The Tavistock adult psychoanalytic psychotherapy training (M1)

Entry requirements

In order to undertake this course we ask that you:

• have a working knowledge of psychoanalytic theories and technique
• have a graduate degree
• commit to undertaking intensive, personal psychoanalytic psychotherapy with a BPC-registered psychoanalytic psychotherapist or psychoanalyst of at least five years standing for the duration of the course, meeting a minimum of three times per week
• have a minimum of three years’ clinical experience, including at least 12 months of work with a patient in once weekly psychotherapy, supervised by a highly experienced BPC registered Psychodynamic Psychotherapist or BPC-registered psychoanalytic psychotherapist or psychoanalyst.

We recommend that people applying to this course have had experience of at least two years of a minimum of once weekly personal psychotherapy with a BPC-registered psychoanalytic psychotherapist or psychoanalyst of at least five years standing, but this is not a requirement to be able to apply.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Accredited by the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), this course offers advanced psychoanalytic psychotherapy training within a specialist Mental Health Trust, preparing graduates for work in a wide variety of settings.

It offers a unique combination of intensive analytic teaching and practice, alongside additional opportunities to gain experience in the application of psychoanalytic ideas to a variety of patient groups – both in mental health and general medicine.

This course is for clinicians who already have experience in psychodynamic psychotherapy and are interested in developing their skills in intensive psychoanalytic psychotherapy.