Topics in Clinical Psychology · Psychology
Gained a new perspective and deeper insight on the diagnoses, treatments, and therapeutic techniques for mental health disorders.
General structure of mindfulness based therapy practices and dialectical behavior therapy
I learned a lot in this course! From a knowledge perspective, I learned much more about the various clinical treatments for a wide range of modern psychopathologies. I also learned more about these various illnesses, their risk-factors, and their symptomatology. For skills, I learned how to read (and close-read) modern-day psychological research and pick-out the most important aspects of sometimes very dense papers. I also learned how to discuss in a group setting modern-day research in using the vocabulary of the field and learning the most pressing issues and contentious debates in the discipline.
I learned lots about specific therapeutic models that have been developed for common but under-discussed topics that might arise in therapy.
Focused on Mindfulness, and mindfulness based therapies: ACT and DBT, for DBT we learned chain analysis, different levels of validation
I learned unique content in clinical psychology including sensate focus therapy, differentiation, attachment theory, autism and adhd couple therapy. I learned how to conduct a thorough literature review relating to the salient issue of telehealth in psychotherapy and conducted a form of therapy on myself called Imago therapy. This course opened my eyes to many new aspects of psychology and I am excited to apply them in my future studies.
In this course we learned about the various treatments available for a variety of psychological disorders, their use and limitations, as well as covered many current issues within the field of psychology (specifically clinical psychology).
I learned about mindfulness, how to find and read research papers, and how to write a literature review.
This course is fascinating and really introduces you to the current questions and research approaches in psychology and the discussions which are happening in the literature. Moreover, Dr. Barahmand is an incredible Professor and someone who is a joy to study under. I recommend this course wholeheartedly! 1 Columbia University: Arts & Sciences Spring 2024 Course: PSYCUN3623_001_2024_1-TOPICSINCLINICALPSYCHOLOGY : PSYCUN3623_001_2024_1 - TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY Instructor: Usha Barahmand
We learned a lot about different therapeutic approaches (especially family and couple therapy) in the context of different mental disorders. I thought it was really cool that we got to try out one of the therapy styles as our midterm assignment.