Individual Psychotherapy for Advanced Practice Nursing

3 credits

This course examines major approaches to individual psychotherapy, including psychodynamic, humanistic, interpersonal, behavioral, cognitive, dialectical behavioral and brief psychotherapy approaches. Commonalities and differences among the processes and techniques of the therapies are explored. The major schools of psychotherapy will be explored through the lens of the nurse-patient therapeutic relationship. The course will address the impact of bias, structural racism and social determinants of health and they influence both the process and outcome of therapy for individuals.