Psychoanalytical Observational Studies MA

COURSE INFORMATION (2010 ENTRY)

2 or 3 years part-time

School of Health, Community and Education Studies
Coach Lane Campus

This is offered to experienced professionals from a variety of professional backgrounds including teaching, social work, nursing, clinical psychology, occupational therapy, art therapy etc.,working with children, young people and their carers who are interested in applying detailed observation and a psychoanalytic framework in their professional work.

Course content can be broadly divided into two areas. Firstly, there are opportunities for experimental learning through the weekly observation of newborn babies in their homes, in the Infant Observation modules. Secondly, students are concurrently offered larger seminar discussions based on reading selected psychoanalytic theory, in particular Freud and Melanie Klein, and recent child development literature. This is in order to compare models of healthy development and to place observational data in a wider academic context. For those wishing to qualify as child psychotherapists, this course forms appropriate pre-clinical training.

N.B. This information applies to 2010 entry - if you are interested in 2011 entry, please contact us

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COURSEWORK AND ASSESSMENT

Students prepare detailed reports of their observations to discuss in small seminar groups comprising students from different professional backgrounds. The reports are submitted at the end of the first year for the assignments. Students read and prepare texts for the theory seminars and submit two theory essays in the first year. In the 2nd year submissions are based on the students\' psychoanalytical conceptual understanding of their observations.

CAREERS

Students undertake the course to enrich their professional work with children and families. The course is also a pre-requisite for application to Clinical Training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy www.nscap.org.uk

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COURSE MODULES

Year 1

TE0213 - INTERACTIVE WORK WITH CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE & PARENTS (CORE, 20 Credits)

TE0214 - Infant Observation 1 (CORE, 20 Credits)

TE0282 - PSYCHOANALYTICAL THEORY 1 (CORE, 10 Credits)

TE0283 - CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH (CORE, 10 Credits)

Year 2

TE0275 - INTERACTIVE WORK WITH CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND PARENTS 2 (CORE, 20 Credits)

TE0285 - Infant Observation II (CORE, 20 Credits)

TE0286 - Psychoanalytic Theory II (CORE, 10 Credits)

TE0287 - YOUNG CHILD OBSERVATION (CORE, 20 Credits)

Year 3

ES0410 - MA Research Project (CORE, 60 Credits)

PP0191 - SYSTEMATIC APPRAISAL (OPTION, 60 Credits)

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