Thesis student
Fernanda Bywaters Collado
Clinical Psychologist.
She holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Santiago de Chile and is currently studying for a Master’s degree in Psychology, specialising in Psychoanalytic Theory and Clinical Practice, at Diego Portales University. As part of this programme, she is writing a thesis which examines the concept of temporality in psychoanalytic work with patients with terminal cancer in institutional settings.
Topics
Her main research interests relate to the social studies of medicine and health. Furthermore, in her clinical practice, she is interested in the study of psychoanalytic temporalities and the ways in which corporeality manifests itself in the clinical setting; primarily in research concerning psychoanalytic work with patients with organic illnesses and psychosomatic phenomena.