Individual and Group Didactic

The word didactic comes from the Greek “didactico,” which means teaching in action. The didactic experience is focused on the student’s professional development and exploring the self as a therapist. This includes all aspects of the student’s personhood. The attitudes, beliefs, values, identity, self-concept, private logic, and self-awareness are some of the aspects that make up who the student is as a therapist. The development of therapeutic skills and sensitivities is a continuing, lifelong challenge. The heart of the therapeutic art is best learned by experience. This learning is accelerated when the student’s personal experiences are explored with deliberate reflection and constructive feedback.

The individual didactic experience is focused on exploring oneself as a therapist with a didactic instructor. Utilizing the Adlerian lifestyle process, the students will learn about their goals, private logic, blind spots and how these may affect one’s work as a professional.

Students have one year to complete 528. Within the year, there cannot be more than two semesters between didactic sessions. Students will need to re-register for 528 if one year has passed since they originally registered or if two semesters have lapsed since the student’s last didactic session.

** The fee for 528 is $750 (10 sessions at $75/hour). Less than 24 hour cancellation notice will be billed at $75 per hour. Excessive cancellations and/or missed appointments may result in not passing the class and having to start over. The fee for 529 Group Didactic is the cost of one credit.

The Group Didactic Experience provides students with an opportunity to increase their understanding and skills in the areas of interpersonal and small-group communication. While the focus is on one’s professional development, one’s personal thoughts, feelings, emotions, and values are the essential elements of this experience. The group comes together in a setting that is safe as well as challenging, a setting in which constructive feedback is encouraged. As members of this didactic group, students are expected to participate with openness, candor, and courage. Students register for the experience after they have completed 5 Individual Didactic meetings. Couples and/or family members may not participate in the same group didactic.