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The act of directing one individual or a group of individuals in a certain activity.

The theoretical methodology used in scientific research involving doing background research, constructing an hypothesis, testing it, analysing data and concluding the results.

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Introducing Research Methodology

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Theoretical conceptions of personality, such as psychodynamic theory, humanistic theory or behaviorism.

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Interdisciplinary medical specialty addressing the connection between the social, psychological, and behavioral attitudes and their impact on human processes.

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Psychosomatic Medicine

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The moral standards and procedures, ethical questions and obligations specific to occupations in a health care setting such as respect for human dignity, self-determination, informed consent and patient confidentiality.

The psychological diagnostics strategies, methods and techniques concerning health-related experiences and behaviours as well as mental disorders

The principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions.

The theories of the healthy and psychopathological personality development.

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The institutional, legal and psychosocial practices and regulations related to the practice of psychotherapy.

The consciousness process related to various medical disorders and illnesses and its manifestation and treatment options.

The characteristics, causes and treatment of psychiatric disorders.

Psychiatry is a medical specialty mentioned in the EU Directive 2005/36/EC.

The historical development of counselling and psychological theories, as well as the perspectives, applications, and interviewing and counselling strategies.

The human behaviour and performance with individual differences in ability, personality, interests, learning, and motivation.

The awareness of various effects that medicines have on the patient or client's behaviour, mood and thinking.

Types of support activities and interventions that can reduce stressful events, symptoms or risk and improve the quality of life.

The timeline of the psychotherapeutic schools of practice, their general description, characteristics and fields of application.

The records of the patient`s previous psychotherapeutic problems or disorders.

The criteria of psychiatric diagnoses, the use of the disease classification system, and the theories of psychopathology. The indicators of functional and organic disorders and the types of psychopharmacological medications.

Accept accountability for one`s own professional activities and recognise the limits of one`s own scope of practice and competencies.

Adhere to organisational or department specific standards and guidelines. Understand the motives of the organisation and the common agreements and act accordingly.

Ensure patients/clients are fully informed about the risks and benefits of proposed treatments so they can give informed consent, engaging patients/clients in the process of their care and treatment.

Apply professional and evidence based assessment, goal setting, delivery of intervention and evaluation of clients, taking into account the developmental and contextual history of the clients, within one`s own scope …

Communicate effectively with patients, families and other caregivers, health care professionals, and community partners.

Comply with the regional and national legislation that is relevant to one`s work and apply it in practice.

Contribute to the delivery of coordinated and continuous healthcare.

Assist and guide clients to overcome their personal, social, or psychological issues.

Develop a mutually collaborative therapeutic relationship during treatment, fostering and gaining healthcare users' trust and cooperation.

Make sure that healthcare users are being treated professionally, effectively and safe from harm, adapting techniques and procedures according to the person's needs, abilities or the prevailing conditions.

Follow agreed protocols and guidelines in support of healthcare practice which are provided by healthcare institutions, professional associations, or authorities and also scientific organisations.

Recognise and critically evaluate any possible mental health/illness issues.

Communicate with clients and their carer's, with the patient's permission, to keep them informed about the clients' and patients' progress and safeguarding confidentiality.

Give attention to what other people say, patiently understand points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times; able to listen carefully the needs of customers, …

Keep accurate client records which also satisfy legal and professional standards and ethical obligations in order to facilitate client management, ensuring that all clients' data (including verbal, written and electronic) …

Take responsibility for lifelong learning and continuous professional development. Engage in learning to support and update professional competence. Identify priority areas for professional development based on reflection about own practice …

Help the patient or client identify and anticipate high risk situations or external and internal triggers. Support them in developing better coping strategies and back-up plans in case of future …

Work in sessions with individuals or groups to deliver therapy in a controlled environment.

Promote factors that enhance emotional well-being such as self-acceptance, personal growth, purpose in life, control of one`s environment, spirituality, self-direction and positive relationships.

Identify possible treatment protocols for the challenges to human health within a given community in cases such as infectious diseases of high consequences at the global level.

Routinely evaluate own practice, critically evaluating and monitoring the practice methods and outcomes in consistent, coherent and appropriate ways, being aware of relevant methodologies and utilising feedback from managers, supervisors, …

Use mobile health technologies and e-health (online applications and services) in order to enhance the provided healthcare.

Interact, relate and communicate with individuals from a variety of different cultures, when working in a healthcare environment.

Get an idea of what the healthcare user needs are and visualise the case, the possible solutions, and treatments to be applied.

Conclude the process of the psychotherapeutic relationship, making sure that the patient's needs are met.

Conduct risk assessment procedures, making use of any tools or guidelines. Recognise language used by the patient that might imply harm to self or others asking direct questions if required. …

Make an informed choice about which type of psychotherapeutic intervention to apply when working with patients, according to their needs.

Identify a possible end point of therapeutic interventions with the patient in accordance with their original goals.

Encourage the healthcare user to engage in self-monitoring by conducting situational and developmental analyses on him- or herself. Assist the healthcare user to develop a degree of self-critique and self-analysis …

Adopt a critical attitude towards existing psychotherapy models and their applicability to individual clients.

Facilitate the process of self-discovery for the healthcare user, helping them to learn about their condition and become more aware of and in control of moods, feelings, thoughts, behaviour, and …

Compose an individualised treatment plan in collaboration with the individual, striving to match his or her needs, situation, and treatment goals to maximise the probability of therapeutic gain; considering any …

Assess the competences, needs, and limitations of people affected by trauma, referring the patients to specialised trauma services where appropriate.

Keep up with current trends and debates in mental health services, being aware of changes in social, cultural, and political thinking about psychotherapy and of the interplay of various theories. …

Develop and monitor personal qualities as a professional psychotherapist, ensuring resilience, the ability to manage complex and unpredictable behavior and taking appropriate action when required

Establish, manage and maintain the therapeutic relationship between psychotherapist and patient and client in a safe, respectful and effective way. Establish a working alliance and self-awareness in the relationship. Make …

Monitor therapeutic progress and modify treatment according to each patient's condition.

Encourage the patient's motivation to change and promote the belief that therapy can help, using techniques and treatment engagement procedures for this purpose.

Explain mental health issues in simple and understandable ways, helping de-pathologise and de-stigmatise common mental health stereotypes and condemning prejudicial or discriminatory behaviours, systems, institutions, practices, and attitudes that are …

Create and maintain a suitable environment for the psychotherapy to take place, making sure the space is safe, welcoming, consistent with the ethos of the psychotherapy, and meeting the needs …

Keep track of and record the process and results of the treatment used in the psychotherapy process.

React accordingly when a healthcare user becomes hyper-manic, panicky, extremely distressed, agressive, violent, or suicidal, following appropriate training if working in contexts where patients go through extreme emotions regularly.

Use clinical reasoning techniques and clinical judgement when applying a range of appropriate assessment techniques, such as mental status assessment, diagnosis, dynamic formulation, and potential treatment planning.

Use psychotherapeutic interventions suited to the different stages of treatment.

Work with body and mind issues such as the spectrum of human sexuality and psychosomatic ailments.

Work with healthcare users who are using prescribed medications and other drugs.

Work with the patterns of a patient or client's psychological behaviour, which may be outside of their conscious awareness, such as non-verbal and pre-verbal patterns, clinical processes of defence mechanisms, …

Geriatrics is a medical specialty mentioned in the EU Directive 2005/36/EC.

Psychomotor observation and therapy in adults, children and persons with an intellectual disability meant to tackle the psychiatric problems of a person.

The types of psychoanalytic theories and techniques that relate to the unconscious mental processes

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Paediatrics is a medical specialty mentioned in the EU Directive 2005/36/EC.

The discipline that concerns the theory and practice of education including the various instructional methods for educating individuals or groups.

The methods and procedures used to help an ill or injured person restore lost skills and regain self-sufficiency and control.

Apply a broad range of bio-medical, psycho-social, organisational, educational, and societal aspects of health, disease, and healthcare to improve healthcare services and to improve quality of life.

Employ a set of organisational techniques and procedures which facilitate the achievement of the goals set. Use these resources efficiently and sustainably, and show flexibility when required.

Assess the signs and be well-prepared for a situation that poses an immediate threat to a person's health, security, property or environment.

Offer evidence-based advice on how to avoid ill health, educate and advise individuals and their carers on how to prevent ill health and/or be able to advise how to improve …

Use foreign languages for conducting and collaborating in health-related research.

Communicate in foreign languages with healthcare users, their carers, or services providers. Use foreign languages to faciliate patient care according to the needs of the patient.

Set up a proper procedure to manage appointments, including policies related to cancellation and nonappearance.

Provide useful information related to health care professions to ensure policy decisions are made in the benefit of communities.

Promote inclusion in health care and social services and respect diversity of beliefs, culture, values and preferences, keeping in mind the importance of equality and diversity issues.

Provide evidence based strategies to promote healthy living, disease prevention and management.

Record the healthcare user`s information for the billing of provided medical services.

Participate in the delivery of multidisciplinary health care, and understand the rules and competences of other healthcare related professions.

Manage a number of patients within a given amount of time, striving to provide optimum health services.

Hypnotise a patient to create subconscious change in the form of new responses, thoughts, attitudes, behaviours or feelings.

Conduct psychoanalysis on patients, focusing on unconscious forces that can have a negative effect on their psychological well-being.

Conduct therapy, not addressing people on a strictly individual level but as people in relationships, dealing with the interactions of groups and their interactive patterns and dynamics.

Discuss, if appropriate, treatment plans and progress with physicians, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and other professionals.

Formulate a diagnosis for people with a variety of issues and mental disorders, ranging from short-term personal and emotional problems to severe, chronic mental conditions, recognising and critically evaluating any …

Employ cognitive behavioural treatment techniques for those whose treatment involves cognitive re-training, addressing dysfunctional emotions, maladaptive behaviours and cognitive processes and contents through a variety of systematic procedures.

Provide strategies and support to healthcare users with social difficulties, helping them understand others` verbal and non-verbal behaviour and actions and guiding them in learning to interpret a combination people`s …

Work with individuals on the effects of abuse and trauma such as sexual, physical, psychological, cultural and neglect.

Get involved with the friends, families and other relevant actors important for the client or patient being treated, under the conditions of confidentiality and transparency.