Personality Development

Series of 7 Seminars: Manchester and Leeds

This course provides a detailed introduction to the key developmental factors and unconscious processes involved in the emotional life of the child and family from before birth to young adulthood. The course is held over a series of seven Saturdays and is suitable for all professionals working with children, adolescents and adults.

This course covers:

The consideration of internal and external factors at work in the infant's developing sense of self
The child's relationship to his/her world and the nature of family interaction
Family functioning and the culture which supports the gradual growth of the personality
The psychic process of the latency years
The nature and function of adolescence and the striving towards independence and adulthood
Problems encountered during adolescence and the ongoing influence of earlier phases of life on apparently adult concerns

Participants are be invited to think about the interplay of internal and external factors which underlie the development of personality throughout the lifecycle. Although participants can opt into selected seminars, the course is intended to highlight the impact on later development of earlier emotional experience across the age range and therefore the course will be most meaningful if the entire series is attended.

For further information and an application form please see downloads on this page or contact the Course Administrator on 0113 3058750. The 2011/12 courses have now commenced but it may still be possible to attend individual seminars. The next full series will start in November 2012.