CareerFit CourseFinderPsychoanalytic Studies
University College Dublin - UCD
- Course code
- X667
- QQI level
- Level 9
- NFQ type
- —
- Duration
- 2 years part-time. Attendance is on Wednesday afternoon/evening (2.00 – 7.45pm) over 4 semesters from early September to early May each year. The weekly contact hours (4½ hours) combine formal teaching and classroom discussion. Students on the Graduate Diploma are required to attend their own psychoanalysis with a recognised reputable psychoanalytic practitioner. All teaching is carried out in The School of Psychotherapy at St Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4.
- Attendance
- Part time
- CAO points
- —
Dublin
NFQ Level 9
Course summary
Psychoanalysis is a clinical practice inaugurated by Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939). Freud produced an extensive body of theoretical writing articulating his practice and his questions. Practitioners in the field have built on this literature ever since. The Graduate Diploma in Psychoanalytic Studies provides a clinically informed direction for the reading of this body of literature.