About the Curriculum
"Cultivating Therapeutic Alliance in Supportive Psychotherapy: Healing Connections" is designed to provide a comprehensive framework for teaching and learning supportive psychotherapy.
Program Goals
Develop core competencies in supportive psychotherapy techniques
Build skills in establishing and maintaining therapeutic alliance
Enhance resident confidence in psychotherapeutic interventions
Meet Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) requirements for psychotherapy training
Provide practical tools for implementation in diverse clinical settings
Curriculum Modules
Our comprehensive curriculum is organized into focused modules that build upon each other.
- Historical context and development
- Theoretical underpinnings
- Elements of therapeutic alliance
- Initial engagement strategies
- Maintaining connection over time
- Addressing alliance ruptures
- Clarification and reflection
- Application of Skills
- Serious mental illness
- Crisis intervention
- Cultural considerations
- Comorbid conditions
- Time constraints
- Boundary management
- Documentation
- Integration with medication management
Accreditation Alignment
Our curriculum is specifically designed to help residency programs meet Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) requirements for psychotherapy training. It addresses the core competencies outlined in the Psychiatry Milestone Project and provides structured learning experiences that can be documented for accreditation purposes.
Program directors can easily map curriculum components to specific EPA requirements, simplifying the accreditation process while ensuring high-quality training.
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