
- Students learn to assess under which circumstances alternative or additive care is indicated and know how to initiate it.
- The students know how to document their psychotherapeutic activities and can take measures to improve the quality of treatment and ensure patient safety.
- Students are able to assess the quality of the structure, processes and results of therapeutic and psychosocial measures.
- Students can evaluate quality management measures.
- Increased team and leadership skills for interdisciplinary teams in the healthcare sector.
Grading through:
- written exam
Responsible for this module:
Literature:
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Methodik und Dokumentation in der Psychiatrie (AMDP). (2022). : Das AMDP-System: Manual zur Dokumentation des psychischen Befundes in Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik.
Language:
- German and English skills required
Notes:
Admission requirements for taking the module:- None
Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- In accordance with §5 of the licensing regulations for psychotherapists (PsychTh-ApprO), 80% attendance is compulsory in this module. Students who are absent more than 3 times per semester cannot be admitted to the examination. No substitutes are provided - Presentation of a case study in the seminar
Exam:
- PY2702-L1: Applied psychotherapy including documentation and evaluation of psychotherapeutic treatments, written exam, 90min, 100% of the module grade
2 ECTS are allocated to the following contents of the PsychThApprO: Documentation and evaluation of psychotherapeutic treatments.
5 ECTS are allotted to the contents: Applied Psychotherapy
Examination Results
Module final examination (written exam, 90 minutes)
Last Updated:
11.08.2025