| Course: | Fundamentals of Psychosomatic Relaxation | ||||||||||||||||
| Year: | 3 |
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| Semester: | 1º Semestre |
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| Curricular Unit: | Psicologia e Comportamento Motor |
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| ECTS: | 3.0 |
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| Regent: | Rui Martins |
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| Objectives: | - Is acquainted with the main concepts, the historical evolution of relaxation techniques and methods, and the main theories in psychosomatics; - Knows the historical and epistemological aspects of the Psychosomatic Relaxation (anthropological and social and clinical contexts for the developpment of the practices); - knows the main theories and fundaments in Psychosomatic (psychological approach of F. Dunbar and F. Alexander), neuropsysiological approach, as well as the main contemporaries approaches; - Knows the impact of the Psychosomatic Relaxation on the capacity of mental insight process and its impact in the somatic impact processes; - Knows the different theoretical approaches for the understanding of relaxation in the neuropsysiological and psychotherapeutical plan; - Knows the purposes and the basic methodological principles of intervention in Relaxation. |
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| Contents: | - Historical, conceptual and methodological aspects of psychosomatic relaxation; - Psychosomatic theories – an integrated and holistic vision of human functioning. Main concepts and theoretical fundaments; - Impact of the Psychosomatic Relaxation, in the mind and somatic processes; - Target populations and Contextual specificities of relaxation; - Technical and management aspects of the intervention field of psychosomatic relaxation; - The different theoretical approaches for the understanding and fundament of relaxation practices in the neurophysiologic and psychotherapeutically plan; - Purposes and basic methodological principles of the psychosomatic intervention in relaxation; - technical and methodological aspects of the basic methods of relaxation: Progressive Relaxation; Autogenic Training, Eutonia; Therapeutical Relaxation for Children. |
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| Evaluation: | CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT THEORETICAL PART (90%): The final grade is the mean of the two written tests (1st and 2nd semester). The final grade must to be greater or equal to 10. Grades of each written test must be greater or equal to 7,5. THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL PART(10%): The following parameters are considered: Maturity in psychological and professional domains revealed in practical experiences and in the provision of simulated intervention situations - (10%); Students must obtain a grade greater or equal to 10. Final grade is the arithmetic mean of the theoretical practical assessment. FINAL EXAM: Final examination: a written and an oral exam. |
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| Bibliography: | Ballone, G. ; Neto, E. ; Ortolani, I. (2002). Da Emoção à Lesão. Barueri: Editora Manole Bergès, J. ; Bounes, M. (1985. La Relaxation Thérapeutique Chez l'enfant. Paris : Masson. Brieghel-Muller, G. (1979). Eutonie et Relaxation, deuxiéme édition, Lausanne : Delachaux et Niestlé. Boski, S. (1990). A Relaxação Activa na Escola e em casa. Torres Vedras: Horizontes Pedagógicos. Chemouni, J. (2000) Psychosomatique de l’enfant et de l’adulte. Paris : Nathan Université. Chéné, P. (1998). Sophrologie, fondements et méthodologie. Paris : Ellébore éditions. Doucet, C. (2000). La psychosomatique, Théorie et clinique. Paris : Armand Colin. Filho, J. M. (1992). A Psicossomática Hoje. Porto alegre: Artmed Editora. Jacobson, E. (1974). Progressive Relaxation. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Manent, G. (1991). L’enfant et la relaxation. Barret-le-Bas : Le soufle d’or. (...) |
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