The Clinical and Expert Interview

The aim of this Postgraduate Certificate is to achieve specialist knowledge in this area. The course is unique in its design, allowing the psychologist to successfully master the process of the psychological interview”

In this course, psychologists will find an effective and complete guide in order to become specialists in carrying out interviews both in the clinical and expert field.

Update your knowledge through the Postgraduate Certificate in The Clinical and Expert Interview, in a practical way and adapted to your needs”

This Postgraduate Certificate in The Clinical and Expert Interview contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• Clinical cases presented by experts in psychology. The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice.
• The latest diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in The Clinical and Expert Interview.
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course.
• With special emphasis on evidence-based psychology and research methodologies in psychology
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection.

This Postgraduate Certificate may be the best investment you can make when choosing a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in The Clinical and Expert Interview, you will obtain a Postgraduate Certificate from TECH Technological University"

Forming part of the teaching staff is a group of professionals in the world of psychology who bring to this course their work experience, as well as a group of renowned specialists, recognised by esteemed scientific communities.

The multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training program to train in real situations.

Problem-Based Learning underpins this program design, and the doctor must use it to try and solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the course. For this reason, you will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of psychology with extensive teaching experience.

The Postgraduate Certificate includes real clinical cases and exercises to bring the course closer to the psychologist’s clinical practice"

The structure of the contents has been designed by a team of professionals knowledgeable about the implications of specialization in daily psychological practice and who are aware of the current relevance of training to be able to act correctly in cases of patients with mental pathologies and psychological needs and are committed to quality teaching through new educational technologies.

This Postgraduate Certificate in The Clinical and Expert Interview contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market”

Module 1. The Interview in a Psychotherapeutic Setting

1.1. The interview in a Clinical and Expertise Setting 

1.1.1. Information Theory
1.1.2. Communication Channels
1.1.3. Communication System

1.2. Axioms of the Interview

1.2.1. It is Impossible Not To Communicate
1.2.2. Content and Relationship
1.2.3. Affective Value
1.2.4. Digital and Analog Communication
1.2.5. Symmetry & Asymmetry

1.3. Exploring Communication

1.3.1. Verbal Communication
1.3.2. Non-Verbal Communication
1.3.3. Double Bond
1.3.4. A Gesture is Worth a Thousand Words

1.4. Medical History According to Which Model is Used

1.4.1. Personal
1.4.2. Family Environment
1.4.3. Generational

1.5. Anamnesis from the Limited Time Psychotherapy

1.5.1. Psychopathological Biography
1.5.2. Biography of Medical Diseases
1.5.3. Biography and Relationships Social Point of View

1.6. General Structure of the Mental Examination

1.6.1. Psychopathology and Normality

1.7. Semiology. Signs and Symptoms

1.7.1. Awareness
1.7.2. Attention
1.7.3. Memory
1.7.4. Intelligence.
1.7.5. Perception
1.7.6. Affectivity
1.7.7. Physical Signs
1.7.8. Motor Skills
1.7.9. Cognitive Area

1.8. Epistemology of Diagnosis

1.8.1. Descriptive Syndromic Diagnosis Versus Disease
1.8.2. Nosology Categorical Versus Dimensional Diagnosis

1.9. Multiple Diagnoses and Comorbidity

1.9.1. Types of Comorbidity
1.9.2. Axis I and II Comorbidity
1.9.3. Comorbidity of Personality Disorders and Mood Disorders

1.10. Clinical Versus Forensic Criteria

1.10.1. Compliance Lines of the Forensic Psychologist
1.10.2. Code of Ethics

1.11. Expert Interview Biases to Avoid

1.11.1. Forced Choice Questions
1.11.2. Open-Ended Questions
1.11.3. Other Types of Questions

A unique, key, and decisive training experience to boost your professional development”