Psychoanalytic Studies (M.Phil. / P.Grad.Dip.)

Program Overview

This postgraduate program in psychoanalysis explores the unconscious in various contexts, including groups, organizations, and the emotional world of children. Students complete a thesis and take compulsory modules covering topics such as dreams, art, and object relations theory. Graduates pursue careers in counseling, social work, and academia, among others.

Program Outline

Outline:

• The course covers areas such as the unconscious in groups, organizations and society, dreams, dreaming and symbolic life, the emotional world of the child, psychoanalysis and art, clinical states of mind and object relations theory.
• Students are required to complete a thesis on a psychoanalytic theme for submission at the end of the program.
• Students take seven compulsory modules, including a series of research tutorials:
• Psychoanalysis and Art
• Dreams, Dreaming and Symbolic Life
• The Emotional World of the Child
• The Mind-Body Question in Psychoanalysis
• Object Relations Theory
• The Unconscious in Groups, Organizations and Society
• Thesis/ Dissertation

Careers:

• Graduates have pursued careers in counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychiatric nursing, and consultancy.
• A number of graduates also go on to further research and a career in academia.

Other:

• The course is designed for students with a degree in an appropriate Arts, Social Sciences or Science subject or other subject which provides some basis for this course who would like to progress their careers and clinical work and acquire professional knowledge and skills in psychoanalysis.
• The program attracts students from around the world and from a wide mix of backgrounds and age groups.