- Acquire a clear knowledge and understanding of the role of psychiatry and other mental health discourses and practices in order to be able to work collaboratively with other professionals.
- Apply the knowledge and experience gained on the programme to practice psychotherapy form a psychoanalytic position.
- Apply their knowledge and understanding in producing a master's level thesis demonstrating robust research competencies compatible with the psychoanalytic field.
- Communicate how the practitioner’s own experience of psychoanalysis is indispensable to its practice.
- Demonstrate the capacity to learn from supervision through engagement in weekly clinical supervision groups as well as weekly individual supervision.
- Display a systematic understanding of Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalytic theory and the informed clinical application of these theories.
- Establish, conduct and maintain a psychotherapy practice in accordance with the principles of psychoanalysis.
- Understand the principles of a clinical practice guided by the ethics of psychoanalysis as well as being competent in following the principles of ethical practice as required in contemporary health and social care practices.
This course is available through the following application route(s)
This part-time 2 year programme provides a critical and theoretical understanding of the principles underlying psychoanalytic psychotherapy and contributes to the professional training necessary to undertake this therapeutic method with adults. Since its inception, the programme has produced over 200 graduates. It caters largely for mental health professionals, which include doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, therapists, counsellors and nurses.
This part-time 2 year programme provides a critical and theoretical understanding of the principles underlying psychoanalytic psychotherapy and contributes to the professional training necessary to undertake this therapeutic method with adults. As a clinical practice, psychoanalytic psychotherapy derives from psychoanalysis, a discipline which is based on the pioneering work of Sigmund Freud. In addition to Freud, since its inception in 1984, the course content has been strongly marked by the work of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1901 – 1980) and his re-reading of Freud’s work, making it the only course of its kind in Ireland with this distinctive theoretical underpinning.
By way of background, psychoanalysis is a field of study informed by a therapeutic method which privileges the unconscious processes of the mind. This focus on unconscious processes and the laws governing them remains central to the clinical practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. In addition to its clinical focus, psychoanalysis has an undisputed place in contemporary culture with many of its concepts informing diverse fields of academic and artistic enquiry ranging from law, sociology, anthropology, psychology and psychiatry to philosophy, literary criticism, the arts, women’s studies and queer studies. The link between clinical relevance and contemporary cultural concerns is given emphasis in this programme.
About This Course
MSc Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (X167) Part Time
EU fee per year - € 8900
nonEU fee per year - € 14550
***Fees are subject to change
EU fee per year - € 8900
nonEU fee per year - € 14550
***Fees are subject to change
For more information on course fees please visit the Fees & Grants Office website and search under “Course/Programme Fees
The yearly fee includes the cost of 25 weeks of individual supervision. The cost of personal analysis/psychoanalytic psychotherapy is separately borne.
Part Time option suitable for:
Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. No
The course caters largely for:
- Mental health professionals
- Doctors
- Psychiatrists
- Psychologists
- Social workers
- Therapists
- Counsellors
- Nurses
In recent years its remit has broadened to accommodate a range of individuals from other professional backgrounds, ranging from the arts and academia, through to teaching, including business and the law.
The course has produced over 200 graduates, the majority of whom continue to work in their primary professions using psychoanalytic principles to inform that work. Many set up their own private practice, while remaining in personal therapy and supervision. Some become psychoanalysts who remain in personal analysis and additionally make a scholarly contribution to teaching, training and research.
How to Apply
General application route(s) for Irish/UK/EU applicants* for International (non-EU) applicants* to Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy:
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