Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy

Our new MA and Postgraduate Diploma in Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy are offered in collaboration with Tavistock Relationships, a leading training and research centre in therapeutic and psycho-educational approaches to supporting couples.

The courses will provide you with the skills and knowledge required for a career as a psychodynamic therapist for couples and individuals. You will gain both an academic qualification and the clinical training requirements for accreditation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Through experiential learning and your own experience of personal psychoanalytic psychotherapy, you will develop an analytical understanding of self and other, and interpersonal dynamics. A diverse range of family structures are also studied on this course and we encourage an inclusive approach to couple relationships through reading, discussion groups and self-reflection.

Key areas of study include:

• how to assess the core issue that can be presented by clients
• the principles of working psychodynamically with a focus on unconscious processes and transference
• key psychoanalytic models of the mind
• the historical development of psychoanalytic thought
• complex theoretical concepts and how they are applied to the couple relationship.

Working with experienced practitioners in the helping professions, you will attend tutorials, weekly clinical seminars, online seminars and supervision, and undertake in-person clinical placements. Teaching and clinical work is based at the Tavistock Relationships' premises in central London, close to Liverpool Street station, with occasional sessions at Birkbeck's Bloomsbury campus.

You will be required to undertake clinical placements in Years 2 and 3 and be in a minimum of once-weekly personal therapy within two months of starting the course.

• Tavistock Relationships is the leading couple therapy centre in London. It has a long history in training, research and best practice.
• You will become part of Tavistock Relationships' alumni group, enabling you to take advantage of its CPD and conferences that will keep you up to date with recent developments in the field and further develop your clinical practice.