PSY 600 - Clinical Interviewing and Fundamental Skills

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This course teaches entry-level doctoral students fundamental relationship, intervention, diagnostic, and interviewing skills using role-plays and other experiential activities to prepare for clinical work on practicum. The course covers intake and semi-structured interviewing, the mental status exam, treatment planning, and providing client feedback. Students will be introduced to the DSM-5 system of clinical diagnosis, using especially the anxiety and mood disorders, as well as obsessive-compulsive spectrum and trauma- related disorders as examples to understand diagnostic criteria and the relationship between diagnosis and treatment planning. Interventions are seen in the context of case conceptualization, the therapeutic relationship, stages of treatment, common factors in the change process, and multicultural issues. Students will be exposed to the elements of one theoretical model to show the relationship between theory, data gathering, hypothesizing, and treatment planning. Finally, a brief introduction to self-care and how to use clinical supervision is presented. This course includes a required lab. (Course was modified and is applicable to students entering in 2019-20 AY or later.)