Helping Relationship in Mental Health

Scholar Year: 2017/2018

Courses

Head Teacher Responsability Joaquim Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Head Fernanda Paula Santos Leal Colaborador

Weekly workload Hours/week T TP P PL TC S E EL OT TPL O OT/PL Type of classes 1 1 ,13 Lectures Type Teacher Classes Hours Theoretical Totals 1 1,00 Fernanda Leal   0,27 Joaquim Lopes   0,73 Theoretical-practical Totals 1 1,00 Fernanda Leal   0,27 Joaquim Lopes   0,73 Orientação Tutorial Totals 1 0,13 Joaquim Lopes   0,13

Teaching language

Portuguese

Intended learning outcomes (Knowledges, skills and competencies to be developed by the students)

With this CU is intended to deepen the student's understanding of therapeutic communication, helping relationship and counselling in nursing. It also intends to develop specialized mental health nursing competences in helping a person, a group or a family with mental health changes. It is intended that students will be able to:
-Differentiate the therapeutic relation compared to other types of relationships
-Discriminate the different theoretical perspectives and techniques of the therapeutic relationship
-Recognize the relational character of aid in nursing
-Identify the helping relationship in nursing as "vehicle of care" and "care itself"
-Understand the stages of the counseling process in helping to change
-Identify the unconscious phenomena that operate in the aid relationship in nursing
-Conduct a clinical interview
-Co-building a helping relationship in nursing
-Valuing the importance of clinical supervision in nursing helping relation

Syllabus

Characteristics of the therapeutic relationship Theoretical and technical perspectives of the therapeutic relationship The aid relationship in nursing as "vehicle of care” and “care itself" The counseling process in helping to change Unconscious phenomena that operate in the aid relationship in nursing The clinical interview The Co-construction of a helping relationship in nursing Clinical supervision in nursing helping relation

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

The CU intends to deepen the student's understanding of therapeutic communication, helping relationship and counselling in nursing. It also intends to develop specialized mental health nursing competences in helping a person, a group or a family with mental health changes. Its syllabus deepen the understanding of the characteristics of therapeutic relationships and helping relationship in nursing. The clinical interview is studied and trained, as well as the co-construction of a helping relationship in nursing: its beginning (the request) to its end (the terminus). Given the importance of unconscious phenomena that operate in the helping relationship, clinical supervision in nursing aid is valued.

Teaching methodologies

Expository-participatory method using experience of the student group. Training of helping interview in simulated environment, with role play techniques and mirroring Assessment: Portfolio (50%) + Practical assessment of interview (50%)

Demonstration of the teaching methodologies coherence with the curricular unit's intended learning outcomes

The CU establishes learning outcomes as cognitive knowledge and clinical skills of expert help in mental health nursing. In this sense, the classes will begin in accordance with the expository-participatory method (which uses the professional experience of the group), evolving into simulated practice with techniques of role play and mirroring

Assessment methodologies and evidences

Expository-participatory method using experience of the student group. Training of helping interview in simulated environment, with role play techniques and mirroring Assessment: Portfolio (50%) + Practical assessment of interview (50%)

Bibliografia

Burnard, P. (2005). Counselling Skills for Health Professionals. 4 edition. Nelson Thornes. Chalifour, J. (2007). A Intervenção Terapêutica - Os Fundamentos Existencial-Humanistas da Relação de Ajuda. Vol 1. Lusodidacta. Loures.
Chalifour, J. (2009). A Intervenção Terapêutica - Estratégias de Intervenção. Vol 2. Lusodidacta.
Loures Leal, I.l (2005). Iniciação às Psicoterapias. Fim de Século. Lisboa.
Patterson, L. & Eisenberg, S. (1988). O Processo de Aconselhamento. Martins Fontes. São Paulo.