Diploma in Working with Adolescents

Tuesdays 9.45am - 12-45pm

Programme Manager: Lynsey Hotchkies
Venue: 23 Magdalen Street, London SE1 2EN
Fee: £1,550

A course that runs over two, ten week terms and requires attendance at 20 weekly seminars and 20 weekly supervision sessions. 

This course takes place on Tuesday mornings, 9.45am - 12.45pm.

Working with adolescents can be demanding, challenging and confusing. This course aims to equip participants with a theoretical model of understanding the adolescent psyche. Adolescence is a specific developmental phase that we go through and needs its own theoretical model, scaling down a model of working with adults is not enough. Adolescents have particular needs and issues which will be considered in detail on this course.

Seminars fous on the specific requirements of working with adolescents within a psychodynamic model. Theory is taught from a psychodynamic perspective including Freudian, Jungian and attachment theories. 

There is clinical case presentation for 1½ hours per week focusing on the client work of course participants.

Selection and Application
Course participants need to be working with up to 3 adolescent clients. This course starts in October 2012 and applications are accepted throughout the year.

Selection is made on the basis of a comprehensively completed application form; a brief statement giving reasons for wishing to complete the course and information on where they work with adolescents. Please note that if a personal interview may be requested at the discretion of WPF Therapy and if so there is an additional charge of £30.

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.

Target Audience
The student body will usually comprise qualified psychodynamic counsellors, psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapists, or school and university counsellors.

Course participants need to be working with up to 3 adolescent clients. This course starts in October 2012 and applications are accepted throughout the year.

Course Tutor
Deborah Gautier has 14 years experience of working as a school counsellor. She is the Head of the Youth Counselling Service at Wimbledon Guild and also provides supervision to several counsellors working with adolescents.. A BACP Senior Accredited counsellor and supervisor, plus a member of BAPPS, Deborah also has a private practice in central London. 

Application Details
For more information and an application form contact the Programme Administrator Jennifer Jones, jennifer.jones@wpf.org.uk, or on 020 7378 2051. Alternatively you can click on DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT to print an application form.

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