Class Intervenção Clínica em Grupos e na Comunidade

The UC addresses the intervention of the Clinical Health Psychologist in community and group settings. It aims to enable students to intervene with people and groups with difficulties at the biopsychosocial and contextual level.

It is intended to systematize and form a professional profile that applies the knowledge and skills of clinical and health psychology in an ecological, innovative and appropriate way to different health, social and cultural needs often associated with situations of mental illness, exclusion and social discrimination. It is intended to enable students to plan, implement and evaluate clinical interventions that promote participation, empowerment and psychosocial change.

1.         Clinical Psychology in Community Settings

Fundamentals of Psychology in Community Context

Models of psychological intervention in a community context

Assessment and intervention in clinical psychology in a community context

Intervention in multidisciplinary teams, in partnership and in networks

2.         Approaches to Clinical Intervention in Groups

Humanistic Current

Yalom International Model

Behavioural/cognitive models

3.         Clinical Intervention in Group Psychology and Community Psychology

Group processes (communication, leadership, cohesion, conflict, identity, etc.)

Group dynamics

Types of groups

Socio-emotional skills (cognitive, behavioural, emotional skills and expectations/motivations)

Change in the group and community

Therapeutic groups 

4.         Clinical intervention in different groups and communities (perspective of treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation)

Different populations and Contexts

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the theoretical and experiential aspects of the purpose, development, dynamics, theories, methods and competencies of group and other group approaches in a multicultural society, including principles of group dynamics, components of group process, group leadership or facilitation styles and approaches, and theories and methods of group counselling. Classroom interaction is designed to provide opportunities for students to develop proficiency in the application of fundamental group and community clinical intervention skills. Create conditions to make learners more sensitive to individual and cultural differences (e.g., gender, race, sexual orientation) and more inclusive practices.

Bradler & Roman (2016). Group work. Skills and Strategies for Effective Interventions (3^rd ed.). Routledge

Corey (2015). Theory and Practice of Group Counseling (9th edition) 

Yalom, I. D. & Leszcz, M. (2005). The theory and practice of group psychotherapy (5^th ed.). New York: Basic Books. // Yalom, I. D. & Leszcz, M. (2020). The theory and practice of group psychotherapy (6^th ed.). New York: Basic Books. 

Jason, L. A., & Aase, D. M. (2016). Community-clinical psychology. In J. C. Norcross, G. R. VandenBos, D. K. Freedheim, & M. M. Domenech Rodríguez (Eds.), APA handbook of clinical psychology: Roots and branches (pp. 201–222). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/14772-011

Scott, V. & Wolfe, S. (2014). Community Psychology: Foundations for Practice, SAGE Publications,

Kloos, B., Hill, J., Thomas, E., Case, A., Scott, V. & Wandersman, A.. (2021). Community Psychology: Linking Individuals and Communities, American Psychological Association