The School of Freudian Psychoanalysis
is a nonprofit scientific association whose statutory purpose is the research in the psychoanalytical field and to train psychoanalysts based on the tradition started by Sigmund Freud.
Our association was founded in 1983 by a group of psychoanalysts and intellectuals who shared the concern for restoring the rigor that distinguished Freudian psychoanalysis in its naturalist and rationalist foundations.
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is the science of the unconscious established by Sigmund Freud. Its body of theory is constituted by Freud’s milestones and by the contributions of later authors who built thereon without fundamental contradictions. In the preface to the “Dictionary of sexology” by Max Marcuse published in 1922, Freud delineated a more precise and detailed definition of psychoanalysis, according to which this is:
- firstly, a method for investigating psychological processes otherwise inaccessible;
- secondly, a treatment against neurotic disorders, which is based on such investigation;
- thirdly, a body of psychological knowledge obtained in this manner, which gradually accumulates and converges into a new scientific field.
Training
The psychoanalyst’s training
Training cannot be discussed without first remarking the scientific status of psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysts are not shamans or spiritual directors; rather, they are people of science.
The training process
The training process for a psychoanalyst in the School of Freudian Psychoanalysis comprises of: 1. First-level training 2. Bespoke training 3. Second-level training – the Seminar 4. Analytic training 5. Discussion of clinical cases.
Admission requirements
The School welcomes candidates from any academic and cultural background, following an interview or a series of interviews aimed to evaluate the candidate’s cultural, moral and motivational ranks, as well as their psychological stability.