Psychoanalytic Studies
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Trinity College Dublin

Psychoanalytic Studies

The programme attracts students from around the world and from a wide mix of backgrounds and age groups.

Is This Course For Me?
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.

Subjects taught

Course Content
The course typically covers areas such as the unconscious in groups, organisations 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 programme.

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, Organisations and Society; Thesis/ Dissertation.

Students are required to complete a thesis on a psychoanalytic theme for submission at the end of the programme.

Entry requirements

Admission Requirements
Applications are normally accepted only from persons with a first or upper second-class degree (2.1) in an appropriate Arts, Social Sciences or Science subject.

Application dates

Closing Date: 28th June 2024
Apply via application link above

Register your interest via the course webpage- weblink above

Duration

1 year full-time.

Enrolment dates

Next Intake: September 2024

Post Course Info

Graduates have pursued careers in counselling, 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.

More details
  • Qualification letters

    M. Phil. / P.Grad. Dip.

  • Qualifications

    Postgraduate Diploma (Level 9 NFQ),Degree - Masters (Level 9 NFQ)

  • Attendance type

    Full time,Daytime

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