Using Psychodynamic understanding in Psychotherapy with Older People v. Paul Terry

Underviser, Paul Terry

Paul is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in private practice. During his career in public health, Paul worked in child-, adolescent-, adult mental health, forensic settings, and latterly in a specialist mental health service for older people. For many years, in tandem with clinical practice, he vas Lecturer in Counselling at Birkbeck College, University of London.

He has published extensively about using psychodynamic insights in clinical work, and in thinking about social and political issues.

The second edition of his book “Counselling and Psychotherapy with older People: A psychodynamic approach” was published in 2008 (Mac Millan), and “A Clinician`s Guide to Understanding and Using Psychoanalysis in Practice” (Routledge) was published in 2023.

Arrangements formål

The goal of the course is to give the members a theoretical base of central concepts in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, to bring the aspects into reflection and work through Paul sharing case studies of psychotherapy with older adults and bringing own clinical cases for supervision workshop.

Læringsmål

Giving the members of the course both the theoretical psychodynamic approach and clinical reflections on own practice through teaching and supervision from a very experienced and gifted psychologist.

Undervisningsform

The teaching will alternate between lectures, getting case-study from the Pauls clinical work and having a workshop where the members can present their own therapies or supervision of another therapist. The course will be in english.

Temaer i arrangementet

Three Central Concepts in Paul´s approach to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy:
Projective Identification, Counter-transference and the Destructive Superego – in order to gain insight according to the relationship between the psychotherapist and the client. Also an understanding of mourning, losses and bereavement will be a part of the themes treated.

Målgruppe

Psychologists working with older adults and psychologists with interest in this group.

Forberedelse og hjemmearbejde

Medbring gerne kliniske cases og dilemaer der er egnede til at arbejde med i grupper eller til supervision hos Paul.

Litteratur

Der er intet krav om læst litteratur, men underviserens to nævnte udgivelser kan anbefales.

Godkendt til

• Den Gerontopsykologiske Specialistuddannelse Psykoterapeutiske metoder, specifikt rettet mod ældre klienter/grupper svarer til emneområde 16.4.4.2.2.3.
• Øvrige specialistuddannelser i voksenretning: 12 timer i det tværgående modul.