Psychology 3301G 001
Clinical Psychology
If there is a discrepancy between the outline posted below and the outline posted on the OWL course website, the latter shall prevail.
WESTERN UNIVERSITY
LONDON CANADA
Department of Psychology
2022 - 2023
Psychology 3301G Section 001
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
1.0 CALENDAR DESCRIPTION
This course offers a survey of major topics in clinical psychology, including assessment and intervention approaches; experimental psychopathology; specific areas of practice within clinical psychology, ethical, professional, and theoretical issues; and emerging trends. This course will also discuss specific topics related to the training and professional practice of clinical psychology.
Priority to honours specialization in psych, developmental cognitive neuroscience, and neuroscience.
Antirequisites: Psychology 2301A/B
Antirequisites are courses that overlap sufficiently in content that only one can be taken for credit. If you take a course that is an antirequisite to a course previously taken, you will lose credit for the earlier course, regardless of the grade achieved in the most recent course.
Prerequisite: Psychology 2820E or both Psychology 2800E and Psychology 2810, and one of Psychology 2310A/B or Psychology 2320A.
Unless you have either the prerequisites for this course or written special permission from your Dean to enroll in it, you may be removed from this course and it will be deleted from your record. This decision may not be appealed. You will receive no adjustment to your fees in the event that you are dropped from a course for failing to have the necessary prerequisites.
Course Details: 3 lecture hours (Tuesday 9:30am- 12:30pm); 0.5 course.
Please refer to the course website on OWL. All learning materials will be posted on the OWL platform.
2.0 COURSE INFORMATION
Instructor: Dr. Nicole Elliott, Ph.D., C.Psych
Office and Phone number: N/A
Email: nellio29@uwo.ca
Office Hours: By Appointment (via Zoom). Please contact by email to schedule.
Delivery Method: Virtual/In-Person
Time and Location of Lectures: Lectures will be in person on Tuesday, from 9:30am- 12:30pm. The classroom location is University College (UC)- 1225
Course Website: The course website is located at: http://owl.uwo.ca.
Here you will find class information and resources (i.e., lectures power point slides), announcements, learning objectives/study suggestions, links to other resources, etc. Please check it often.
Student Wellbeing and Resources: Students who are in emotional/mental distress should refer to Health and Wellness @Western https://www.uwo.ca/health/ for a complete list of options about how to obtain help.
Please contact the course instructor if you require material in an alternate format or if you require any other arrangements to make this course more accessible to you. You may also contact Accessible Education at aew@uwo.ca or 519-661-2147.
3.0 TEXTBOOK(S)
Bernstein, D., Teachman, B., Olatunji, B., & Lilenfeld, S. (2020). Introduction to Clinical Psychology: Bridging Science and Practice (9th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Doi: 10.1017/9781108676908
Jenkins, E., Sleman, A. & Bilsker, D. (2022). A concise Introduction to Mental Health in Canada (third ed.). Canadian Scholars: Toronto, ON.
4.0 COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course is for senior undergraduate students who are considering a career in clinical psychology. The goal of this course is to familiarize you with clinical psychology and to explore the contemporary field of clinical psychology, focusing on theories, perspectives on disorders; assessment and treatment; and professional practice issues both in the US and Canada. More specifically, we will learn about the historical roots and scientific basis of psychotherapy and what it means to have “empirical support.” The course will also highlight the different theoretical models and common approaches to conducting psychotherapy, as well as assessment of clinical psychological disorders. We will discuss common psychotherapeutic issues, areas of specialization, and the different ethical and professional responsibilities of a clinical psychologist. Finally, we will cover graduate training and the application process for a career in clinical psychology.
4.1 COURSE OBJECTIVES & LEARNING OUTCOMES
This course will primarily focus on providing learners with a clear description and understanding of the field of clinical psychology, with a focus on theoretical principles and historical development of the field; however, with a heavy emphasis on career and training trajectories. Learners will also understand various theoretical approaches to clinical psychology, with an emphasis on scientific research in the field of clinical psychology. The aim of this course is to further the training needs and directions in terms of clinical and professional identity in the future aspects of their clinical training, whether that is in graduate school or other vocational and occupational aspirations. Finally, this course is designed to facilitate critical thinking and discussion regarding issues and themes in the field of clinical psychology.
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Learning Outcome |
Learning Activity |
Assessment |
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Depth and Breadth of Knowledge. · Understanding the past, present and future of clinical psychology including approaches, the practice of clinical psychology, as well as the scientific literature in the field. |
Write a paper on the current research and training of a specific area of clinical psychology |
Research paper on a specialty area in clinical psychology discussed in class (20%) |
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Knowledge of Methodologies. · Demonstrating knowledge of the professional, theoretical and practical applications of clinical psychology. |
Examination of knowledge |
3 tests (two midterm & 1 final exam) that will examine knowledge of class material (Midterms 25%; Final exam 30%) |
5.0 EVALUATION
The evaluation and testing formats for this course were created to assess the learning objectives as listed in section 4.0 and are considered necessary for meeting these learning objectives.
Knowledge and comprehension of course material will be assessed by three tests with 25% of the final grade each. These tests will comprise of questions that will test the material from textbook chapter readings, supplemental reading material posted to the OWL course website and lecture material. The purpose of testing will be to check learning and comprehension of the chapters and topics discussed and will be based on individual sections. The exams will consist of multiple choice and short answer format. The midterm exams will not be cumulative and will focus on the chapters and material indicated; however, the FINAL EXAM WILL BE CUMULATIVE AND WILL COVER ALL COURSE MATERIAL. It is important to note, that although the tests are not cumulative, in order to answer questions correctly, will require the integration of conceptual material covered prior to each individual exam. Exams will be held in class. There will also be a research paper based on a topic of clinical psychology presented in class. Specific topics that the paper can be written on will be posted to the course website. Further, the paper will focus on current research in the specific area of clinical psychology, as well as specific training that is involved in a clinician working within the field. Specific instructions related to the research paper will be posted on the course website.
5.1 POLICY ON MISSING COURSEWORK
PLEASE NOTE: Because this is an essay course, as per Senate Regulations, you must pass the essay component to pass the course. That is, the average mark for your written assignments must be at least 50%.
In the case that a student is absent for an exam, please see section 11 of syllabus. Missed course work must be approved by academic counselling. Late assignments will be penalized 5% per day following the deadline. Exceptions will be considered on an individual basis.
This course is exempt from the Senate requirement that students receive assessment of their work accounting for at least 15% of their final grade at least three full days before the date of the deadline for withdrawal from a course without academic penalty.
The expectation for course grades within the Psychology Department is that they will be distributed around the following averages:
70% 1000-level to 2099-level courses
72% 2100-2999-level courses
75% 3000-level courses
80% 4000-level courses
The Psychology Department follows Western’s grading guidelines, which are as follows (see: https://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/general/grades_undergrad.pdf
A+ 90-100 One could scarcely expect better from a student at this level
A 80-89 Superior work that is clearly above average
B 70-79 Good work, meeting all requirements, and eminently satisfactory
C 60-69 Competent work, meeting requirements
D 50-59 Fair work, minimally acceptable
F below 50 Fail
Note that in the event that course grades are significantly higher or lower than these averages, instructors may be required to adjust course grades. Such adjustment might include the normalization of one or more course components and/or the re-weighting of various course components.
Policy on Grade Rounding: Please note that although course grades within the Psychology Department are rounded to the nearest whole number, no further grade rounding will be done. No additional assignments will be offered to enhance a final grade; nor will requests to change a grade because it is needed for a future program be considered. To maximize your grade, do your best on each and every assessment within the course.
6.0 ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION SCHEDULE
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Content |
Date |
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Midterm Exam 1 |
Weeks 1-5 |
February 14, 2023 |
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Research Paper |
Please see course website for details |
April 4, 2023 (Due at Midnight) |
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Midterm Exam 2 |
Weeks 6-10 |
March 14, 2023 |
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Final Exam |
All course material |
April 13- April 30, 2023 |
7.0 CLASS SCHEDULE
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Date and topic |
Readings |
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Week 1 January 10, 2023
What is Clinical Psychology and the History of Clinical Psychology
Mental Health Services in Canada |
Chapters 1 & 2 (Bernstein, et al., 2020) Chapter 1 & 15 (Jenkins, et al., 2022) |
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Week 2 January 17, 2023 · · Clinical Assessment, Classification and Diagnoses |
Chapter 3 (Bernstein, et al., 2020) Chapter 4 (Jenkins, et al., 2022) |
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Week 3 January 24, 2023
Interviewing, Observation and Testing in Clinical Psychology |
Chapter 4 & 5 (Bernstein, et al., 2020)
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Week 4 January 31, 2023
Clinical Interventions
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Chapters 6 & 7 (Bernstein, et al., 2020) Chapter 14 (Jenkins, et al., 2022) |
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Week 5 February 7, 2023
Psychoanalytic, Psychodynamic & Humanistic Psychotherapies |
Chapter 8 (Bernstein, et al., 2020)
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Week 6 February 14, 2023
***MIDTERM 1 (Material from week 1-5)
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25% of final grade |
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Week 7 February 21, 2023
READING WEEK- NO CLASS
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Week 8 February 28, 2023
Cognitive, Behavioural and Acceptance-based psychotherapies (Second half of class) |
Chapter 9 & 10 (Bernstein, et al., 2020)
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Week 9 March 7, 2023
Clinical Child Psychology and Clinical Geropsychology |
Chapter 11 (Bernstein, et al., 2020)
Chapter 9 & 10 (Jenkins, et al., 2022) |
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Week 10 March 14, 2023
***MIDTERM 2 (Material from week 6-10)
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25% of final grade |
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Week 11 March 21, 2023 Health Psychology
Social Determinants of Health amongst Indigenous Communities |
Chapter 12 (Bernstein, et al., 2020)
Chapter 3 (Jenkins, et al., 2022) |
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Week 12 March 28, 2023
Clinical Neuropsychology
Forensic Psychology Mental Health and the Canadian Justice System
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Chapter 13 (Bernstein, et al., 2020)
Chapter 14 (Bernstein, et al., 2020)
Chapter 12 & 13 (Jenkins, et al., 2022)
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Week 13 April 4, 2023
Training and Practice Issues in Clinical Psychology; Getting into graduate school |
Chapter 15 & 16 (Bernstein, et al., 2020)
Research Paper Due at 11:59pm 20% of final grade |
** Final exam is cumulative and 30% of final grade will be from April 13- 30, 2023
7.1 IMPORTANT ACADEMIC DATES
Winter Semester January 9- April 10, 2023
Last Day to add a course January 17, 2023
Family Day (University Closed) February 20, 2023
Winter Reading Week February-18-26 2023
Last day to drop a course (without penalty) March 7, 2023
Good Friday (University Closed) April 7, 2023
Easter Sunday (University Closed) April 9, 2023
Final Exam period April 13-30, 2023
8.0 LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We acknowledge that Western University is located on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Attawandaron peoples, on lands connected with the London Township and Sombra Treaties of 1796 and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum.
With this, we respect the longstanding relationships that Indigenous Nations have to this land, as they are the original caretakers. We acknowledge historical and ongoing injustices that Indigenous Peoples (e.g. First Nations, Métis and Inuit) endure in Canada, and we accept responsibility as a public institution to contribute toward revealing and correcting miseducation, as well as renewing respectful relationships with Indigenous communities through our teaching, research and community service.
9.0 STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC OFFENCES
Students are responsible for understanding the nature and avoiding the occurrence of plagiarism and other scholastic offences. Plagiarism and cheating are considered very serious offences because they undermine the integrity of research and education. Actions constituting a scholastic offence are described at the following link: https://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/appeals/scholastic_discipline_undergrad.pdf
As of Sept. 1, 2009, the Department of Psychology will take the following steps to detect scholastic offences. All multiple-choice tests and exams will be checked for similarities in the pattern of responses using reliable software, and records will be made of student seating locations in all tests and exams. All written assignments will be submitted to TurnItIn, a service designed to detect and deter plagiarism by comparing written material to over 5 billion pages of content located on the Internet or in TurnItIn’s databases. All papers submitted for such checking will be included as source documents in the reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of papers subsequently submitted to the system. Use of the service is subject to the licensing agreement, currently between Western and Turnitin.com (http://www.turnitin.com).
Computer-marked multiple-choice tests and/or exams will be subject to submission for similarity review by software that will check for unusual coincidences in answer patterns that may indicate cheating.
In classes that involve the use of a personal response system (PRS), data collected using the PRS will only be used in a manner consistent to that described in this outline. It is the instructor’s responsibility to make every effort to ensure that data remain confidential. However, students should be aware that as with all forms of electronic communication, privacy is not guaranteed. Your PRS login credentials are for your sole use only. Students attempting to use another student’s credentials to submit data through the PRS may be subject to academic misconduct proceedings.
Possible penalties for a scholastic offence include failure of the assignment/exam, failure of the course, suspension from the University, and expulsion from the University.
10.0 POLICY ON THE USE OF EXAM PROCTORING SOFTWARE
If a remote proctoring service is used, the service will require you to provide personal information (including some biometric data). The session will be recorded. In the event that in-person exams are unexpectedly canceled, you may only be given notice of the use of a proctoring service a short time in advance. More information about remote proctoring is available in the Online Proctoring Guidelines. Please ensure you are familiar with any proctoring service’s technical requirements before the exam. Additional guidance is available at the following link: https://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/onlineproctorguidelines.pdf
* Please note that Zoom servers are located outside Canada. If you would prefer to use only your first name or a nickname to login to Zoom, please provide this information to the instructor in advance of the test or examination. See this link for technical requirements: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us
11.0 POLICY ON ACCOMMODATION FOR ILLNESS OR OTHER ABSENCES
Western’s policy on Accommodation for Medical Illness can be found at:
https://www.westerncalendar.uwo.ca/PolicyPages.cfm?PolicyCategoryID=1&Command=showCategory&SelectedCalendar=Live&ArchiveID=#Page_12
If you experience an extenuating circumstance (e.g., illness, injury) sufficiently significant to temporarily make you unable to meet academic requirements, you may request accommodation through the following routes:
- For medical absences, submitting a Student Medical Certificate (SMC) signed by a licensed medical or mental health practitioner in order to be eligible for Academic Consideration;
- For non-medical absences, submitting appropriate documentation (e.g., obituary, police report, accident report, court order, etc.) to Academic Counselling in their Faculty of registration in order to be eligible for academic consideration. Students are encouraged to contact their Academic Counselling unit to clarify what documentation is appropriate.
Students must see the Academic Counsellor and submit all required documentation in order to be approved for certain accommodation.
https://www.registrar.uwo.ca/faculty_academic_counselling.html
Students seeking academic consideration:
- are advised to consider carefully the implications of postponing tests or midterm exams or delaying handing in work;
- must communicate with their instructors no later than 24 hoursafter the end of the period covered SMC, or immediately upon their return following a documented absence
Students seeking accommodation for religious purposes are advised to contact Academic Counselling at least three weeks prior to the religious event and as soon as possible after the start of the term.
12.0 Contingency Plan for Return to Lockdown: IN-Person & Blended classes
In the event of a COVID-19 resurgence or any other event that necessitates the course delivery moving away from face-to-face interaction, all remaining course content will be delivered entirely online, either synchronously (i.e., at the times indicated in the timetable) or asynchronously (e.g., posted on OWL for students to view at their convenience). The grading scheme will not change. Any remaining assessments will also be conducted online, as determined by the course instructor.
13.0 STATEMENTS CONCERNING ONLINE ETIQUETTE
In courses involving online interactions, the Psychology Department expects students to honour the following rules of etiquette:
- please “arrive” to class on time
- please use your computer and/or laptop if possible (as opposed to a cell phone or tablet)
- please ensure that you are in a private location to protect the confidentiality of discussions in the event that a class discussion deals with sensitive or personal material
- to minimize background noise, kindly mute your microphone for the entire class until you are invited to speak, unless directed otherwise
- In classes larger than 30 participants please turn off your video camera for the entire class unless you are invited to speak
- In classes of 30 students or fewer, where video chat procedures are being used, please be prepared to turn your video camera off at the instructor’s request if the internet connection becomes unstable
- Unless invited by your instructor, do not share your screen in the meeting
The course instructor will act as moderator for the class and will deal with any questions from participants. To participate please consider the following:
- If you wish to speak, use the “raise hand” function and wait for the instructor to acknowledge you before beginning your comment or question.
- Please remember to unmute your microphone and turn on your video camera before speaking.
- Self-identify when speaking.
- Please remember to mute your mic and turn off your video camera after speaking (unless directed otherwise).
General considerations of “netiquette”:
- Keep in mind the different cultural and linguistic backgrounds of the students in the course.
- Be courteous toward the instructor, your colleagues, and authors whose work you are discussing.
- Be respectful of the diversity of viewpoints that you will encounter in the class and in your readings. The exchange of diverse ideas and opinions is part of the scholarly environment. “Flaming” is never appropriate.
- Be professional and scholarly in all online postings. Use proper grammar and spelling. Cite the ideas of others appropriately.
Note that disruptive behaviour of any type during online classes, including inappropriate use of the chat function, is unacceptable. Students found guilty of Zoom-bombing a class or of other serious online offenses may be subject to disciplinary measures under the Code of Student Conduct.
14.0 OTHER INFORMATION
Office of the Registrar: https://registrar.uwo.ca
Student Development Services: www.sdc.uwo.ca
Psychology Undergraduate Program: https://www.psychology.uwo.ca/undergraduate/index.html
If you wish to appeal a grade, please read the policy documentation at: https://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/appeals/appealsundergrad.pdf
Please first contact the course instructor. If your issue is not resolved, you may make your appeal to the Undergraduate Chair in Psychology (psyugrd@uwo.ca).
Copyright Statement: Lectures and course materials, including power point presentations, outlines, videos and similar materials, are protected by copyright. You may take notes and make copies of course materials for your own educational use. You may not record lectures, reproduce (or allow others to reproduce), post or distribute any course materials publicly and/or for commercial purposes without the instructor’s written consent.
Policy on the Recording of Synchronous Sessions: Some or all of the remote learning sessions for this course (if scheduled) may be recorded. The data captured during these recordings may include your image, voice recordings, chat logs and personal identifiers (name displayed on the screen). The recordings will be used for educational purposes related to this course, including evaluations. The recordings may be disclosed to other individuals participating in the course for their private or group study purposes. Please contact the instructor if you have any concerns related to session recordings. Participants in this course are not permitted to privately record the sessions, except where recording is an approved accommodation, or the student has the prior written permission of the instructor.
