Psychotherapy Field of study: Art Therapy
Programme code: W3-S1AR19.2024

Module name: Psychotherapy
Module code: S1_AR_PT
Programme code: W3-S1AR19.2024
Semester: summer semester 2025/2026
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 4
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The aim of the module is to provide knowledge about the foundations, methods and techniques of major psychotherapy approaches and to develop skills and competences that constitute the basis of the therapist's workshop. The module discusses the essence of the psychotherapeutic process, including healing factors in psychotherapy, building a therapeutic relationship, stages of psychotherapy, and working with resistance. Module participants learn how to appropriately select forms of psychotherapeutic work to meet the difficulties reported by patients, train therapeutic conversation skills and use appropriate intervention techniques, and develop diagnostic and functional thinking.
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
The student has knowledge of the meaning and connection between psychotherapy and artistic therapies, knows the connections and relationships between theoretical knowledge, methods of action used in art therapy and psychotherapeutic practice. [AR_PT_01]
 ART_W01 [1/5]
The student has key knowledge in the field of psychotherapy, including knowledge of the most important schools and types of psychotherapy and their understanding of human functioning. Knows basic concepts in the field of psychotherapy, such as relationship, contract, resistance, transference and countertransference, and symptom function. Understands the structure of the psychotherapy process and knows the stages of therapeutic work . [AR_PT_02]
 ART_W09 [1/5]
The student has psychotherapeutic skills enabling the implementation of therapeutic tasks, including therapeutic communication skills (paraphrase, clarification, reflection) in individual and group work, working with resistance, functional diagnosis, building a therapeutic relationship and setting therapy goals. [AR_PT_03]
 ART_U01 [1/5]
The student is able to carry out practical activities important at the subsequent stages of therapy, such as: diagnosis, building a therapeutic relationship, therapeutic process, evaluation. [AR_PT_04]
 ART_U04 [4/5]
The student is able to use basic theoretical approaches related to the main trends in psychotherapy in order to analyze the motives and patterns of patient behavior. Is able to use the basic concepts of psychotherapeutic diagnosis in terms of analyzing the function of the symptom, resources, needs and specificity of patients' functioning. Is able to propose a strategy of practical interactions in the field of psychotherapy. [AR_PT_05]
 ART_U05 [1/5]
The student is able to recognize the importance of knowledge, skills and competences in the field of psychotherapy for art therapy work. By analyzing their own knowledge, skills, limitations and preferences of therapeutic work, they can set a direction for further development and training of their own therapeutic skills . [AR_PT_06]
 ART_K01 [1/5]
Is convinced of the importance of behaving in a professional manner and observing the principles of professional ethics in the context of therapeutic work as an area of public trust, including maintaining professional secrecy and ethical sensitivity related to the knowledge undertaken by therapists about intimate areas of patients' lives [ART_K05] [AR_PT_07]
 ART_K05 [1/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
practical classes [AR_PT_Ć] 30 Activating method – educational games [b03] 
Activating method – staged drama/drama [b06] 
Activating methods: a case study [b07] 
Activating method – peer learning [b08] 
Demonstration-imitation [c06] 
Screen presentation [c07] 
Simulation [e07] 
Individual work with a text [f02]  		course work AR_PT_03 AR_PT_04 AR_PT_05 AR_PT_06 AR_PT_07
lecture [AR_PT_W] 30 Problem-based lecture [b01] 
Lecture-discussion [b02] 
Video show [c02] 
Screen presentation [c07] 
Individual work with a text [f02]  		exam AR_PT_01 AR_PT_02 AR_PT_05
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Search for materials and review activities necessary for class participation [a01] Preparation for classes
reviewing literature, documentation, tools and materials as well as the specifics of the syllabus and the range of activities indicated in it as required for full participation in classes
Literature reading / analysis of source materials [a02] Preparation for classes
reading the literature indicated in the syllabus; reviewing, organizing, analyzing and selecting source materials to be used in class
Developing practical skills [a03] Preparation for classes
activities involving the repetition, refinement and consolidation of practical skills, including those developed during previous classes or new skills necessary for the implementation of subsequent elements of the curriculum (as preparation for class participation)
Getting acquainted with the syllabus content [b01] Consulting the curriculum and the organization of classes
reading through the syllabus and getting acquainted with its content
Verification / adjustment / discussion of syllabus provisions [b02] Consulting the curriculum and the organization of classes
consulting the content of the syllabus, possibly in the presence of the year tutor or members of the class group, and, if necessary, reassessing the provisions concerning special conditions for class participation, e.g., space and time requirements, technical and other requirements, including conditions for participation in classes outside the walls of the university, classes organized in blocks, organized online, etc.
Studying the literature used in and the materials produced in class [c02] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
exploring the studied content, inquiring, considering, assimilating, interpreting it, or organizing knowledge obtained from the literature, documentation, instructions, scenarios, etc., used in class as well as from the notes or other materials/artifacts made in class
Implementation of an individual or group assignment necessary for course/phase/examination completion [c03] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
a set of activities aimed at performing an assigned task, to be executed out of class, as an obligatory phase/element of the verification of the learning outcomes assigned to the course
Analysis of the corrective feedback provided by the academic teacher on the results of the verification of learning outcomes [d01] Consulting the results of the verification of learning outcomes
reading through the academic teacher’s comments, assessments and opinions on the implementation of the task aimed at checking the level of the achieved learning outcomes
Attachments
Module description (PDF)
Information concerning module syllabuses might be changed during studies.
Syllabuses (USOSweb)
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