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Certificate Course on Thematic Appreciation Test: Administration, Interpretation, Quantitative & Qualitative Analysis

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Course Description

Description: The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is one of the most widely used projective techniques for assessing personality, motives, and interpersonal behavior. This certification course provides participants with theoretical foundations, administration and scoring proficiency, and applied interpretation skills required to competently use the TAT in clinical, counseling, and organizational settings. Learning Outcome: By the end of this course, participants will be able to: 1. Demonstrate practical skills in TAT administration with professional standards. 2. Accurately interpret themes, conflicts, and dynamics in TAT stories. 3. Apply TAT findings to understand personality structure and functioning. 4. Use TAT data for diagnosis, treatment planning, and psychological profiling. 5. Exhibit professional ethics in projective testing and client feedback.

Course Fee Seats Limited

₹3000.00

Course Details

Duration
Duration
30 HRS
Duration
Course Label
SkillDevelopment
Certificate
Certificate
Yes
Course Language
English
Duration
Course Mode
Online
Duration
Timings
7 PM - 8 PM
Days
Tuesday and Thursday
Registration Till
25 Aug 2026
Duration
Tentative ClassStart Date
1st Week of September
Duration
Eligible Schools:
Certificate Criteria
Certificate Criteria
75% attendance, 50% score in all Exams/CA

Curriculum Snapshot

Explore the comprehensive course modules

1 Topic 1: Introduction to Projective Techniques, Overview of projective tests, Difference between objective and projective tests/methods

Topic 16: Westen’s Social-Cognitive approach, Coding for motivation and defense mechanisms, Cross-cultural interpretation issues

2 Topic 2: Relevance of TAT in psychological assessment, Ethical issues and informed consent, History and Theoretical Foundations of TAT

Topic 17: Case Analysis and Discussion, Identification of defense mechanisms

3 Topic 3: History and Theoretical Foundations of TAT, Henry Murray’s Need-Press theory, Development of TAT and its evolution

Topic 18: Case Analysis and Discussion, Cross-cultural differences

4 Topic 4: Thematic and dynamic approach to personality, Variations of TAT (CAT, SAT, PAT, etc

Topic 19: Application in Clinical and Organizational Settings, Case-based interpretation, TAT in personality disorders, neurosis, and psychosis

5 Topic 5: Case Analysis and Discussion, Need-Press theory

Topic 20: TAT in counseling, HR, SSB selection, and leadership assessment, Integrating TAT with other tools (Rorschach, MMPI, 16PF, etc.)

6 Topic 6: Case Analysis and Discussion Other theory cases

Topic 21: Report Writing and Feedback, Structure of TAT interpretive reports, Linking TAT findings with case data

7 Topic 7: Structure and Materials of TAT, Description of TAT cards

Topic 22: Giving constructive feedback to clients, Ethics in report dissemination

8 Topic 8: Stimulus properties and symbolic representations, Age, gender, and cultural consideration

Topic 23: Case Analysis and Discussion, Constructive feedback to clients

9 Topic 9: Administration Procedure, Standardized instructions, Rapport building and Recording responses

Topic 24: Ethics in report writing

10 Topic 10: Ethical administration and confidentiality, Adaptations for special populations

Topic 25: Practicum and Case Studies, Practice sessions: administration & scoring, Discussions of anonymized TAT protocols

11 Topic 11: Case Analysis and Discussion, Rapport building

Topic 26: Practicum and Case Studies, Supervised interpretation exercises

12 Topic 12: Case Analysis and Discussion, Ethical administration

Topic 27: Practice Sessions, Administration and scoring

13 Topic 13: Story Analysis and Thematic Coding, Story elements: hero, needs, press, outcomes, tone, Identifying motives (achievement, power, affiliation, intimacy)

Topic 28: Practice Sessions, Discussions of anonymized TAT protocols

14 Topic 14: Narrative structure and emotional tone analysis, Introduction to Murray’s and Bellak’s scoring systems

Topic 29: Case Analysis and Discussion, Supervised administration and interpretation

15 Topic 15: Systems of Scoring and Interpretation, Murray’s Need-Press analysis, Bellak’s TAT system

Topic 30: Case Analysis and Discussion, Supervised interpretation exercises

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Dr. Mridula Mishra

Dr. Mridula Mishra

Professor

Dr. Mridula Mishra, Professor of Psychology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab. Dr. Mridula Mishra has done her Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi in Psychology. Her Ph.D. was on Rorschach Inkblot Test and SIS. She is the first scholar in the world who did Ph.D. on SIS. She has received three times the SIS Best Paper Award in 1992, 1996, and 2000-, and two-times SIS Best Research Award in 2006 and 2008 from SIS Centre, 2020 Muldoon Rd, # 317, Anchorage, Alaska. 99504. USA. She has also received the best paper award in 2020 for the paper title “Reimagining Indian IT sector to achieve $ 5 Trillion aspiration for India by 2025” from UPES India. Dr. Mridula Mishra has more than 26 years of experience in academics, research, and hospitals. In the journey of her academic and professional life, more than 10 M.Phil. and 17 Ph.D students were guided by her. She has conducted more than 10 Ph.D. Viva for various Universities. Her interest areas of teaching and research are HR Analytics, Organizational Behaviour and Psychology. She has 75 research publications with citations 940, H-Index 14 and i10 Index 18 in various Emeralds and Scopus-indexed National and International Journals. She has approximately more than 39 FDP/ Workshop/Seminar attended, conducted, and organized on her expertise areas in India and Abroad. She has 7 professional memberships from various national and international organizations. Till the date she has published 25 Copyrights with the government of India.