- Overview
- Syllabus
- What we offer
- Requirements
Overview
The M.A. in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is a two-year taught clinical masters programme. This course provides a theoretical and critical understanding of the principles of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and the professional training necessary to practice this therapeutic method. It is designed for those who seek to attain the professional position of psychotherpist or those who wish to apply psychotherapeutic principles to their working environments and employment practices.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is formulated from psychoanalysis, a discipline that is based on the work of Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has an undisputed place in Western culture and many of its concepts inform diverse fields of intellectual and artistic enquiry such as literary theory, law, sociology, cultural criticism, women’s studies and queer theory.
The course is divided into three separate but strongly interconnected strands - psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and philosophy. In addition to psychotherapeutic theory and practice, the course provides a comprehensive philosophy of the self and mind encompassing knowledge, ethics and analytic skills. Students are required to attend lectures each week. Lectures are supported by seminars where students review material discussed in lectures and are encouraged to participate and debate course material and their clinical work. The clinical component of the course comprises taught elements - clinical case studies and clinical practice - and students are required to be engaged in clinical supervision and in personal psychoanalytic psychotherapy or psychoanalysis. Each student is required to have weekly clinical supervision as soon as they begin clincial practice, usually before Christmas in Year 1. The responsibility to arrange clinical practice or placement rests with the student, although the Course Directors will give support and direction in this regard.
In addition to attendance at lectures students are expected to have one further day available for work related to the programme including personal analysis, seeing one’s own clients, attending external individual supervision, and preparing and researching all course work.
Students may opt to take a daytime version of this Masters in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy course which takes place on two days a week, or they may opt for the evening version which takes place on three evenings a week.
The course is recognised by The Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland. (A.P.P.I.)
Course Start Date
20th September 2010
Course Timetable
Detailed Timetables will be availble in Summer 2010. The course typically consists of three evenings study per week.
Awarding Body
HETAC
Contact Details
Eve Watson, Head of Psychoanalysis
Email: eve.watson@independentcolleges.ie
Phone: 01-6725058
Hugh Arthurs, Head of Psychotherapy Training
Email: hugh.arthurs@independentcolleges.ie
Phone: 01-6725058
Course Duration
2 years day time 2 Years evening time
Course Fees
Full time: €6,600 per annum
Part time: €6,600 per annum
Syllabus
M.A. YEAR ONE
Psychotherapy I
Addiction
Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy
Forensic Psychotherapy
The Practice of Psychotherapy
Schools of Thought
Clinical Case Studies
Psychoanalysis I
Elementary Psychoanalysis
The Family and the Oedipus Complex
On Dreams
Philosophy I
Philosophy of the Mind
Philosophy of Science
M.A. YEAR TWO
Psychotherapy II
Addiction II
Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy II
Forensic Psychotherapy II
The Practice of Psychotherapy II
Schools of Thought II
Clinical Case Studies II
Psychoanalysis II
Freud and Religion
Language and Narrative
Psychosexual Development
Philosophy II
Philosophy of Social Science
Research Methods
Thesis
What We Offer
This programme is designed for those who wish to practice as professional psychotherapists, either within the health services or in private practice. The course will also be of interest to those who work with people in other fields and who wish to apply psychotherapeutic principles to their working environments and employment practices.
Psychotherapy aims to assist the individual to overcome the psychological difficulties that he or she might encounter in life. In order to do this, a psychotherapist must have a thorough understanding of how the mind works, how we adopt particular stances in relation to the world and other people, and how we develop particular interests.
Psychotherapy is a field that is rapidly developing in Ireland. Psychotherapists are employed in the health services and in many caring professional organizations which address mental health issues. Some psychotherapists also work in the prison service, dealing with both adult and young offenders. Many psychotherapists in Ireland work in private practice with clients who are referred by their GP or psychiatrist, or who self-refer in order to address particular issues in their lives.
Requirements
In order to gain admission to the M.A. programme, it is usually necessary to have achieved a 2.1 (honours degree) at undergraduate level. However, there are a number of other factors to be taken into account. Applicants to the programme must be 23 years or older in the January of the year of application. Previous experience in the area of counselling/psychotherapy or in a related field will be a distinct advantage.
Applicants must attend for an interview.