Integrating Psychoanalytic Thinking into Psychology
Module 1 – Introduction to Psychoanalytic Thinking
Key Info
Duration
10 Weeks
Starting
To be confirmed
Location
On-line
Contacts
info@icinstitute.co.uk
Fee
£295
Overview
An online programme, running over three terms, to deepen the theoretical understanding and practice of psychoanalysis/psychoanalytic psychotherapy, as relevant to clinical and counselling psychology.
This course explores central aspects of the analytic situation, comparing different approaches, especially within the relational school. Participants will be able to critically evaluate multiple conceptualizations of the unconscious, transference, the self and the object, mechanisms of change, and their clinical implications.
Throughout the course, students will be invited to reflect on how to integrate psychoanalytic ideas into their psychological work, exploring approaches to assessment and formulation, treatment planning, and common therapeutic dilemmas.
This programme is taught with reference to the Centre for Outcomes Research Effectiveness (A British Psychological Society partnership) competence frameworks for the delivery of effective psychological interventions.
Module 1 introduces key psychoanalytic concepts, with a focus on relational theory.
The course is a facilitated, self-study, online programme that includes both live and pre-recorded lectures. The group is managed by a facilitation team, who are available to answer questions and provide guidance.
Module Programme
Every week you will be able to access a video recorded lecture and a list of additional reading material. In week 5 and 10 there will be two additional live webinars with Dr Tanya Lecchi. For students interested in sharing the learning experience with other participants, the facilitators will create small study groups, who can meet between sessions (this part of the programme is not compulsory).
- Week 1 – Introduction to the psychoanalytic situation
- Week 2 – The unconscious
- Week 3 – Transference
- Week 4 – Object relations
- Week 5 – The self
Live Q&A Session
- Week 6 – Psychoanalytic formulation
- Week 7 – Intersubjectivity
- Week 8 – Enactments
- Week 9 – Rupture and repair
- Week 10 – The therapeutic process
Live Q&A Session
At the end of the module, you will receive a certificate of participation.
Course Leader
Dr. Tanya Lecchi
Tanya is a BPS Chartered Psychologist, Registered Counselling and Clinical Psychologist (HCPC), Relational Psychotherapist, Mindfulness Teacher, and Senior Research Fellow.
She has extensive training in a range of approaches to therapeutic work, with a focus on psychodynamic approaches and relational models. She has 15 years of experience in providing psychological assessment and treatment to adults, families, children and young people in different care settings, including the hospital environment and private practice.
Tanya is a lecturer on the DPsych at City, University of London, and a senior research tutor and a senior research fellow within the Child Attachment and Psychological Therapies Research Unit (ChAPTRe) at the Anna Freud Centre.