The Foundation Course
This new course is aimed at those who seek a deeper knowledge of
psychoanalytic ideas and their application to clinical work. It will be of
particular interest to people who may wish to pursue a future training in
psychoanalysis.
Entry to the course is open to all postgraduate professionals — those working in
the field of mental health (psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors,
psychotherapists, doctors, nurses, social workers and teachers) and other
professionals, as well as recently qualified graduates, who are thinking about a
career in psychoanalysis, but who have not yet had any clinical experience.
Whilst The Introductory Lectures series precedes the Foundation Course, it is
not necessary to have attended The Introductory Lectures before participating in
this course.
The course will normally take place on Thursday evenings between 7.45pm and
10.15 pm throughout the academic year and will offer theoretical seminars (75
minutes) followed by clinical work discussion seminars (75 minutes). Help in
finding a suitable honorary placement may be offered to those participants who
have had no prior experience in the field of mental health.
From 2011, an optional pathway will enable students accepted for the Foundation
Course and for EITHER the MA Psychoanalysis, History and Culture at Birkbeck
College OR the
MSc Theoretical Psychoanalytical Studies at UCL to have their
work on the Foundation Course accredited as part of the degree programme. For
further details, please contact Prof. Mary Target (m.target@ucl.ac.uk)
or Prof. Daniel Pick
(d.pick@bbk.ac.uk). Inquiries about applying for the Foundation Course should continue to be addressed to the Institute of Psychoanalysis: katerina.tsami-cole@iopa.org.
The course fees for the foundation course are £1300 for the academic year. £50 is the application fee and should be sent via a cheque to the Institute of Psychoanalysis along with your application form (please do note that no application forms will be processed until your cheque has cleared). The rest of the course fee (£1250) can be paid in two instalments. The first instalment of £800 is due before the course starts and the last instalment of £450 is due in March. Please note that the first instalment cannot be refunded under any circumstances.
Personal psychoanalysis is not required.
Contact: katerina.tsami-cole@iopa.org.uk
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Theoretical Seminars
The seminars will he chaired by the Chair of the Foundation Course Judith
Jackson. The year will begin with an introduction seminar on psycho-analysis and
the course. Participants will have a chance to meet each other and ask
questions. All the teachers are Members of the British Psychoanalytical
Society, and many are Training Analysts.
Autumn Term
Emotional development and its conflicts
These seminars offer the opportunity to explore psychoanalytic views on
emotional development from infancy to adulthood. Senior psychoanalysts,
experienced in the field of childhood and adolescence will be teaching these
seminars.
Spring Term
Clinical Freud
This term will take the participant through the history of Sigmund Freud's
major discoveries with a focus on the clinical implications of psychoanalysis.
Summer Term
Understanding psychopathology
This term will focus on the psychoanalytic literature on psychopathology such as
paranoia, character disorders, narcissism, psychosis, depression,
psychosomatics, perversion, borderline states and obsessional neurosis.
Clinical Seminars
The clinical seminars will be held in small groups in the second half of the
evening. These groups will be divided according to the level of clinical
experience.
These seminars will provide an opportunity for the participant's work with
patients or their experiences in their work setting to be thought about in some
detail. Experienced psychoanalysts will be leading the groups.
For General Enquiries and an application form please contact the Foundation
Course administrator on 020 7563 5011
Application form page 2 (payment)
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