MA Psychoanalytic Studies

Our course is offered one year full-time, two years part-time or modular (up to five years) Attendance of our short pre-sessional course on Freud is compulsory (except under special circumstances) This is a specially designed intensive course in the most important of Freud’s writings, which will give you an introductory historical and theoretical overview of the development of his thinking Our Freud pre-sessional option allows you to start our MA course in a working cohort of students, with a firm foundation in Freudian concepts “A year went by so quickly, but I still enjoyed my time at Essex a lot I am currently working for a large corporation, with the aim of getting into human resources A module in the course developed my interest in how people relate within working environments, how groups choose leaders, and how to increase productivity I learnt a lot from my excellent lecturers " Iliana Juarez Sandoval, MA Psychoanalytic Studies Our expert staff Our Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies is internationally recognised as one of the leading centres for work that focuses on the role of the unconscious mind in mental health, as well as in culture and society generally Our research and teaching is deeply grounded in knowledge deriving from clinical practice, to which our highest standards of academic thinking are then applied The Centre consistently achieves top ten rankings in the UK's research assessments, most recently in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework Being located within the UK’s leading university of the study of social sciences means you are surrounded by strong departments that fully support and enhance our work This allows you to gain the opportunity to work with and be taught by senior clinicians and world-class scholars in their fields Specialist facilities If you are studying within our Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, you will have access to our extensive facilities to aid your learning and research ...