- Overview
- Syllabus
- What we offer
- Requirements
Overview
The BA in Psychotherapy Studies is a three-year course of studies offered as an evening-time programme. The programme offers an insight into the theory, practice and history of psychotherapy, along with a thorough grounding in the philosophy of the mind. The course is primarily informed by psychoanalysis, which provides the bedrock upon which all modern approaches to psychotherapy and all ‘talking therapies’ ultimately depend.
Each year of the programme is divided into three main streams – Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, and Philosophy. This course provides an excellent foundation in psychotherapeutic and psychoanalytic theory, an understanding of psychotherapeutic practice, and a firm grounding in the philosophy of the self and of the mind.
Students are required to attend lectures each week over a 24 week academic year. These lectures are supported by review material which will be discussed both in during the lectures and in smaller tutorial groups where students are encouraged to participate in a discussion of course material. Students will be provided with printed lecture notes and other material, which will also be available on the College’s intranet, in order to facilitate greater debate and discussion during the seminars and lectures.
Course Start Date
The next intake for undergraduate students is in September 2010
Course Timetable
The evening psychoteraphy degree programme normally runs on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 6pm tto 9.30pm. Detailed timetables will be available in Summer 2010.
Awarding Body
HETAC
Contact Details
For further information contact:
Eve Watson at eve.watson@independentcolleges.ie
Hugh Arthurs at hugh.arthurs@independentcolleges.ie
Course Duration
3 Years
Course Fees
Full time: Evening Degree Programme: €5,980 per annum
Part time: n/a
Syllabus
B.A. YEAR ONE
Psychotherapy I
Addiction I
Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy
Culture and Mental Health
Lifespan Development
Practice of Psychotherapy I
Theoretical Developments I
Psychoanalysis I
Elementary Psychoanalysis
Freud - His Life and Work
Object Relations
On Dreams
Language and Semiotics
Philosophy I
Critical Thinking
Minds and Machines
Philosophy of the Social
Philosophy of Mind
B.A. YEAR TWO
Psychotherapy II
Addiction II
Theoretical Developments II
Book Club
Child & Adolescent
Forensic Psychotherapy I
Practice of Psychotherapy II
Personality Theory
Psychoanalysis II
Conceptual Preludes to Psychoanalysis
Civilisation and Religion
Psychosexual Development
Philosophy II
Consciousness
Moral Psychology
Philosophy of Science
B.A. YEAR THREE
Psychotherapy III
Book Club
Child and Adolescent
Forensic Psychotherapy II
Practice of Psychotherapy II
Theoretical Developments III
Understanding Psychological Testing
Thesis
Psychoanalysis III
Baudrillard and the Death Drive
Psychosexual Development II
Philosophy III
Ethics
Research Methods
What We Offer
This course will be of particular interest to those who are intrigued by questions about how the mind works and are interested in exploring these questions in a structured academic manner. The aim of the course is to provide a foundation in the knowledge and understanding that underpins psychotherapy. The course focuses on learning about what motivates people and how and why people’s interests and motivations sometimes veer away from the norm and can lead them into difficulties.
Successful completion of the B.A. programme will allow the student to progress onto the clinical M.A. in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.