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.
Component 5 – 1

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.

Events

Lezione di apertura del 𝑺𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐 𝒅𝒊 𝑭𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒂 𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒊𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒍’𝑬𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒛𝒂

𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱𝗶̀ 𝟮𝟭 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘇𝗼 alle ore 𝟭𝟲.𝟯𝟬 presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano si terrà la lezione di apertura del 𝑺𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐 𝒅𝒊 𝑭𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒂 𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒊𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒍’𝑬𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒛𝒂 con il nostro Franco Baldini.

Freud is not what they say he is

Saturday 4th of November will be the inauguration of the 2023-24 SPF Seminar.
The aim of the seminar will be to clarify the often misunderstood and misused ideas of the founder of psicanalisys.

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