Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Postgraduate Diploma / MA in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Programme Manager: Stephen Crawford
Venue: 23 Magdalen Street, London SE1 2EN
Fee:

A professional qualification in psychoanalytic psychotherapy to work with patients three times a week.

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Further Details

Other qualified psychodynamic counsellors may also apply through the APEL (Accreditation of Prior Experience and Learning) procedure, available on request from the Training Office.

Prospective trainees must have been in a minimum of three times weekly therapy for at least six months before they begin to see training patients and must remain so for the duration of the course.

Successful completion of this course confers Professional Membership (psychoanalytic psychotherapy) of The Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling, the professional body of WPF Therapy graduates. These members of FPC are eligible for registration as psychoanalytic psychotherapists with BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council).

Written and Spoken English

Please note all applicants must be fluent in written and spoken English.  These are the qualifications in English regarded by WPF Therapy as an acceptable minimum level of competence:

• British Council IELTS at 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any band (see www.ielts.org)
• GCSE grade C
• Cambridge Proficiency Certificate grade C
• Cambridge Advanced Certificate grade C (with no less than 'weak' in any band)

WPF Therapy may require proof prior to the offer of a place.

Course description

• Seminars
There are three years of seminars on psychoanalytic theory and clinical concepts which take place on Thursday afternoons, 1.00pm - 4.30pm. These cover the essential ideas of Freud, Jung, Klein, object relations theory and contemporary critiques. Students are encouraged to think for themselves and relate ideas to clinical practice. The course seeks to raise questions about issues in theory and technique so that trainees can develop their personal approach in working psychoanalytically.

• Clinical Work
Students are required to see two training patients three times per week, one person for two years and one person for eighteen months. Depending on your geographical location we hope to find training patients for you through WPF Therapy's own Clinical Service.

• Infant Observation
Trainees observe a mother and baby from the baby's birth up to a year and bring their observations to a seminar to learn about development and the processes and dynamics of being an observer.

• Psychiatric Placement
Trainees are required to spend one afternoon a week over a period of six months in a psychiatric ward, attending ward rounds and observing the work of the staff in any way possible. It is not a working placement but an observational one.

• Assessment
Trainees are asked to complete five assessments in the WPF Therapy Clinical Service under supervision. Assessment is a vital part of any psychotherapist's work and we aim to help trainees to learn to think through the needs, options and possibilities for each person they assess.

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Postgraduate Diploma / MA in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Details of the written work requirements for the Postgraduate Diploma / MA in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy are available on request.

If you would like to receive further information and application details please contact the Programme Administrator, Jennifer Jones on jennifer.jones@wpf.org.uk, or 020 7378 2051. Alternatively you can download information and application documents below.

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