Learning Outcomes in Depth Psychology Emphasis in Psychotherapy
Depth Psychology with an Emphasis in Psychotherapy (DPP) is a Ph.D. program devoted to developing a profound reconnection to the living psyche in its students, transforming them from psychotherapists into depth psychological scholar-practitioners in this process. The Depth Psychotherapy program has developed a set of learning outcomes designed to help students develop expectations in light of the program’s goals, clarify the relationship between individual course goals and the goals of the program, and to provide a series of standards for assessing the program’s ability to meet its stated goals. The learning outcomes are organized into the four areas of the program’s curriculum: Theories and Traditions, Humanities/Interdisciplinary Studies, Research, and Clinical Practice.
Program Learning Outcomes
(In use beginning Fall 2010)Theories and Traditions of Depth Psychotherapy1. Critically examine the historical, cultural, and philosophical traditions that inspired the origins and evolution of depth psychology.2. Demonstrate multi-cultural sensitivity and competence in one’s clinical and scholarly work.3. Develop the capacity to work symbolically with images, dreams, symptoms, complexes, and synchronicity.Psychotherapy Informed by the Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies4. Evaluate the relationship of depth psychology to realms of human discourse and culture including mythology, sacred traditions, and religious experience.
Research5. Critically compare various approaches to psychological research and their ontological, epistemological, and methodological implications.6. Demonstrate awareness of the unique ethical challenges of depth psychological inquiry.7. Develop the capacity to design, conduct, and present original scholarly research. Clinical Practice8. Critically assess current approaches to psychotherapy as they inform one’s own practice.9. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and present case material from a depth psychological perspective.10. Demonstrate how one’s self has been integrated into one’s clinical work.
