Program Overview

Course Overview

Course Description

The course "Practical Clinical Therapy Training - Child and Adolescents" (PSYPRO4602) is a second-degree level course offered at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). This course is no longer taught and is only available for examination.

Course Details

Credits and Level

• Credits: 7.5
• Level: Second degree level

Language of Instruction and Location

• Language of instruction: Norwegian
• Location: Trondheim

Examination Arrangement

• Examination arrangement: Supervised training

About the Course

Course Content

Through working in in-house practice, students will encounter a variety of problems and different work tasks relevant to later professional practice as a psychologist in the therapeutic role. The course covers analyses, diagnostic assessments, establishing contact, alliances, design and execution of treatment plans, the development of collaborative relationships, conclusion of therapy, and assessment of therapy. Plenary case presentation is an important forum for discussing issues related to assessment, planning, and implementation of clinical therapy both theoretically and methodologically. Record keeping is also included in the training.

Learning Outcome

Knowledge

• The student has practical experience and knowledge when it comes to psychological treatment of children and youth.
• The student has experience in being part of the student group and the guidance taking place in this group.
• The student has insight into fellow students' work and evaluation regarding children and youth and has by this developed knowledge about not only their own form of treatment.

Skills

• The student can establish necessary contact and work connection.
• The student can explain a broad spectrum of psychological conditions using relevant examination methods.
• The student can carry out adaptive and effective therapeutic actions.
• The student can perform sensitive and observant therapeutic observations.
• The student can give fellow students and future colleagues constructive feedback.
• The student can receive and benefit from fellow students and supervisors' constructive feedback.
• The student can do journaling, including writing epicrisis.

General Competence

• The student can apply existing theoretical and empirical knowledge on reviews and effective treatment in plain matters.
• The student can evaluate new theoretical and empirical knowledge and realize this in practical therapeutic use.
• The student can communicate professional and ethical problem descriptions to partners and users of psychological treatment.
• The student can show willingness to self-reflecting when it comes to own attitude and behavior, preventing or promoting a professional and ethical performance of the profession.

Learning Methods and Activities

The course will include lectures, self-study in the form of exercises/group work, case presentations, seminars, and exercises with individual instruction. Student presentations may be applicable. There are no syllabus only for this course, but the syllabus in PSYPRO4601 - Clinical psychology - Children and Youth, is connected to the course.

Compulsory Assignments

• 80% attendance at lectures

Evaluation

The student is allowed to repeat this course one time if the first time is evaluated as Fail. Failed course must be fully repeated and so must all mandatory assignments. The course is evaluated according to the "Guidelines for the implementation and evaluation of clinical practice".

Specific Conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required: Clinical Psychology Programme (CPSY6).

Required Previous Knowledge

Passed exam in PSYPRO is required. The class will be divided into two from this semester. One group will take the two children clinic courses PSYPRO4601 and PSYPRO4602, the second group the two adult clinic courses, PSYPRO4603 and PSYPRO4604, and reverse the following semester. A student who has not passed either PSYPRO4602 or PSYPRO4603 cannot proceed until this has been passed.

Course Materials

Any articles/supporting literature will be, if required, given by the trainers. The syllabus for the course PSYPRO4601 - Clinical psychology, children and youth, must also be regarded as supporting literature.

Credit Reductions

The course has academic overlap with the courses in the table below. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

• Course code: PSYPRO4062, Reduction: 7.5 sp, From: Autumn 2011
• Course code: PSYK4602, Reduction: 7.5 sp, From: Autumn 2024

Subject Areas

• Psychology

Examination Details

Ordinary Examination - Autumn 2025

• Examination arrangement: Supervised training
• Weighting: 100/100
• Date: Submission
• Time: 14:00
• Exam system: Inspera Assessment

Ordinary Examination - Spring 2026

• Examination arrangement: Supervised training
• Weighting: 100/100
• Exam system: Inspera Assessment