Welcome to the Psychoanalysis Unit, part of the Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at UCL. Since its foundation by Professor Joseph Sandler, the Unit has grown to become the strongest academic base for psychoanalysis in the world. Informed by traditional approaches to psychoanalysis, our interdisciplinary research seeks to address the challenges of the 21st century, such as mental and physical health, financial instability, gender, technology, and the arts.
Courses
Study core psychoanalytic concepts and their application to contemporary issues in wellbeing, society and the arts.
Research
Interdisciplinary research exploring how psychoanalysis informs contemporary issues across mental health, culture, technology and everyday life.
Publications
Our publications present current psychoanalytic thinking applied to modern challenges across clinical practice and everyday life.
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Disturbance and Creativity
Registration is now open for our winter conference Disturbance and Creativity, taking place on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th November 2026, in-person at UCL and online via Zoom. Click the link below to find out more.
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