Clinical psychology

The distribution of the thematic nuclei in the four years of the course follows a linear and
that holds together three directions:

• The sequence of developmental stages (childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age):
• The articulation of the different settings and work contexts (individual, couple, family, group
• and institution);
• The succession of techniques and methods of the intervention (evaluation, assessment,
• diagnosis, clinical and psychotherapeutic treatment)

The thematic nuclei identified are the following:

First year

• Theories and Models of Child Development
• Childhood Psychopathology
• Theories and Models of Adolescent Development
• Psychopathology of Adolescence 1: Identity and Internalizing Syndromes
• Adolescent Psychopathology 2: Trauma and Externalizing Syndromes
• Clinical and Psychopathology of Young Adults
• Models of Clinical Intervention in Childhood and Adolescent
• Models of Psychotherapy in Childhood and Adolescent
• Migration, interculturality and clinical work in social and intercultural contexts
• Clinical research in childhood
• Integrated treatments in childhood
• Rehabilitation interventions in childhood

Second year

• Theories and Models of Adult Personality
• Psychopathology: Clinical and Personality Disorders
• Tests for Clinical Assessment
• Methods and tools for psychodynamic-structural diagnosis
• Methods and Tools for Clinical-Functional Assessment
• Models of Clinical Intervention in Adulthood
• Models of Psychotherapy in Adulthood
• Clinical Interventions with Older Adults in the Institutional and Community Setting
• Clinical research in adults and the elderly
• Integrated and rehabilitative treatments in adults and the elderly
• Clinical interventions in maternity and perinatal care

Third year

• Theories and models of the functioning of the couple relationship
• Psychodynamics and psychopathology of the couple relationship
• Methods and tools for the evaluation and assessment of the couple
• Theories and Models for Clinical Intervention with the Couple
• Theories and Models of Family Functioning
• Psychodynamics and Psychopathology of the Family
• Models and Methods of Family Psychotherapy
• Family Interventions in Psychiatric Pathology
• Psycholegal interventions for separation/divorce and parenthood
• Clinical research with the couple and the family
• Family Disability Clinic
• The practice of the clinical profession: entrepreneurship, regulatory constraints, organizational structures and
• Institutional contexts

Fourth year

• Computerized management and analysis of clinical data
• Addiction Clinic: Individual and Relational Aspects
• Addiction Interventions and Clinical Treatments
• Group Psychoeducational Treatments
• The working group and the institutional team
• Theory and Technique of Supervision
• Outdoor therapy
• International seminar in English

In the fourth year of the course, the didactic-training activity will be almost entirely of an active and
and will be carried out through clinical seminars, supervision groups and review of the
professional practice.
From an organizational point of view, the didactic-training activity will be organized in three-day modules
(about one every three weeks). On some days, teaching activities will be delivered remotely
(predominantly asynchronously, but connected and integrated with the consequent development of the
face-to-face teaching). There is also an intensive module every year
one-week residential.