Learning Outcomes:
The student will be able to:1) Demonstrate a sound understanding of the tenets of psychoanalytic technique 2) Develop proficiency in oral presentation 3) Attend to and engage in an informed and supportive critique of the clinical work of peers 4) Demonstrate a capacity to work therapeutically with patients following psychoanalytic principles.
Indicative Module Content:
The supervision of ongoing clinical practice takes place in two forms: individual and small group. Individual supervision occurs weekly over a minimum 30 weeks. Small group supervision occurs fortnightly. The supervision of ongoing clinical practice takes place in two modes:
small group supervision (maximum four trainees per group in line with professional body standards)
one-to-one individual supervision
The objective of these two modes of supervision is to provide students with regular direction for their practice to follow specifically psychoanalytic principles. Students engage in speaking about their practice, questioning the basis of their formulations and interventions as well as encountering the limits of the knowledge of the practitioner. Students are , directed and supported to maintain at least two people in their psychoanalytic psychotherapy and reach the required amount of practice as per professional body requirements.
The evolving complexity of ethical and theoretical questions around the direction of the treatment as these relate to interpretation, transference etc are privileged, with key Freudian and Lacanian texts acting as the theoretical prism through which clinical situations are viewed.