Personality Theories & Implications

This course provides a foundation for understanding models of psychotherapy and theories of personality. The development, structure, and functioning of personality, as it applies to pathology, and to fostering change and wellbeing is reviewed. The focus is on the three central approaches: dynamic, behavioural–cognitive, and existential-humanistic. Expressive Arts Therapy principals are contextualized and examined in relation to the theories. [60hrs]