Information Package / Course Catalogue
Group Psychotherapy
Course Code: PSİ418
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

In this course aims are to enable students to have a general knowledge about the group process and dynamics, to learn the theory of group therapy and to understand the therapeutic factors, the roles of leaders and leader types in group therapy, the creation of patient selection and group, the healing factors in group therapy, and separation in therapy.

Course Content

Group Process and Dynamics, Therapeutic Factors in Group Therapy, Duties of Leaders and Types of Leaders in Group Therapy, Patient Selection and Group Creation, Healing Factors in Group Therapy, Separation in Therapy.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Can comprehend the process and dynamics of group psychotherapy.
2.Knows the formation characteristics of the group in group therapy.
3.Recognise the therapeutic factors and therapeutic effects of group psychotherapy.
4.Knows the role of the leader in group therapy.
5.Recognize the basic concepts of group psychotherapy
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Grup Psikoterapisinin Teori ve Pratiği, Irvin D. Yalom, Kabalcı Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2002.
2.Birey Merkezli Grupla Psikolojik Danışma, Nilüfer Voltan Acar, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, 2012
3.Grupla Psikolojik Danışmada Alıştırmalar-Deneyler, Nilüfer Voltan Acar, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, 2013Grup Psikoterapisine İlk Adım, Ray Naar, İmge Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2007.
4.Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy, J. Scott Rutan, Walter N. Stone & Joseph J. Shay, (Fourth Edition), Guilford: NewYork, 2007.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Group Process and Dynamics-I
Week 2 - Theoretical
Group Process and Dynamics II
Week 3 - Theoretical
Therapeutic Factors in Group Therapy-I
Week 4 - Theoretical
Therapeutic Factors in Group Therapy-II
Week 5 - Theoretical
Therapeutic Factors in Group Therapy-III
Week 6 - Theoretical
Duties of Leaders in Group Therapy-I
Week 7 - Theoretical
Duties of Leaders in Group Therapy-II
Week 8 - Theoretical
Types of Leaders
Week 9 - Theoretical
Formation of the Group- I
Week 10 - Theoretical
Formation of the Group- II
Week 11 - Theoretical
Healing Factors in Group Therapy- I
Week 12 - Theoretical
Healing Factors in Group Therap- II
Week 13 - Theoretical
Separation in Group Therapy-I
Week 14 - Theoretical
Termination of the Group Process
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Midterm Examination140141
Final Examination160161
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)130
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
3
4
5
3
4
OÇ-2
4
5
5
3
4
OÇ-3
3
5
5
3
4
OÇ-4
3
4
5
5
4
OÇ-5
4
4
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026