Course Description:
This as an English taught course in attachment and
family systems, aimed at familiarizing students with the Dynamic Maturational
Model of attachment and adaptation (DMM) and its application (together with
general principles of the attachment theory) to clinical diagnostics,
individual and couple’s psychotherapy as well as family systems and family
pathology. Students will gain an understanding of the DMM theory and its
practical applications through clinical case studies, research studies and the
DMM assessment methods. Finally, the attachment perspective as an alternative model
of mental illness, as proposed by the DMM school of attachment (Crittenden,
2008) to the DSM diagnostic manual will be discussed.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understanding of the development of attachment
strategies in different developmental stages and pathologies related to each.
- Understanding of the development of attachment
strategies as a result of the dynamic interaction of a child with care-givers,
family systems and the child’s maturing brain.
- Understanding of the influence of attachment
strategies on communication dynamics in individual relationships and family
dynamics and acquiring the ability to use this functionally in therapy.
- Acquiring the ability to apply attachment
perspective to functional case formulation and therapy
- Acquiring the ability to clinically assess the
difference between normative and clinical attachment strategies
- Understanding attachment strategies in relation
to specific pathologies (ADHD, trauma, eating disorders, BPD, addictions,
depression)
- Continued development of reflective capacity
and critical thinking skills
Prerequisite:
It is expected from students to be familiar
with basic tenets of attachment theory.
Who is the course for:
Master’s students in psychology (full-time),
ERASMUS students
Lecturer:
Dr Kristýna Bušková
E-mail: Kristyna@city-practice.com
Tutorial: By appointment
Guarantor:
Assoc. Prof. Lenka Lacinova
Schedule:
There will be four lectures (L), each
consisting of four hours. Dates are as follows:
L1 Friday 20 March 2020 (cancelled due to the study leave)
L2 Friday 3 April 2020 (cancelled due to the study leave)
L3 Friday 17 April 2020
L4 Friday 15 May 2020
Required Readings:
Crittenden, P.; Dallos, D; Landini, A & Kozlowska, K. (2014). Attachment and Family Therapy. Open
University Press.
Selected chapters from:
Critten, P.; & Landini, A. (2011). Assessing Adult Attachment: A dynamic-maturational approach to
discourse analysis. Norton Professional Book.
Selected chapters
from Dallos, Rudi
(2006) Attachment Narrative Therapy:
Integrating Systemic, Narrative, and Attachment Approaches. Open University Press.
Recommended
Readings:
Gerhardt,
Sue (2011) The Selfish Society: How We
All Forgot to Love One Another and Made Money Instead. Simon & Schuster.
Gerhardt,
Sue (2014) Why Love Matters: How
affection shapes a Baby’s brain. Routledge.
Howe, David (2011). Attachment
across the Lifecourse: A brief Introduction. Palgrave Mc Millan.
Pietromonaco,
P., & Barrett, L.F. (2000) The internal working models. What do we really know about self in relation to others. Review of General Psychology, 4, 155-175.
Pleshkova
& Muhamdrahimov (2010) Quality of Attachment in St. Petersburg. A sample of family reared infants. Clinical
Child Psychol Psychiatry, 15, 355 – 362.
Van lJzendoorn,
M.H., & Sagi-Schwarz (2008) Cross-cultural Patterns of Attachment: Universal and Contextual Dimensions. In J. Cassidi, & P. Shaver: Handbook of attachment, second edition. New York: Guilford Publications.
Requirements
for successful completion of the course (for earning “zápočet”):
1. Active participation in class (will be modified according to the situation)
2.
Group presentation of a
functional case formulation
The presentation should include the following:
- identification of key
issues
- functional formulation
of identified issues using attachment systemic perspective (including the DMM
concepts)
- identification of
potential pitfalls (points of risk of misdiagnosis/ misformulation)
- suggestion of
psychotherapeutic approach