Class Relationship and Communication Skills Lab

The UC discusses the structuring and transversal nature of the relationship in psychology, the specifics of helping relationships, the centrality and interdependence between the verbal and non-verbal dimensions of communication. Conditions for training the skills necessary for the establishment of working relationships and alliances are emplyoed. It is intended to contribute to the development of self-analysis/criticism skills that allow to maintain a communication and relationship that are simultaneously authentic and adequate. observation of models, peers and the self, and critical analysis will be privileged.

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S1: Conceptualizations of communication helping relationships skills  1.1 Specificities of helping relationships  - Alliance - Empathy and genuineness - Transferential-countertransferential dynamics - Intersubjectivity 1.2 Models of communication and relationship skills - Ivey's Micro-competency Hierarchy   S2: Intentional use of communication skills 2.1 To explore and collect information 2.2 To encourage, facilitate and focus 2.3 The practice active listening: verbal and non-verbal dimensions 2.4 Psycho-education and feedback 2.5 To reformulate and restructure   S3: Meta-competencies 3.1 Self-observation, analysis, and individual style 3.2 Multiculrural competencies and detection of microagressions.

Methodologies based on innovative and evidence-based practices have been adapted to the course's practical and skills-training nature, prioritizing experimentation, model observation, critical analysis, and individual and collective reflection. Project-Based and Simulation-Based Learning – preparing and enacting psychological consultation sessions, including two video-recorded moments, with peer feedback, instructor guidance, and self-observation exercises. Discovery and Observational Learning—screening psychotherapy session videos, analysing and enacting clinical vignettes on microaggressions and reparations, fostering reflection on the specific relational and communicational dimensions of clinical interactions and helping relationships in psychology. Collaborative Learning – collective discussion of the literature, establishing a learning community and involving the development of a shared glossary.

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