In this module specialist clinical situations and practice issues will be introduced by and developed by visiting professors/lecturers from the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies.
Students will have the opportunity to explore clinical work in specialised areas and to critically consider theoretical issues emerging often out of clinical practice. Visiting professors or lecturers will emphasise the critical context for their work or presentation making it clear which aspects of theory and/or practice are being critically engaged with and why. For example, these may include: working with difficult clients; trauma narratives for refugees, lateness in psychotherapy, the use of silence, researching Sado-Masochism, intergenerational experiences of loss and bereavement and the countertransference of the therapist.
You will use the experience of thinking critically about these presentations to develop the skills of critical analysis which will be applied in the assessment. The assessment involves identifying a chapter or journal paper related to a topic of interest to you, and to which you can apply psychodynamic ideas critically and/or which you can evaluate on the basis of its truth claims. The skills learned in this module were supported in PA223 and PA225, and will help prepare you for the transition into your third year of study where they can be applied to your Long Essay or Dissertation.