In this two semester, introductory program, students will be introduced to concepts that lie at the heart of psychoanalysis. The course is both theoretical and practical, with an emphasis on the famous case studies that Freud used to introduce his discovery of the unconscious. It also explores the conceptual fame works that different schools of psychoanalysis have used to construct models of intervention.
Psychoanalysis is both a body of theory and a clinical praxis. It also has a powerful research function. All these will be touched upon in the course over the duration of the year. In one and a half hour, weekly seminars, the teaching will cover the basic ideas of psychoanalytic practice, and the way they are implemented in the clinic.
As the source from which all psychotherapies derive, psychoanalysis aims most potently to produce truthful knowledge, and this will be a theme of the course, which is suitable for both those who intend to practice clinically, and others with a more general interest. Over the many years the course has been running, this seminar format has proved an accessible way to introduce psychoanalysis.
The course consists of 24 seminars over two semesters:
Day: Thursdays
Time: 7.30pm-9.00pm
Semester 1: March 5th – June 11th
Semester 2: August 1st – October 3rd
Venue: Treacy Conference Centre, Parkville
Contact: Dr Peter Ellingsen (Convenor)
T: 0408 125 076
E: peterjellingsen@gmail.com