This module applies psychodynamic thinking to two specific but broad areas, first to aggression, violence and antisocial behaviour, and second to wider socio political issues such as ageism, refugee care, learning disabilities, racism, childrens fiction, gender and language. Students will consider a wide range of factors involved in violent and antisocial conduct and how these relate to projective processes. They will explore the early foundations of psychological integration and disintegration and the role organisations can play in managing unintegrated and vulnerable children, adolescents and adults. The module then broadens out demonstrating the range of psychodynamic applications in social and health care, culture and society.
Aims
To understand the roots of both physical and psychological violence
To apply psychodynamic concepts to issues related to personality growth through the life cycle
To recognise and consider the wider application of therapeutic techniques from individual to group, to organisation, to community
To recognise the ubiquitous nature of unconscious human interactions in diverse social and cultural phenomena
To use psychodynamic understanding to contemplate psycho social change
Learning Outcomes
To understand the complex antecedents of childhood violence and violence perpetrated upon children
To understand the relationship between attachment, aggression and violence
To be able to more broadly assess the underlying reasons for antisocial behaviour
To recognise the role of projective processes in work with traumatised children, adolescents and adults
To recognise the processes in early life which support psychological integration or lead to disintegration and internal defences
To consider individual, group and organisational interventions with antisocial, hard to reach and violent children, adolescents and adults
To apply therapeutic techniques in planning individual work and service delivery
To look more deeply at ones own personal, professional and political beliefs
Aims
To understand the roots of both physical and psychological violence
To apply psychodynamic concepts to issues related to personality growth through the life cycle
To recognise and consider the wider application of therapeutic techniques from individual to group, to organisation, to community
To recognise the ubiquitous nature of unconscious human interactions in diverse social and cultural phenomena
To use psychodynamic understanding to contemplate psycho social change
Learning Outcomes
To understand the complex antecedents of childhood violence and violence perpetrated upon children
To understand the relationship between attachment, aggression and violence
To be able to more broadly assess the underlying reasons for antisocial behaviour
To recognise the role of projective processes in work with traumatised children, adolescents and adults
To recognise the processes in early life which support psychological integration or lead to disintegration and internal defences
To consider individual, group and organisational interventions with antisocial, hard to reach and violent children, adolescents and adults
To apply therapeutic techniques in planning individual work and service delivery
To look more deeply at ones own personal, professional and political beliefs