Child Psychoanalysis Course
This course offers a concise, practical introduction to psychoanalytic principles applied to child development and therapeutic play techniques. Participants will gain skills in creating secure therapeutic environments, conducting assessments, developing psychodynamic treatment plans, and navigating ethical considerations, confidentiality, risk management, countertransference, supervision, and effective collaboration with parents, schools, and multidisciplinary teams.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Child Psychoanalysis Course provides a short, hands-on intro to key psychoanalytic ideas, child growth, and play methods. Learn to set up a safe therapy space, do proper checks, and make psychodynamic plans for cases, while handling ethics, privacy, risks, countertransference, oversight, and good teamwork with parents, schools, and other groups.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Psychoanalytic child assessment: interpret play, drawings, and behaviour in a clinical way.
- Child-focused case formulation: outline conflicts, defences, and attachment styles.
- Playroom technique: apply symbolic play, art, and role-play for deeper understanding.
- Parent and school collaboration: establish firm boundaries and share info properly.
- Countertransference management: rely on supervision and self-care to safeguard the therapy.
Suggested summary
Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.What our students say
FAQs
Who is Elevify? How does it work?
Do the courses have certificates?
Are the courses free?
What is the course workload?
What are the courses like?
How do the courses work?
What is the duration of the courses?
What is the cost or price of the courses?
What is an online course and how does it work?
PDF Course