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Foundation Degree in Arts - FdA
University of Essex
Full Time
Oct 2026
2 Year
Our Foundation Degree, comprising of one afternoon of teaching a week, offers a theoretical understanding and the practical tools for emotionally grounded therapeutic work with children, adolescents, and adults, whatever your role. Using a psychodynamic framework, the course will help you develop a thorough understanding of the human processes within and around the people who use your service and the people who are trying to help them. We also equip you with an awareness of the wider dimension of organisational dynamics. Put together, these both will contribute to your development as an effective and perceptive practitioner.
How do unconscious dynamics work in individuals, groups and organisations? How can psychodynamic insight be applied to this? Explore how individuals affect one another, how institutions affect those who work there and vice versa. Understand key concepts in psychodynamic thinking and how to apply this to individuals, groups and workplaces.
How do you apply psychodynamic theory to everyday events? What role does the unconscious play in ordinary life? Gain a theoretical and practice-based understanding of psychodynamic observation. Develop practical skills in assessment and case presentation, while becoming more perceptive and reflective of what you observe.
Want to work independently? Keen to learn through practice? Continue your normal work responsibilities and individual casework while receiving expert supervision. Learn to communicate and work effectively in an institutional setting. Take this opportunity to discuss your overall work experience with aspects of your degree scheme in mind.
What are the complexities of human relationships? You will learn and explore different topics, linking relevant theories to clinical observation and connecting them with your work-based practice. Each week you will explore a different topic, through peer-reviewed articles, case studies, anecdotes from professional sources and first-hand DVD diaries of looked after children.
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