The Analytical Psychotherapy Training in the West Midlands

The Analytical Psychotherapy Training at the West Midlands Institute of Psychotherapy, Birmingham was founded in 1990. It aims to provide a learning experience through which its graduates qualify as competent and responsible practitioners of Analytical Psychotherapy. In support of this aim, the Training Committee encourages the ongoing development of a lively, open-minded, and well-informed culture of Analytical Psychotherapy in the West Midlands through an annual series of public lectures.

Our Training Options

The Analytical Psychotherapy Training currently offers three training routes:

• Four-Year Analytical Psychotherapy Training
  Clinical qualifying training leading to BPC registration and professional membership of the West Midlands Institute of Psychotherapy.

• Introduction to Analytical Psychotherapy Course
  For people interested in exploring the principles of analytical psychotherapy without commencing a full qualifying training at this point.

• Two-Year Infant Observation Training

Details of training and how to apply >>

Philosophy of Training

This Training recognises that good practice in Analytical Psychotherapy is rooted not only in a sound understanding of the theory and practice of the profession, but also in the authenticity and creativity of the practitioner’s self-knowledge and participation in the analytic process. The training aims to encourage the development of personal authority in trainees, enabling them to navigate a diversity of approaches to analytical psychotherapy.

In this aim, we remain true to C.G. Jung’s philosophy regarding the ongoing development of autonomous individuals who belong to a culture, not to an orthodoxy of analytical theory and practice. While the teaching programme is grounded in the theories of C.G. Jung and their development by post-Jungians, it also draws widely on psychoanalytic and object-relations theory. All subjects or theories are taught by specialists in their field; together they represent the diversity and richness of analytic experience.