The M.A. in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is a two-year taught clinical masters programme. This course provides a theoretical and critical understanding of the principles of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and the professional training necessary to practice this therapeutic method. It is designed for those who seek to attain the professional position of psychotherapist or those who wish to apply psychotherapeutic principles to their working environments and employment practices. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is formulated from psychoanalysis, a discipline that is based on the work of Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has an undisputed place in Western culture and many of its concepts inform diverse fields of intellectual and artistic enquiry, such as law, psychology, sociology, literary and cultural criticism, film theory, gender studies and theories of sexuality. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is an approach to psychological suffering referred to as the "talking cure". The "talking cure" involves the act of speaking on the part of an individual to a psychotherapist who is trained to listen. The kind of listening involved rests on a particular concept of the way the mind functions, as a complex entity that resonates with both conscious and unconscious thoughts. The ability to listen calmly and without prejudice to another who is speaking requires considerable training.

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