Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy
Module Descriptions
1.1 Heidegger
and Psychotherapy
The aim of this module is to enable trainees to explore
Heidegger’s Being and Time in a way which brings the therapeutic
nature of the text to the fore, and to examine the text’s relevance
to psychotherapeutic practice. By the end of the course the
trainees will be able to attempt an understanding of Heidegger’s
Being and Time, offer a coherent account of Heidegger's
philosophical method and aims, demonstrate an understanding of
their own relationship to the text and consider the impact of
reading the text on psychotherapeutic practice.
1.2 Existence
and Therapy
The aim of this module is to enable trainees to engage with a
series of philosophical texts which addresses a number of concerns
and interests related to the practice of existential psychotherapy
rather than a settled body of doctrine. Trainees are encouraged to
explore how a merely finite being can express or understand the
idea of the infinite, the eternal, the ‘spirit’, which seems to
haunt mankind. The theme of how in being true to oneself one
expresses the ‘spirit’ will be explored in the work of various
philosophers. Trainees will have the opportunity to explore how
language as a means of expression is essential to the practice of
psychotherapy, given that psychotherapy has been called ‘the
talking cure’.
1.3
Existential Phenomenology and Psychotherapy: The Body and
Sexuality
The aim of this module is to extend the student’s knowledge of
linguistic theory, to recognise how the concept ‘language’ can
involve embodiment and non-verbal communication as well as speech.
The course will draw on ideas ranging from ancient Greek writings
to current thinking, and will also focus on the manner in which
various philosophers have approached the concept of the
spiritual.
2.1 (Under
Review)
2.2
Communication: Language and Spirituality
The aim of this module is to extend the student’s knowledge of
linguistic theory, to recognise how the concept ‘language’ can
involve embodiment and non-verbal communication as well as speech.
The course will draw on ideas ranging from ancient Greek writings
to current thinking, and will also focus on the manner in which
various philosophers have approached the concept of the
spiritual.
2.3
Student-led Seminars
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