Module PY4103-KP11

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

11

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:

• PY4103-KP11-V Disorder and process theory of psychotherapy (lecture, 4 SWS)
• PY4103-KP11-S Case design and treatment planning (seminar, 4 SWS)

Workload:

• 120 hours in-classroom work
• 210 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

• Psychological and neuropsychological disturbances as well as psychological aspects of physical diseases
• Psychotherapeutic treatment approaches for different mental disorders
• Psychotherapeutic treatment according to target group and the characteristics of the target groups
• Case design and treatment planning
• New developments of psychotherapeutic procedures and methods

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students acquire in-depth knowledge of the current state of the art in the science of mental and psychologically related diseases over the life span.
• The students are able to assess and expertly explain the chances, risks and limits of scientifically tested and recognized psychotherapeutic procedures and methods, taking into account the individual situation of the patients concerned.
• Students know the special features of psychological and neuropsychological disorders as well as psychological aspects of physical diseases and are able to assess these in all age and patient groups, taking into account scientific findings.
• The students are able to select appropriate scientifically based treatment guidelines based on previous diagnostics, differential diagnostics and classification the patients concerned.
• Students can independently develop scientifically sound case concepts and corresponding treatment planning.

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. Ines Wilhelm-Groch

Teacher:

• Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
• Prof. Dr. Ines Wilhelm-Groch
• Dr. rer. hum. biol Anja Schaich
• Dr. rer. hum. biol. Nele Assmann
• Janine Stierand, M.Sc. Psych.
• Dr. phil. Dipl.-Psych. Gallus Bischof
• Leslie-Alexander Reutter, M.Sc. Psych.
• Dr. rer. nat. Claudia Lange
• Simone Roick, M.Sc. Psych.
• Dr. Siebke Stieler-Melfsen
• Dr. rer. nat. Mathias Kammerer

Literature:

• Rief, Schramm & Strauss (2021) : Psychotherapie: Ein kompetenzorientiertes Lehrbuch Urban & Fischer Verlag

Language:

• German and English skills required

Notes:

Last Updated:

28.11.2025