MA Psychoanalytic Studies at University of Essex

The MA Psychoanalytic Studies gives a grounding in psychoanalytic theory and explores its application to the clinical setting, culture and society. It starts with Freud and follows the development of object relations and the British School (Klein, Winnicott, Bion and others), keeping the link to clinical experience.

Department: Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies  |  Duration: 1 year (full-time)  |  Intake: October  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time  |  Location: Colchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules listed include Reading Freud, Psychoanalytic Theory: From Melanie Klein to Jacques Lacan, Clinical and Critical: Contemporary Dialogues in Psychoanalytic Theory, The Psychic Life of Gender, Psychoanalytic Epistemology, Psychoanalysis: Controversies and Contexts, Psychoanalysis and the Psychosocial, and Research Methods and Dissertation.

Career pathways

Graduates progress to a PhD in psychoanalytic studies, to further training in psychoanalysis, Jungian analysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy, or work in clinical and non-clinical settings; many are existing professionals who return to their fields.

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