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Apply for the Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy Training

Applications are processed on a first come first served basis. There is a non-refundable application fee of £75 to cover administrative costs. After completing your application form, you will be taken to a separate page to pay the application fee. We will not be able to consider your application until the application fee is paid. If you have any questions about this course or making an application, please email: [email protected]

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Psychodynamic or Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy

This new specialist training will prepare you to work as a Psychodynamic or Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapist (PPIP). During this 2-year course, you will draw upon psychoanalytic theory, developmental psychology, and other contemporary ideas about infant mental health and parent-infant relationships to offer PPIP to parents and infants under supervision. This work can take place from pregnancy through to the child’s second year. This course is delivered in a hybrid format with a mix of online and in-person study.

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Applicants are required to have completed an observation course in psychoanalytic parent-infant observation for a minimum of one year. Applicants may undertake this observation alongside the PIP Specialist Training if they have not yet done so. 
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