Information Package / Course Catalogue
Introduction to Psychotherapies
Course Code: PSİ402
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course to teach students through introduce psychotherapy and related issues, therapeutical factors, different psychotherapy techniques and fields of psychotherapy application, to select suitable psychotherapy techinques for he case has diagnose; and ethical responsibilities of psychotherapist.

Course Content

Description of psychotherapy and related issues, history of psychotherapies, therapeutical factors, variales effects psychotheraphy, classification of psychotherapies, ehical issues in psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and psychoanalitic psychotherapies, behavioral therapies, cognitive behavioral therapies, rational emotion therapies, play therapies, interpersonal therapies, positive psychotherapies.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Cennet ŞAFAK ÖZTÜRK
Learning Outcomes
1.Can define psychotherapy and related issues
2.Can understand different psychotherapy techiniques
3.Be aware of ethical responsibilities of psychotherapist
4.Can differenciate suitable psychotherapy technique for the case
5.Knows the explanations of different psychotherapy approaches about psychological problems and treatments.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Psikoterapi Yöntemleri: Kuramlar ve Uygulama Yönergeleri, Ertuğrul Köroğlu ve Hakan Türkçapar, HYB Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2015.
2.Psikoterapiler El Kitabı. Ataman Tangör, Ege Psikiyatri Sürekli Yayınları, 1997.
3.Psikolojik Danışma, Psikoterapi Kuram ve Uygulamaları, Gerald Corey (çev. Tuncay Ergene), Mentis Yayınları, Ankara, 2007.
4.Bilişsel - Davranışçı Terapiler (3. Basım), Işık Savaşır, Gonca Soygüt ve Elif Barışkın, Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları, Ankara, 1996.
5.Bilişsel Davranışçı Terapi: Temel İlkeler ve Ötesi, Judith S. Beck, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, 2014
6.Kısa Süreli Grup Psikoterapileri: İlkeler ve Teknikler, Irwin D. Yalom, Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları, Ankara, 1998.
7.Bilişsel Davranışçı Terapilerde Değerlendirme: Sık Kullanılan Ölçekler, Işık Savaşır ve Nesrin H. Şahin, Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları, Ankara, 1997.
8.Cinsel Tedaviler El Kitabı, Işık Savaşır, Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları, Ankara, 1996.
9.Gestalt Terapi, Füsun Akkoyun, Nobel Yayın, 2005
10.Psikoterapi Sanatının Bilimi, Allan N. Schore, Psikoterapi Enstitüsü Eğitim Yayınları, 2014
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Course introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
History of psychotherapies
Week 3 - Theoretical
Psychotherapy and related issues and Therapeutical factors in Psychotherapies
Week 4 - Theoretical
Variables effect on psychotherapies; Classification of psychotherapies and Ethical issues at psychotherapy
Week 5 - Theoretical
Psychoanalysis and psychoanalitic psychotherapies
Week 6 - Theoretical
Psychoanalysis and psychoanalitic psychotherapies
Week 7 - Theoretical
Behavioral psychotherapies
Week 8 - Theoretical
Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy techniques I
Week 9 - Theoretical
Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy techniques 2
Week 10 - Theoretical
Rational emotion therapy
Week 11 - Theoretical
Play therapies
Week 12 - Theoretical
Interpersonal therapies
Week 13 - Theoretical
Positive psychotherapies
Week 14 - Theoretical
General evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Midterm Examination123225
Final Examination128230
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
OÇ-1
4
2
OÇ-2
4
2
OÇ-3
5
5
OÇ-4
5
5
4
4
3
4
OÇ-5
3
5
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026