Personality Development across the Life Cycle

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Explore the key developmental factors and unconscious processes involved in the emotional life of the child. Think about the interplay of internal and external factors which underlie the development of personality. Engage in psychoanalytic thinking.

Overview

This course is relevant for all professionals working with infants, children, adolescents and adults across a range of settings including education, social care, residential care, and physical and mental health. It is also a perfect opportunity for applicants who have a keen interest in people, to explore a psychoanalytical approach to human development.

The University of Sunderland, in collaboration with the Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (NSCAP) based in Leeds, and local Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists, offers a 30-credit module at Level 7 in Personality Development with funding opportunities available through the University.

This course will examine a range of themes including infancy, puberty, late adolescence, adulthood and old age, and will be delivered by highly experienced clinicians who specialise in these areas of personality development.

Why us?

Delivered in collaboration with the Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (NSCAP) which is a major NHS centre for psychoanalytic practice, research and training, and local psychotherapists
The course will meet the standards set by the ACP (Association of Child Psychotherapists) as part of the entry standards for the Clinical Training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

A unique opportunity to study aspects of child psychotherapy in the North East
Saturday classes, to fit around work commitments

Course structure

There will be ten, half-day sessions (two 1.25 hours plus break) taught once a month on a Saturday with the emphasis being on ordinary development.

Sessions will be facilitated by an experienced psychoanalytic clinician. After registering for the course, you will be asked to purchase ‘Inside Lives’ a book by Margot Waddell about personality development. You will be required to read one chapter of this book related to the relevant stage of development ahead of each of the ten seminars.

The monthly seminars will be divided into two parts. The first part will involve discussion of the reading material itself. The second part will aim to link the theoretical issues discussed in part one to the professional experiences of the participants. In addition to group discussion, the themes will be explored and brought to life via other mediums such as films and literature.

Topics include:

Pregnancy and birth
Infancy
Toddlerhood
Latency
Puberty
Mid-adolescence
Late adolescence
Adulthood
Middle age
Old age

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Facilities

Sessions 1 and 10 will be delivered on City Campus. All other sessions will be delivered online.

Entry requirements

We don’t currently display entry requirements for United States. Please contact the Student Admin team on studentadmin@sunderland.ac.uk or 0191 515 3154.

Normally a degree qualification in any subject is necessary for undertaking the full pre-clinical learning requirements. However, dependent upon an applicant having other recognised qualifications and relevant work experience, applicants without a first degree may be considered.

Fees and finance

ESF funding is available for 12 participants each year. This funding arrangement applies to the area covered by the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (NELEP) Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland. Applicants from those areas must have priority, other areas within the North East may be able to access if places are available.

You are also required to purchase a copy of Inside Lives’ by Margot Waddell which retails for around £28.

This information was correct at the time of publication.

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Contact

Contact the ESF team for further information about applying for this course: 0191 515 3361 / esf@sunderland.ac.uk.

Page last updated: 15 March 2023

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