Training programmes
The training program is a vital part of the work at the Erica
Foundation. Psychoanalytic theory is the basis for the training and the
treatment offered. The courses deal with various aspects of
psychotherapeutic treatment of children and adolescents.
We offer seminars and courses of varying scope and aim, in addition
to five major programs. The major programmes are:
Training in child and adolescent psychotherapy
The Swedish training system for psychotherapists is divided in two
parts: a basic level (2 years) and an advanced level (3 years).
Basic training in child and adolescent psychotherapy
The basic level programme starts every two years. Applicants for the
course should be graduates in medicine, social studies or hold an
equivalent university degree. After fulfilled course the trainee may
work with psychotherapeutic work under supervision. The course leads to
the possibility to apply for advanced training in child and adolescent
psychotherapy to become a psychotherapist.
The course includes theoretical seminars on psychoanalytic
developmental psychology, psychopathology and psychoanalytic concepts
and technique for children and adolescents. The trainee is working with
one long-term and one consultation case and gets group supervision. The
programme also includes infant observation, where the trainee follows
the development of a newborn child and its interaction with its family.
There are seminars on family therapy as well as cognitive therapy. The
trainee also gets the possibility to apply psychoanalytic thinking to
the trainee´s own working place. During the second year each trainee
writes a clinical paper in which theory and clinical work is integrated.
Advanced training in child and adolescent psychotherapy
The advanced level (three-year programme) starts every other year,
with twelve postgraduate students. The course leads to a university
diploma and a licece as a psychotherapist issued by the National
Swedish Board of Health and Welfare. Clinical psychologists, child
psychiatrists and social workers with a university degree can apply, as
well as others who meet the requierement of basic training in
psychotherapy and have at least two years experience of clinical work
with children and/or adolescents.
The course includes theoretical seminars on psychoanalytic
developmental psychology, psychotherapeutic techniques for children and
adolescents, and psychopathology. The trainees also carry out clinical
work under supervision. This includes psychotherapy with children,
adolescents and their parents. The programme also includes infant
observations, where the trainee follows closely the development of a
new-born child and its interaction with its family.
Integration of theory and practice is an important goal. This is
achieved by means of theoretical and clinical seminars and supervised
clinical work with children, adolescents and parents. The clinical work
is summarised in a number of written case reports presented by the
trainees in the course of the seminars. During the final year each
trainee writes a thesis in which theory and clinical observations are
integrated. In addition to this, the professional development of the
trainees as psychotherapists is individually evaluated annually. The trainees also attend a series of group discussions led by an external
consultant.
Advanced course in the supervision and teaching of psychotherapy
This two-year programme admits twelve students every two years.
Applicants are licensed psychotherapists with a minimum of two years of
post-licence clinical experience, preferably in the field of child and
adolescent psychology. The programme includes theoretical seminars on
theory and methods of supervision, how to establish a contract and a
supervisory framework, questions of legal responsibility, theoretical
concepts, group processes and emotional learning, and pedagogical
aspects of training in psychotherapy. In addition to the theoretical
seminars, each trainee supervises at least one psychotherapy and
participates in group supervision. An essential part of the course is
each participant´s presentation of the process of his or her supervision
case.
Course in the psycho-diagnostic evaluation and clinical assessment
of children
This three-semester course is designed to provide young clinical
psychologists with in-depth knowledge of child psycho-diagnosis. Twelve
students begin every second years. The programme includes theoretical
seminars on developmental psychology, methods of diagnostic assessment
and psycho-diagnostic testing of children, the integration of the
material including the work with parents into a psychodiagnostic
evaluation. Testing of children from a standard population is performed
both with projective and cognitive instruments. In addition, the
participants complete two psycho-diagnostic evaluations of children in
the context of their family. The programme also includes observations of
an infant in its home environment. These observations are regularly
discussed in supervisory groups and seminars.
Course in the Rorschach method and other projective techniques
This is a two-year programme for twelve trainees. It is open to
psychologists with a basic psychotherapeutic training and three years of
clinical experience. The aim of this program is to give its
participants integrated knowledge in psychoanalytical theory,
methodology (mainly the Rorschach method) and in developmental
psychology and psychopathology. The course comprises training in personality assessment
based on both anamnestic and test data.
Programme of training for pre-school teachers
This programme is of a different character than those described above.
It is a one-year full-time course in which two pre-school teachers with experience of working with children with pervasive developmental
disorders, participate in the work of the Foundation´s day treatment
unit "Trasten". The goal of this program is to enable pre-school
teachers to handle children with pervasive developmental disorders in
groups. Internal and external supervision is an ongoing part of the
programme.
The trainees also take part in the team concerning the children, as
well as in clinical and theoretical conferences. The theoretical part of
the course focuses mainly on psychodynamic development psychology and
methods of special education. Other subjects include an orientation in
child psychodiagnostic methods, psychotherapy with children with
pervasive developmental disorders and their parents, and
neuro-psychological diagnosis.
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