748A56 · 45 credits · Advanced level (A1N) · Psykologi
Psychotherapy - Introduction to CBT and relational PDT
Active · next start HT 2026
88%
passed the latest regular sitting
T2KI · 5 Jun 2026 · 40 students
94%
passed the regular sittings, all sittings over the last 5 years
T2KI · 84 students
25%
Harder than 25% of courses at advanced level
Compared with 285 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 84 students.
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T2KI T2 - CBT, individual written exam
- VG
- G
- U
Main rounds
94% passed · 84 students
- 88%40
- 100%44
Later rounds
100% passed · 6 students
- 100%6
- Pass a later round: 100% (6 students), compared with 94% (84 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get VG: 28% (90 students)
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
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T1IA T1 - Introduction, active participation in seminares and workshops
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 86 students
- 100%42
- 100%44
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
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Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
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T1II T1 - Introduction, individual written exam
- VG
- G
- U
Main rounds
99% passed · 86 students
- 100%41
- 98%45
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get VG: 27% (86 students)
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T2KA T2 - CBT, Active participation in seminares and workshops
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 76 students
- 100%38
- 100%38
Later rounds
100% passed · 6 students
- 100%6
- Pass a later round: 100% (6 students), compared with 100% (76 students) on the ordinary exam
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Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%3
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T4BA T4 - Therapy models, active participation in seminares and workshops
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 43 students
- 100%43
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
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T4BI T4 - Therapy models, individual written exam
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 43 students
- 100%43
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
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T3RA T3 - Relational PDT, active participation in seminares and workshops
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 42 students
- 100%42
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Other module
T3RI T3 - Relational PDT, individual written exam
- VG
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 42 students
- 100%42
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get VG: 33% (42 students)
Other module
T4IN T4 - Individually project, individual written exam
- VG
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 41 students
- 100%41
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get VG: 46% (41 students)
About the course
Aim
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- apply acquired skills in information retrieval and communication via the Internet
- define the individual's psychological development from a life perspective.
- explain how mental health and illness can be referred to the individual's development, sex, gender, stress, traumas and other specific living conditions
- define how to assess the patient's level of mental function and have awareness of different systems for evaluation and diagnosis.
- account for behavioural, cognitive, and relational psychodynamic theories regarding psychotherapy.
- account for relevant aspects of equality and sustainability in cognitive, behavioural and relational psychodynamic views on psychotherapy
- account for knowledge and scientific theoretical issues with relevance to psychotherapy and psychotherapy research
- account for ethical questions concerning treatment.
- account for rules and legislation concerning treatment responsibility, medical records keeping and confidentiality
- plan and execute a treatment plan, based on one psychotherapeutic approach, and based on a fictive or an anonymized clinical case
Content
The course consists of five sub-courses spread over four semesters. The course introduces psychotherapy as a scientific field and contains both basic and more in-depth sub-courses in dominant psychotherapy orientations. The course ends with smaller thesis where these psychotherapy orientations are used to describe a fictitious, or de-identified, treatment proposal for a patient work.
Semester 1:
Introduction to Psychotherapy, 10 HE Credits
The course entails ethical and scientific theoretical issues and questions regarding psychotherapy research and research methodology. The course also includes theories and perspectives regarding the individual's psychological and biological development. Questions about health and illness are also studied, as well as how these phenomena can be related to the individual's development and living conditions. The course includes an introduction to the existing possibilities to work via the library and via the Internet as well as to search, find, and evaluate scholarly literature.
Semester 2:
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 12 HE credits
The course consists of the theoretical foundation of cognitive behavioural therapy. Case conceptualization and behavioural analysis as well as evaluation tools are studied. Manual-based and individual-based treatments are also studied.
Semester 3:
Relational Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, 12 HE credits
The course consists of the theoretical foundation of relational psychodynamic theory. Case conceptualization, psychodynamic assessment as well as evaluation tools are studied. The importance of the treatment relation for the psychotherapy process and the treatment outcome is given particular importance. Treatment guides and individual-based treatments are also studied.
Semester 4:
Treatment models och principles 6 HE credits
The course consists of further studies in Relational Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and entails lectures and workshops based on fictive clinical cases. The aim of the course is deepened knowledge concerning assessment and treatment models, legal and ethical considerations within the field of psychotherapy.
Individual Thesis, 6 HE credits
The course consists of a smaller thesis. The thesis is based on focused on a chosen psychotherapy approach, relational psychodynamic psychotherapy or cognitive behavioural and consists of treatment model, treatment planning, implementation, and evaluation (therapy evaluation and self-evaluation)
- Examiner
- Mikael Sinclair
- Main field of study
- Psykologi