Clinical Psychotherapy

Entry requirements

A minimum 2:1 undergraduate Bachelor's (honours) degree.

If you have a lower degree classification, or a degree in an unrelated subject, your application may be considered if you can demonstrate significant relevant work experience, or offer a related graduate qualification (such as a Masters or PGDip).

Months of entry

September

Course content

This is a unique course that brings together psychoanalytic thought with biological and cognitive processes as well as a strong foundation in research methods and analysis. Study at King's renowned Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) where you will learn from world-leading experts and practising psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and psychiatrists.

You will be introduced to foundational papers and social topics in psychoanalysis from psychosomatic disorders to neuroscience, as well as research-led advances in biological and cognitive processes, individual differences, and social processes.

Key benefits

• Unrivalled access to international experts across clinical and basic sciences.
• South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust offers the widest range of mental health services in the UK and provides specialist National NHS services.
• State-of-the-art equipment: Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, MRC Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (the only Mental Health specific centre of its kind). Access to EEG and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in Centre for Affective Disorders.
• Clinical placements: offers students the opportunity to gain insight into the experience of working within a clinical setting in a variety of services in the South London and Maudsley (SLAM) NHS Foundation Trust and related disciplines within the wider King's Health Partners (KHP). The placement is observational and will complement academic learning by providing real-world context for mental health care.