What’s the difference between trainings?
All our accredited trainings meet our high standards. They are usually a total of four years, are based on psychoanalytic theory and include supervised practice and extensive personal psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Find all accredited training courses below, organised by training type.
Working with Adults
We accredit a range of courses in different modalities to equip you to work with adults.
All BPC accredited trainings consist of academic teaching, clinical work and personal psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Find out more about the training components on our page about how we accredit trainings.
Once qualified, those who have undertaken a training in forensic psychodynamic psychotherapy and hold membership with the relevant Member Institution, will be eligible to register with the BPC as a forensic psychodynamic psychotherapist.
Forensic psychodynamic psychotherapists are trained to work in the psychodynamic treatment of both perpetrators of criminal acts and victims of criminal acts.
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All BPC accredited trainings consist of academic teaching, clinical work and personal psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Find out more about the training components on our page about how we accredit trainings.
Once qualified, those who have undertaken a training in Jungian analysis and hold membership with the relevant Member Institution, will be eligible to register with the BPC as a Jungian analyst.
Jungian analysts are trained to work with their patient at least three times a week, usually with the patient on a couch. The work is about making conscious the unconscious and uses the patient-therapist relationship as a way to work through issues of everyday life. The theory base emphasises the work of Carl Jung.
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All BPC accredited trainings consist of academic teaching, clinical work and personal psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Find out more about the training components on our page about how we accredit trainings.
Once qualified, those who have undertaken a training in Jungian analysis and hold membership with the relevant Member Institution, will be eligible to register with the BPC as a Jungian analytic psychotherapist.
Jungian analytic psychotherapists are trained to work with their patient three times a week, usually with the patient on a couch. The work is about making conscious the unconscious and uses the patient-therapist relationship as a way to work through issues of everyday life. The theory base emphasises the work of Carl Jung.
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All BPC accredited trainings consist of academic teaching, clinical work and personal psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Find out more about the training components on our page about how we accredit trainings.
Once qualified, those who have undertaken a training in psychoanalysis and hold membership with the relevant Member Institution, will be eligible to register with the BPC as a psychoanalyst.
Psychoanalysts are trained to work with their patient four or five times a week, usually with the patient on a couch. The work is about making conscious the unconscious and uses the patient-therapist relationship as a way to work through issues of everyday life.
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All BPC accredited trainings consist of academic teaching, clinical work and personal psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Find out more about the training components on our page about how we accredit trainings.
Once qualified, those who have undertaken a training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and hold membership with the relevant Member Institution, will be eligible to register with the BPC as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapists are trained to work generally up to 3 times a week, usually with the patient on the couch. The work is about making conscious the unconscious and often uses the patient therapist relationship to work through issues of everyday life.
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All BPC accredited trainings consist of academic teaching, clinical work and personal psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Find out more about the training components on our page about how we accredit trainings.
Once qualified, those who have undertaken a training in psychodynamic counselling and hold membership with the relevant Member Institution, will be eligible to register with the BPC as a psychodynamic counsellor.
Psychodynamic counsellors are trained to work once weekly, generally with the client sitting on a chair. There may be more of an emphasis on everyday life and outside experiences, but links to the unconscious are made.
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Please be aware that completion of some of these trainings does not automatically lead to registration with the BPC, and extra steps may be required. It is important to be clear about this at the start to ensure, for example, that your own training therapist meets BPC standards, as these are higher than the trainings themselves specify.
All BPC accredited trainings consist of academic teaching, clinical work and personal psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Find out more about the training components on our page about how we accredit trainings.
Once qualified, those who have undertaken a training in psychodynamic psychotherapy and hold membership with the relevant Member Institution, will be eligible to register with the BPC as a psychodynamic psychotherapist.
Psychodynamic psychotherapists are trained to work once or twice weekly, generally with the patient sitting in a chair. The work is about making conscious the unconscious and uses the patient-therapist relationship as the focus. There may be more of an emphasis on everyday life and outside experiences.
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Working with Children
We accredit a range of courses in different modalities to equip you to work with children and young people.
All BPC accredited trainings consist of academic teaching, clinical work and personal psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Find out more about the training components on our page about how we accredit trainings.
Once qualified, those who have undertaken a training in psychodynamic counselling with children and hold membership with the relevant Member Institution, will be eligible to register with the BPC as a psychodynamic counsellor working with children.
Psychodynamic counsellors are trained to work once weekly with children and young people. There may be more of an emphasis on everyday life and outside experiences, but links to the unconscious are made.
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All BPC accredited trainings consist of academic teaching, clinical work and personal psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Find out more about the training components on our page about how we accredit trainings.
Once qualified, those who have undertaken a training in psychodynamic psychotherapy and hold membership with the relevant Member Institution, will be eligible to register with the BPC as a child psychodynamic psychotherapist.
Child psychodynamic psychotherapists are trained to work with children and young people, and in some cases families. The work is about making conscious the unconscious and uses the patient-therapist relationship as the focus. There may be more of an emphasis on everyday life and outside experiences.
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Working with Couples
We accredit a range of courses in different modalities to equip you to work with couples.
All BPC accredited trainings consist of academic teaching, clinical work and personal psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Find out more about the training components on our page about how we accredit trainings.
Once qualified, those who have undertaken a training in couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy and hold membership with the relevant Member Institution, will be eligible to register with the BPC as a couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
The work is about making conscious the unconscious and often uses the couple-therapist relationship as the focus.
See below couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy trainings that are currently accredited by us, with links to their website to find out more about the training content, structure, fees, eligibility requirements and the application process.
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