TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	7
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Tuğba Uyar Suiçmez
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn basic principles of psychotherapeutic interview. 2) Learn the necessary information should be gathered during psychotherapeutic interview. 3) Learn how to integrate the information gathered in the intake sessions to the later sessions. 4) Learn how to interview with the special cases. 5) Gain psychotherapeutic interview practices under supervision.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This is the first course of a cluster of courses related to the development of clinical psychologist skills. In this course the basic communication skills to be used in developing a psychotherapeutic alliance and a diagnostic framework are discussed and shown. The course is also a framework to expose the students to the basic ethical rules of conducting an interview. The objective of this course is to provide some of the basic skills regarding principles of observation and interviewing techniques; communication skills; active listening; evaluation of non-verbal cues; explanatory statements; questioning techniques; diagnostic formulation and report writing on an intake interview with at least one client.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to Psychotherapeutic Interview 2nd Week Developing Rapport 3rd Week Chief Compliant 4th Week History of the Present Illness 5th Week Interviewing about Feelings 6th Week Personal and Social History 7th Week Sensitive Subjects 8th Week Control of the Later Interview 9th Week Mental Status Exam: Behavioral Aspects 10th Week Mental Status Exam: Cognitive Aspects 11th Week Interviewing Informants 12th Week Meeting Resistance 13th Week Diagnosis and Recommendations 14th Week Communication of Your Findings with the Patient
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Morrison, J. (2014). The first interview (4th ed.). New York: Guilford Press. Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2014). Clinical interviewing (5th ed.). New Jersey: Wiley and Sons. * The primary textbook for this course is renewed every year.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Discussion,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 50 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 3 3 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 7 98 Preparation for Final exam 1 35 35 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 35 35 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 3 3 Homework Total Workload 216 Total Workload / 30 7,2 ECTS Credits of the Course 7
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No