Individual Psychotherapy for Advanced Practice Nursing (NURS 9838)

Nursing · Boston College

This course examines major approaches to individual psychotherapy, including psychodynamic, humanistic, interpersonal, behavioral, cognitive, dialectical behavioral, brief, and multicultural perspectives. Commonalities and differences among the processes and techniques are explored. Selected theorists and their approaches to psychotherapy will be evaluated as examples of major schools of thought concerning the nature of the psychotherapeutic relationship. Applications among diverse individuals and populations across the lifespan are critically examined.

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