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Introduction to the work of Anna Freud

£270.00

Categories: Individual Courses, Intermediate courses
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Description

This course examines Anna Freud’s life, work and legacy through 12 video lectures, delivered by world experts from the British Psychoanalytical Society. The lectures examine all of Anna Freud’s key contributions to the field of Psychoanalysis, and also consider the impact that her work has had on other fields such as medicine and law.

Course Materials:

  • 12 recorded lectures (with subtitles and chapters)
  • A transcript of each lecture
  • Selected articles from the International Journal of Psychoanalysis to accompany each lecture

Completing this course will give you a certificate.

Course Syllabus

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1 – Anna Freud, the Person 2 Topics
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Reading – Anna Freud’s Contributions to Child and Applied Analysis
About the Lecturers – Peter Wilson and Lydia Tischler
2 – The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence 1 Topic
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About the Lecturer – Susan Loden
3 – Anna Freud and Observation 2 Topics
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Reading – Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex
About the Lecturer – Prof. Ken Robinson
4 – Anna Freud and the BPaS 4 Topics
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Reading – On the theory of analysis of children
Reading – Personal memories of Ernest Jones
Reading – The Hampstead War Nurseries and the role of the direct observation of children for Psychoanalysis
About the Lecturer – Prof. Ken Robinson
5A – The Well Baby Clinic 1 Topic
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About the Lecturer – Jennifer Davids
5B – Toddler Groups 2 Topics
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Reading – Observing, playing and supporting development Anna Freud’s toddler groups past and present
About the Lecturer – Marie Zaphiriou Woods
5C – Nursery School
5D – The Hampstead Training
6 – Developmental Thinking (Part 1) 3 Topics
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Reading – The Hampstead Clinic Nursery The First 20 Years (1957 – 1978)
Reading – Separation Anxiety
About the Lecturer – Marie Zaphiriou Woods
7 – Developmental Thinking (Part 2) 3 Topics
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Reading – Analysis of a Phobia in a Five-Year-Old Boy
Reading – The Mutual Influences in the Development of the Ego and Id
About the Lecturer – Angela Joyce
8 – Normality and Pathology 2 Topics
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Reading – Assessments of Childhood Disturbances
About the Lecturer – Dr. Luis Rodriguez de la Sierra
9 – Aggression 3 Topics
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Reading – The Psychoanalytical Concept of Aggression: An Integrated Summary
Reading – Acting out
About the Lecturer – Marianne Parsons
10 – Adolescence 2 Topics
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Reading – Adolescence
About the Lecturer – Peter Wilson
11A – Love and the Law (Part 1) 1 Topic
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About the Lecturer – Jennifer Davids
11B – Love and the Law (Part 2) 3 Topics
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Reading – The Child as a Person in his Own Right
Reading – Anna Freud in Law
About the Lecturer – Jennifer Davids
11 – Implications of Theory for Technique with Adult and Child Patients 2 Topics
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Reading – Anna Freud’s Adult Psychoanalytic Technique: A Defence of Classical Analysis – Arthur S. Couch
About the Lecturer – Prof. Ken Robinson

Lecturer Bio

Jennifer Davids is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society (BPAS) and an adult, child and adolescent psychoanalyst, working in London. She is a supervising analyst for child and adolescent psychoanalysis at the BPAS, and has supervised and taught in the UK, at the Anna Freud Centre, IPCAPA, BPF and the Tavistock clinic, as well as internationally. She has published widely including a book The Nursery Age Child (Karnac books, 2010). Currently she is working on a collection of papers on adoption, siblings, and transference and countertransference in adolescence. Marie Zaphiriou Woods is a child psychotherapist and psychoanalyst working with children, adolescents and adults. She was the manager of the Anna Freud Centre Parent-Toddler Group Service, from 1999 to 2008. She is now a fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society and is also a training analyst for the British Psychotherapy Foundation. She has contributed to several books and publications, including: Parents and Toddlers in Groups (Routledge, 2010).

Angela Joyce is a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst with the British Psychoanalytical Society and a Child Psychoanalyst trained at the Anna Freud Centre, London. There she was a member of the pioneering Parent Infant Project for many years from 1997 and also jointly led the resurgence of child psychotherapy. She now works in private practice in London. She is currently Chair of the Winnicott Trust and a Trustee of the Squiggle Foundation, and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London. She has written numerous papers and contributed to books on early development and parent-infant psychotherapy, and Winnicottian studies. Her latest book is Reading Winnicott (Karnac Books, 2001) and she has also contributed a volume to the Introduction to the Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott (Oxford University Press, 2017).

Dr. Luis Rodriguez de la Sierra is a Training and Supervising Adult and Child and Adolescent Psychoanalyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society. He qualified as a psychiatrist in Barcelona and London, where he also trained as a Group psychotherapist. He has worked for many years in the NHS and at the Anna Freud Centre and currently works in private practice. His publications include Child Analysis Today (Karnac books, 2005) and The Late Teenage Years: From Seventeen to Adulthood (Karnac books, 2013). Marianne Parsons is a child and adult psychoanalyst. She first trained at the Hampstead Clinic (later renamed the Anna Freud Centre) and was Head of the Clinical Training and training analyst and supervisor there. She has taught and supervised on many child and adult psychoanalytic trainings in the UK and abroad. For nearly 20 years she was a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist in the NHS at the Portman Clinic, London, where she was a member of the Violence Research Group led by Mervin Glasser and developed a special interest in young people who act violently. She now works in private practice and is training analyst and supervisor at IPCAPA and chair of its Training Analysis Committee.
Prof. Ken Robinson is Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis at Northumbria University. He is a member of British Psychoanalytical Society and works in private practice. He is a contributor to The Collected Works of Donald Winnicott (Oxford University Press, 2017) and regularly publishes work in Psychoanalytic journals. Jennifer Davids is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society (BPAS) and an adult, child and adolescent psychoanalyst, working in London. She is a supervising analyst for child and adolescent psychoanalysis at the BPAS, and has supervised and taught in the UK, at the Anna Freud Centre, IPCAPA, BPF and the Tavistock clinic, as well as internationally. She has published widely including a book The Nursery Age Child (Karnac books, 2010). Currently she is working on a collection of papers on adoption, siblings, and transference and countertransference in adolescence. Marie Zaphiriou Woods is a child psychotherapist and psychoanalyst working with children, adolescents and adults. She was the manager of the Anna Freud Centre Parent-Toddler Group Service, from 1999 to 2008. She is now a fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society and is also a training analyst for the British Psychotherapy Foundation. She has contributed to several books and publications, including: Parents and Toddlers in Groups (Routledge, 2010).

Angela Joyce is a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst with the British Psychoanalytical Society and a Child Psychoanalyst trained at the Anna Freud Centre, London. There she was a member of the pioneering Parent Infant Project for many years from 1997 and also jointly led the resurgence of child psychotherapy. She now works in private practice in London. She is currently Chair of the Winnicott Trust and a Trustee of the Squiggle Foundation, and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London. She has written numerous papers and contributed to books on early development and parent-infant psychotherapy, and Winnicottian studies. Her latest book is Reading Winnicott (Karnac Books, 2001) and she has also contributed a volume to the Introduction to the Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott (Oxford University Press, 2017).

Dr. Luis Rodriguez de la Sierra is a Training and Supervising Adult and Child and Adolescent Psychoanalyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society. He qualified as a psychiatrist in Barcelona and London, where he also trained as a Group psychotherapist. He has worked for many years in the NHS and at the Anna Freud Centre and currently works in private practice. His publications include Child Analysis Today (Karnac books, 2005) and The Late Teenage Years: From Seventeen to Adulthood (Karnac books, 2013). Marianne Parsons is a child and adult psychoanalyst. She first trained at the Hampstead Clinic (later renamed the Anna Freud Centre) and was Head of the Clinical Training and training analyst and supervisor there. She has taught and supervised on many child and adult psychoanalytic trainings in the UK and abroad. For nearly 20 years she was a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist in the NHS at the Portman Clinic, London, where she was a member of the Violence Research Group led by Mervin Glasser and developed a special interest in young people who act violently. She now works in private practice and is training analyst and supervisor at IPCAPA and chair of its Training Analysis Committee.
Peter Wilson has held senior positions as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist in the NHS, at the Institute of Psychiatry, Peper Harow Therapeutic Community, the Brent Consultation Centre and the Brandon Centre for Adolescents. He was co-founder and Director of the national child mental health charity Young Minds, and the Clinical Adviser to the Place2Be charity that provides a national counselling service in schools. He has been actively involved in policy developments in the field of child and adolescent mental health services. He trained in child psychoanalysis at the Hampstead Child Therapy Course from 1967 – 1971, under the supervision of Anna Freud. Lydia Tischler is a Fellow of the British Psychotherapy Foundation (BPF), and currently a teaching member of the staff of the Independent Psychoanalytic Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association (IPCAPA). She trained under Anna Freud at the Hampstead Clinic and worked for many years at the Cassel Hospital. She was a founder member of EFPP (European Federation of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy), initiated the training programme in child and adolescent psychotherapy in the Czech Republic, and has taught in Estonia, St Petersburg, and Croatia. Susan Loden is a Training and Supervising Analyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society. She has taught Freud and been involved with the Curriculum of the Institute of Psychoanalysis for many years. She currently works in private practice. Prof. Ken Robinson is Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis at Northumbria University. He is a member of British Psychoanalytical Society and works in private practice. He is a contributor to The Collected Works of Donald Winnicott (Oxford University Press, 2017) and regularly publishes work in Psychoanalytic journals. Jennifer Davids is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society (BPAS) and an adult, child and adolescent psychoanalyst, working in London. She is a supervising analyst for child and adolescent psychoanalysis at the BPAS, and has supervised and taught in the UK, at the Anna Freud Centre, IPCAPA, BPF and the Tavistock clinic, as well as internationally. She has published widely including a book The Nursery Age Child (Karnac books, 2010). Currently she is working on a collection of papers on adoption, siblings, and transference and countertransference in adolescence. Marie Zaphiriou Woods is a child psychotherapist and psychoanalyst working with children, adolescents and adults. She was the manager of the Anna Freud Centre Parent-Toddler Group Service, from 1999 to 2008. She is now a fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society and is also a training analyst for the British Psychotherapy Foundation. She has contributed to several books and publications, including: Parents and Toddlers in Groups (Routledge, 2010).

Angela Joyce is a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst with the British Psychoanalytical Society and a Child Psychoanalyst trained at the Anna Freud Centre, London. There she was a member of the pioneering Parent Infant Project for many years from 1997 and also jointly led the resurgence of child psychotherapy. She now works in private practice in London. She is currently Chair of the Winnicott Trust and a Trustee of the Squiggle Foundation, and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London. She has written numerous papers and contributed to books on early development and parent-infant psychotherapy, and Winnicottian studies. Her latest book is Reading Winnicott (Karnac Books, 2001) and she has also contributed a volume to the Introduction to the Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott (Oxford University Press, 2017).

Dr. Luis Rodriguez de la Sierra is a Training and Supervising Adult and Child and Adolescent Psychoanalyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society. He qualified as a psychiatrist in Barcelona and London, where he also trained as a Group psychotherapist. He has worked for many years in the NHS and at the Anna Freud Centre and currently works in private practice. His publications include Child Analysis Today (Karnac books, 2005) and The Late Teenage Years: From Seventeen to Adulthood (Karnac books, 2013). Marianne Parsons is a child and adult psychoanalyst. She first trained at the Hampstead Clinic (later renamed the Anna Freud Centre) and was Head of the Clinical Training and training analyst and supervisor there. She has taught and supervised on many child and adult psychoanalytic trainings in the UK and abroad. For nearly 20 years she was a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist in the NHS at the Portman Clinic, London, where she was a member of the Violence Research Group led by Mervin Glasser and developed a special interest in young people who act violently. She now works in private practice and is training analyst and supervisor at IPCAPA and chair of its Training Analysis Committee.
Peter Wilson has held senior positions as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist in the NHS, at the Institute of Psychiatry, Peper Harow Therapeutic Community, the Brent Consultation Centre and the Brandon Centre for Adolescents. He was co-founder and Director of the national child mental health charity Young Minds, and the Clinical Adviser to the Place2Be charity that provides a national counselling service in schools. He has been actively involved in policy developments in the field of child and adolescent mental health services. He trained in child psychoanalysis at the Hampstead Child Therapy Course from 1967 – 1971, under the supervision of Anna Freud. Lydia Tischler is a Fellow of the British Psychotherapy Foundation (BPF), and currently a teaching member of the staff of the Independent Psychoanalytic Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association (IPCAPA). She trained under Anna Freud at the Hampstead Clinic and worked for many years at the Cassel Hospital. She was a founder member of EFPP (European Federation of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy), initiated the training programme in child and adolescent psychotherapy in the Czech Republic, and has taught in Estonia, St Petersburg, and Croatia. Susan Loden is a Training and Supervising Analyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society. She has taught Freud and been involved with the Curriculum of the Institute of Psychoanalysis for many years. She currently works in private practice. Prof. Ken Robinson is Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis at Northumbria University. He is a member of British Psychoanalytical Society and works in private practice. He is a contributor to The Collected Works of Donald Winnicott (Oxford University Press, 2017) and regularly publishes work in Psychoanalytic journals. Jennifer Davids is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society (BPAS) and an adult, child and adolescent psychoanalyst, working in London. She is a supervising analyst for child and adolescent psychoanalysis at the BPAS, and has supervised and taught in the UK, at the Anna Freud Centre, IPCAPA, BPF and the Tavistock clinic, as well as internationally. She has published widely including a book The Nursery Age Child (Karnac books, 2010). Currently she is working on a collection of papers on adoption, siblings, and transference and countertransference in adolescence. Marie Zaphiriou Woods is a child psychotherapist and psychoanalyst working with children, adolescents and adults. She was the manager of the Anna Freud Centre Parent-Toddler Group Service, from 1999 to 2008. She is now a fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society and is also a training analyst for the British Psychotherapy Foundation. She has contributed to several books and publications, including: Parents and Toddlers in Groups (Routledge, 2010).

Angela Joyce is a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst with the British Psychoanalytical Society and a Child Psychoanalyst trained at the Anna Freud Centre, London. There she was a member of the pioneering Parent Infant Project for many years from 1997 and also jointly led the resurgence of child psychotherapy. She now works in private practice in London. She is currently Chair of the Winnicott Trust and a Trustee of the Squiggle Foundation, and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London. She has written numerous papers and contributed to books on early development and parent-infant psychotherapy, and Winnicottian studies. Her latest book is Reading Winnicott (Karnac Books, 2001) and she has also contributed a volume to the Introduction to the Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott (Oxford University Press, 2017).

Dr. Luis Rodriguez de la Sierra is a Training and Supervising Adult and Child and Adolescent Psychoanalyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society. He qualified as a psychiatrist in Barcelona and London, where he also trained as a Group psychotherapist. He has worked for many years in the NHS and at the Anna Freud Centre and currently works in private practice. His publications include Child Analysis Today (Karnac books, 2005) and The Late Teenage Years: From Seventeen to Adulthood (Karnac books, 2013). Marianne Parsons is a child and adult psychoanalyst. She first trained at the Hampstead Clinic (later renamed the Anna Freud Centre) and was Head of the Clinical Training and training analyst and supervisor there. She has taught and supervised on many child and adult psychoanalytic trainings in the UK and abroad. For nearly 20 years she was a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist in the NHS at the Portman Clinic, London, where she was a member of the Violence Research Group led by Mervin Glasser and developed a special interest in young people who act violently. She now works in private practice and is training analyst and supervisor at IPCAPA and chair of its Training Analysis Committee.

Course Duration

Access to this course lasts for 6 months from purchase.

Entry Requirements

This course has been designed for people who have taken at least one beginner level course with us.

This course is appropriate for:

  • Students with some level of familiarity of Psychoanalysis
  • Those considering training as a Psychoanalyst

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