IPCAPA MASTERCLASS SUPERVISION SERIES

This series offers a live online space for IPCAPA child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapists to present their clinical work to a senior child psychotherapy clinician, in the presence of a professional audience.

It is an opportunity to observe an Independent approach in practice, and to gain a deeper understanding of how we work with children, adolescents and young adults. It is also an opportunity to share thoughts and observations about clinical material from different perspectives which enriches all our work.

We are delighted that Deirdre Dowling is going to be in the supervisor’s chair for this event.

Deirdre is a Consultant Child and Adolescent and Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. She has worked as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with children and families for many years. Previously she was Curriculum Lead for the Independent child psychotherapy training at the British Psychotherapy Foundation, and prior to this she was Head of Child Psychotherapy at the Family Service at the Cassel Hospital, an NHS residential therapeutic assessment and treatment service, in Richmond, Surrey UK.

Alongside private psychotherapy practice, Deirdre provides training, education and consultancy to health and social care professionals on therapeutic work with children, adolescents, and families with complex difficulties, teaching in UK and overseas. She has published 2 books, the first introducing child psychotherapy to professionals and the wider public called: An Independent Practitioner's Introduction to Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: Playing with Ideas (Routledge, 2019), which was the basis for the video series, and she co-edited Supervision in a Changing World: Reflections from Child Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2023).

The event will allow time for thoughts and questions from the audience and we look forward to seeing you. 

Ferelyth Watt – Chair IPCAPA