Certificate in

The field of psychodynamic counselling initially evolved from Sigmund Freud’s theories on the unconscious, the importance of formative childhood experiences and relationships, and the use of dreams and metaphors as a meaning of understanding the human psyche. These have been developed and modified by different strands of psychodynamic theorists over the years. The main emphasis in Psychodynamic Counselling is that early experiences are seen as important in shaping the way our mind works. Central to this approach is the belief that everyone has an unconscious mind where feelings and fantasies are held and uses the therapeutic relationship to gain insight into unconscious relationship patterns that have evolved since childhood.

This basic training in counselling skills and theory is intended for those people whose work or voluntary activities involve counselling skills, such as nurses, doctors, surgery staff, teachers, school guidance counsellors, social workers, police officers, probation officers and many others. When undertaking psychodynamic counselling, the counsellor will help the client to explore his or her problems in a way that makes reference to the past, in terms of the potential ‘unconscious’ conflicts or issues that are relevant to what we are experiencing today.

At the end of the Programme, the participants will be able to:-

� Understand psychodynamic theories including theories about human growth and development;

� Understand basic counselling skills including: relationship building, boundaries and active listening and to understand how they can help others;

� Recognise their own limits and patterns of behaviour and how their self affects others;

� Demonstrate and use basic counselling skills to help others; and

� Understand and value difference and diversity.

Learning Objectives

Entry CriteriaA basic degree in Psychology shall be required.

FeeRM 5000.00 per pax

Venue1. 2 Days Tutorial Workshop (CUCMS)2. 12 times Group Supervision Sessions

(Aarena Oasis’s Training Centre)

Date Every Month

For more information please contact:

Mr Mohd Nazri Bin Hj Mohd Saad 03-8313 7000 (ext: 7312) / 011-11123375

Ms Loheswary Arumugam 011-11123375

Ms Nurul Faten Shamsuddin 03-8313 7000 (ext: 7297) / 019-2988870

Contact Us

Bank in to CUCMS account

Account : Maybank

Name : CUCMS Education Sdn Bhd

MBB(KLCC) : 5124 4620 4155

Kindly email the payment slip to excell@cybermed.edu.my

Mode of Payment

Psychodynamic Counselling Theoryand Skills Programme

Trainer’s Profiles

Dr. Muhammad Najib bin Mohamad Alwi was born in Bentong, Pahang and raised in Ipoh, Perak. He studied in Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman (STAR), Ipoh, Perak, Dr Muhammad Najib before pursuing his studies in medicine at the Universiti Sains Malaysia.

After graduating with Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 1992, he then did his MSc (Clinical Psychiatry) at Imperial College, London and graduated in 1999. ln the same year, he also qualified as a psychiatrist from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London. During his training, he had extensive coaching and supervision in psychodynamic psychotherapy for adults and adolescents. He also received training in CBT and Personal Construct Therapy. On his return to Malaysia in 2000, he worked as a lecturer and psychiatrist at Hospital University Sains Malaysia and contributed signifcantly to the curriculum development and teaching of psychotherapy for the MMed(Psychiatry) programme conducted by the Malaysian Conjoint Board for Psychiatry. Together with the Conjoint Board for Psychiatry, and later Universiti Putra Malaysia, he had conducted several workshops on Psychodynamic Psychotherapy which was well attended by trainee psychiatrists and psychologists.

In 2009, he received his PhD in the field of cognitive rehabilitation at the University of Sydney, Australia through the thesis entitled “Effectiveness of Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy for Schizophrenia in Malaysia”. He is currently the Director, Centre for Graduate Studies, Research and Commercialization (CGSRC), and a Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine, CUCMS.

Assoc Prof Dr Muhammad Najib Mohamad Alwi MD(USM),MSc (Jmperial College), PhD (Universit of Sydney), MRCPsyclz (UK)

Programme Structure And Outline

� Psychosexual Stages � Models of the Mind:

◊ Topographical◊ Structural

� Defence Mechanisms◊ Psychological states and related defence mechanisms

� Object Relations Theory

� What is Psychodynamic Psychotherapy?

� Aims of Therapy � Mode of Action � Suitability Criteria � Classification of

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

� Stages of Therapy � What happens in therapy � Is it scientific? � Interpretation � Common problems in

therapy � The psychodynamic

report/formulation

� Examples:◊ Manipulative patients◊ Angry and Demanding

patients◊ Victims of abuse◊ VIP patients

1 Basic Psychodynamic Theories:

2 Principles of sychodynamic Psychotherapy

3 Basic Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Skills

4 Managing ‘Difficult to Treat Patients”

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