Course Description
Psychodynamic Theories (i.e. ego psychology, object relations) are presented as a lens for understanding personality development and human behavior spanning across childhood and adulthood. Emphasis is placed on ‘unconscious drives’ and ‘early experiences’ as motivations for human behavior across the life course. Focus is also placed on temperament and the quality of the parent-child relationship (i.e. goodness-of-fit). Implications of psychodynamic concepts to clinical social work practice will be underscored, specific to supportive counseling and psychoanalytic treatment methods.
Course Outline
Course Title: Psychodynamic Theories- The Truth Is Locked In Our Unconscious
Instructor: Trelan Nicole Holder, MS, LCSW
Contact Hours/CEUs: 4-Contact Hours
Process: Register and pay for course. Read content online. Pass online post-test and print certificate of completion. Registrants can access course for 2 years from date of registration.
Learning Objectives
- Define Psychodynamic Theory
- Identify Psychoanalytic Theories (such as object relations, ego psychology) that are practiced in clinical social work
- Compare and contrast psychodynamic theories of human development
- Apply psychodynamic concepts to clinical social work practice
- Identify (3) significant constructs (id, ego, superego) of Freud’s Theory on Personality Development
- Define Drive Theory
- Identify the (2) significant concept (unconscious forces and early experiences) that are core to psychoanalytic thought
Course Features
- Lectures 37
- Quizzes 4
- Duration 4 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 1
- Certificate Yes
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 37 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
- Module 1: Course Overview and Pre-TestCourse Description, Learning Objectives, Pre-Test3
- Module 2: Psychodynamic TheoriesDrive Theory, Contemporary Psychodynamic Theory, The Therapeutic Relationship13
- 2.1Psychodynamic Theories5 Minutes
- 2.2Drive Theory5 Minutes
- 2.3Contemporary Psychodynamic Theory5 Minutes
- 2.4The Therapeutic Relationship5 Minutes
- 2.5Questions to ask ourselves while listening…5 Minutes
- 2.6Video: Freud’s Contributions5 Minutes
- 2.7Classic Freudian Theory5 Minutes
- 2.8Freud’s Psycho-Sexual Theory5 Minutes
- 2.9Figure: Freud’s Psycho-Sexual Stages of Development5 Minutes
- 2.10Freud on Early Development5 Minutes
- 2.11Threat System (Fight or Flight)5 Minutes
- 2.12Freud: Strength and Limitations5 Minutes
- 2.13Exercise 1: Read & Reflect5 Minutes
- Module 3: Ego Psychology and Attachment TheoryEgo Psychology, Ethology and Attachment Theory12
- 3.1Ego Psychology5 Minutes
- 3.2Harry Harlow (1905-1981)5 Minutes
- 3.3Video: Harlow’s Studies on Dependency in Monkeys5 Minutes
- 3.4Attachment Theory5 Minutes
- 3.5John Bowlby (1907-1990)5 Minutes
- 3.6Introduction to Perspectives of Ethology on Attachment Theory5 Minutes
- 3.7Bowlby’s (4) Phases In The Development Of Infant’s Attachment5 Minutes
- 3.8Kangaroo Care5 Minutes
- 3.9Mary Ainsworth5 Minutes
- 3.10Mary Ainsworth: Secure and Insecure Attachment5 Minutes
- 3.11Video: The Strange Situation5 Minutes
- 3.12Module 3: Review Questions10 Minutes3 Questions
- Module 4: Object Relations FrameworkMelanie Klein, William Fairborn, Donald Winnicott, Margaret Mahler10
- 4.1Object Relations5 Minutes
- 4.2Therapeutic Approaches5 Minutes
- 4.3Projective Identification5 Minutes
- 4.4Melanie Klein (1882-1960)5 Minutes
- 4.5Splitting5 Minutes
- 4.6Paranoid/Schizoid and Depressive Positions5 Minutes
- 4.7William Fairbairn (1889-1964)5 Minutes
- 4.8Donald Winnicott and Margaret Mahler5 Minutes
- 4.9Exercise 2: Reading & Reflection5 Minutes
- 4.10Concluding Thoughts5 Minutes
- References, Course Survey & Post-Test3