Full time
4 years
SEP
Professional Doctorate
Psychotherapy Psychoanalysis
Research
Course overview
This internationally renowned course is a four-year NHS clinical training in child and adolescent psychotherapy. Upon completion, you will qualify as a child and adolescent psychotherapist with eligibility for membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) which is the registering body for the profession. The course is validated by the University of Essex, leading to the award of Professional Doctorate in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (DPsych).
About this course
Over four years, you will undertake taught components, clinical work placements and a research project, attending the Tavistock Centre for training events on Wednesdays each week.
The course consists of the following elements:
You will also undertake clinical work under supervision, as a member of a clinical team and will:
During the first year seminars on research methods and skills, you will be introduced to key research paradigms, quantitative and qualitative health care research methodologies and a range of research designs. You will then be supported to formulate a research question, usually linked to your clinical experience or your workplace, and develop your dissertation proposal for registration for a professional doctorate, to undertake the data collection and writing up of your findings.
You will be fully supported by a research supervisor and will also attend research workshops with your peers. The annual cross-programme research week offers access to the wider research culture at the Tavistock and Portman.
Most places for this course are funded through a national scheme aimed at training the NHS workforce. If you are successful in your application, you will be directed to apply for training posts, one of which you must secure before taking up your place.
For this course (per year)
£27,500
In order to undertake this course, we ask that you: have completed our Working with children, young people and families: a psychoanalytic observational approach (M7) course or equivalent. (Completion must be to at least postgraduate diploma level or to master’s level if you do not already hold a UK honours degree. For overseas qualifications, equivalence of academic level to a UK honours degree can be confirmed by NARIC. An ‘equivalent’ programme will deliver comparable learning outcomes e.g. a two year psychoanalytic baby observation, a one year young infant psychoanalytic observation and two years of work discussion seminars and psychoanalytic theory lectures and seminars)