PSY 308 Clinical Psychology

2021-2022 Academic Year / Spring Term

Course Day/Time: Friday, 11:00 – 13:20 Classroom: A172
Instructor: Yankı Süsen, Ph.D.
E-mail: yanki_susen@hotmail.com
Office Hours: Please request appointment 

Course Goals

The main aim of the course is to teach areas of work for clinical psychologists, their roles,
responsibilities and ways of becoming a well-equipped clinical psychologist, psychopathology, to
handle the topics such as psychopathology, assessment methods and psychotherapy approaches with
the main lines.

Textbook

Linden, W., & Hewitt, P. L. (2012). Clinical psychology: A modern health profession. Boston:Pearson

Assessment

Midterm % 40
Final % 60

Midterm (40%): The midterm will be in person. It will include the chapters covered until the exam
and may consist of multiple-choice, true-false, and short essay questions.

 University’s make-up policy will be followed. If you do miss an exam and have no valid and
well-documented excuse, you will be assigned a 0 for that exam and will not be allowed to re-
place it with the make-up exam.
 If a make-up exam is scheduled, it may vary in format from the scheduled exam. 
 Make-up or resit examination will be in essay or fill-in-the-blanks format without any key
words.

Final (40%): The final will be in person. It will include the chapters covered after the midterm exam
and may consist of multiple-choice, true-false, and short essay questions.

Lecture Dates and Topics

25.02.22 Introduction to Course

04.03.22 Being & Becoming a Clinical Psychologist (Chapter 1 & 2)
11.03.22 Methods for Rearch and Evaluation (Chapter 3)
18.03.22 Ethical Decision Making (Chapter 4)
25.03.22 The Nature of Psychopathology (Chapter 5)
01.04.22 No Class
08.04.22 Overview of Assessment (Chapter 6)
15.04.22 Midterm
22.04.22 Psychodiagnostic Assessment (Chapter 7)
29.04.22 Cognitive and Neuropsychological Assessment (Chapter 8)
06.05.22 Behavioral and Biological Assessment (Chapter 9)
13.05.22 The Process of Psychotherapy (Chapter 10)
20.05.22 Psychotherapies – I (Chapter 11)
27.05.22 Psychotherapies – II (Chapter 12)
03.06.22 General Overview

Note: The instructor reserves the right to alter items in this syllabus via verbal instruction in class. The student is
responsible for taking notes of any such change(s) and acting accordingly.