MDCS40430 Child Psychoanalysis: Theory and Application

Academic Year 2023/2024

The module addresses the application of psychoanalysis in clinical work with children. Included in the module are the following:
- what is the child from a psychoanalytic point of view
- Freud's seminal account of the negotiation of anxiety and the castration complex in ' Analysis of a phobia in a five-year-old boy' [aka the case of Little Hans] and the reading of this in Jacques Lacan's Seminar of 1956 - 1957, the object relation.
- the work and concepts of Melanie Klein who pioneered the psychoanalysis of children
- the contribution of Anna Freud to the application of psychoanalysis to child rearing and education
- the work of Donald Winnicott

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Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the psychoanalytic perspective on what a child is; 2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the case history of Little Hans and why the castration complex is central to it; 3. Demonstrate a critical understanding of different perspectives on the concept of the object in psychoanalysis; 4. Demonstrate knowledge of Kleinian theory and practice; 5. Demonstrate understanding of Winnicott's contribution to the psychoanalysis of children

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

32
Specified Learning Activities

15
Autonomous Student Learning

63
Total

110
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
peer and group work; lectures; critical writing; reflective learning; in-class discussion; case-based learning; student presentations 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

a knowledge of psychoanalysis acquired either at postgraduate level or as informed by professional clinical experience (including personal analysis) and/or other prior learning


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Essay: Non-graded in-class presentation with submission of written report; essay Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students are invited to contact the Programme Leader following receipt of grades to learn from their work

Name Role
Dr Grainne Donohue Tutor
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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