OVERVIEW

A framework of the fundamental concepts of dynamic psychology will be provided starting from Freudian metapsychology. Evolutionary models, theories of motivation, attachment perspective, and infant research will be presented. We will also present some aspects of the psychodynamic clinic from the perspective of intervention in diadic, family and parenting contexts.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Present the stages of emotional-affective development, analysing the main theoretical frameworks of the discipline, their historical development and the models currently most accredited. Identify the links with psychopathological pictures, the concept of normality and the many forms of individual adaptation. Connect theoretical frameworks with taxonomies, individual functioning and a sense of subjective well- being.

TEACHING METHODS

The teaching will consist of a combination of traditional lectures with slides and video, as well as presentations and discussion of clinical cases

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The program will contain the following contents:
Dynamic psychology: the object of study and definition. The Freudian model of the mind, the theoretical presuppositions of the concept of the unconscious. Theory of childhood sexuality: predictive and post-oedipal organization. Neurosis theory and hypotheses about the origin of psychopathology. The relationship between the organization of the internal world and real relations. Notes to the representatives of the British school of object relations; the psychoanalytic psychology of the ego; the psychology of the self and relational models. Attachment theory and multimotional theories. The concept of mentalization and mindfulness: their use in clinical practice. The relationships of dynamic psychology with neuroscience.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

For foreign students, articles in English will be available on request. 

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Second Semester

Class schedule

DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam procedure is in written form (open-ended questions).

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students with DSA certification, disability or other special educational needs are advised to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and examination methods that, in compliance with the objectives of the course, take into account individual learning patterns and provide appropriate compensatory tools.

For foreign students the exam can be taken, in the manner provided, in English.