CPD and Training at The Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships Winter/Spring 2016
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What Our Students Say “Excellent information to be implemented into therapy work.” ‘Psychosexual Workshop - Neurobiology, Desire and Gender Difference’ attendee 2015 Great networking opportunity. Looking at different ways to conceptualise love + infidelity.” ‘What is Love: Understanding adult sexual love, sexual desire and infidelity’ attendee 2015 “It was exceptionally good and felt fresh” ‘Writers on Writing Series: Joan Raphael-Leff’ attendee 2015
“Really wonderful speaker, very energetic and knowledgeable” ‘In Search of a Soulmate’ attendee 2015
Key Highlights Enid Balint Lecture 2016
How to Cure Family Disturbance: Enid Balint and the Creation of Couple Psychoanalysis Friday 26 February, 2016
TCCR Transgender Seminar
When One Partner Transitions: Challenges in Couples’ Work Friday 4 March, 2016
Lesbian Sexuality Conference Lust, Limits and Embodiment Saturday 5 March, 2016
FREE TCCR Open Evening
Relationships Matter. Become a Couple Therapist. Friday 11 March, 2016 1
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Table of Contents Message From Our Director of Training...................................................................................3 About TCCR...........................................................................................................................................4 About CPD Workshops and Seminars......................................................................................6 Living Together with Dementia: 3 day accredited training for health and social care workers in City and Hackney...............................................................................................7 Les Liaisons Dangereuses: The Uses and Abuses of Sex in Couple and Family Relationships.........................................................................................................................8 Attachment Theory: The Impact of Attachment Security on the Couple Relationship...........................................................................................................................9 Francis Grier - La Traviata and Oedipus: A Couple Perspective................................10 Psychosexual Workshop - Neurobiology, Desire and Gender Difference.............11 Writers on Writing - Patrick Casement on ‘Finding the Freedom to Write’..........12 Enid Balint Lecture - How to Cure Family Disturbance: Enid Balint and the Creation of Couple Psychoanalysis.........................................................................................13 TCCR Transgender Seminar - When One Partner Transitions: Challenges in Couples’ Work’..................................................................................................................................14 Lesbian Sexuality Conference - Lust, Limits and Embodiment.................................15 TCCR Open Evening........................................................................................................................16 Psychosexual Workshop - Compulsive Sexual Behaviour and the Couple Relationship........................................................................................................................17 About Professional Training........................................................................................................19 The Psychodynamics of Couple Relationships: Readings in Love and Hate Online Learning & Discusion.......................................................................................................21 Online Clinical Discussion............................................................................................................22 Introduction to Couple Counselling and Psychotherapy..............................................23 MSc in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy: 1 year...............................................24 Certificate in Psychosexual Studies........................................................................................25 MSc in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy...............................................................26 MA in Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy...........................................................................................................................27 MA in Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy....................................................................28 Professional Doctorate in Couple Psychotherapy............................................................29 IAPT Couple Training.......................................................................................................................30 Speaker Biographies.......................................................................................................................31
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Training and Courses at TCCR
Message from our Director of Training Welcome to our catalogue of professional training and continuing professional development courses (CPD). Our training is open to professionals of various backgrounds. Whatever your level of experience in working with couples or clients, our training offers the opportunity to add knowledge of couple work and relationship perspectives to your experience. The quality of couple relationships is at the heart of a number of the challenges facing society today, such as physical and mental health, parent-child relationships and employment. Couple therapy helps not just the individuals involved, but the whole family, including children. If you’re interested in gaining greater insight into a range of relationship dynamics, want to experience emotional and intellectual engagement and gain satisfaction from contributing to couple, family and societal wellbeing, then one of our professional courses may be right for you. On page 19 you will find information about the pathways into training with TCCR. This booklet presents our Winter/Spring schedule of CPD on a range of topics from attachment to sexuality. We aim to provide a high quality, informative, clinically useful and cutting edge programme of workshops, seminars and conferences. Your continuing feedback and suggestions are helpful so that we can meet your developmental needs. We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to TCCR.
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About TCCR
We believe that family stability, good quality relationships and emotional security are the foundations of wellbeing in both individuals and society. Established in 1948, The Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships (TCCR) is a registered charity internationally renowned for delivering and developing advanced practice, training and research in therapeutic and psycho-educational approaches to supporting couples. To ensure that every family can access effective affordable couple interventions to support their relationship and family life, TCCR aims to: • Promote the study and practice of psychotherapy and counselling and its application in a variety of settings • Provide professional clinical services designed to improve the quality of adult couple relationships and alleviate family breakdown • Deliver training, consultancy and innovative programmes which are designed to enhance and develop services to couples and families • Undertake research and publication of work that contributes to and promotes both professional and public understanding of couple and family relationships Why TCCR Our highly experienced, expert staff provide support and advice in a friendly, engaging and stimulating training environment which will equip you for a career in counselling and psychotherapy. We offer • • • •
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About CPD Conferences and Workshops
Winter/Spring 2016
Our aim at TCCR is to create a programme of high-quality, informative and clinically useful CPD. In choosing topics, we aim to ensure we offer fresh subjects to stimulate new thinking and debate as well as continuing to offer repeat workshops for which there is on-going popular demand. Our CPD audience includes couple counsellors and psychotherapists, individual counsellors and psychotherapists, psychosexual therapists, child, family and group psychotherapists. When appropriate, we open events to those in allied professions, such as psychologists, health professionals, social workers and teachers to broaden TCCR’s reach. Our Friday evening seminar series, Writers on Writing, features psychotherapists and analysts who write creatively about their clinical work, including Patrick Casement. The aim is to think about the therapeutic imagination, writing technique and how each of these writers brings their subject to life on the page.
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Living Together with Dementia: 3 day accredited training for health and social care workers in City and Hackney Date: Thursday 14th, Friday 15th and Thursday 21st January 2016 Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm Trainers: The Living Together with Dementia training team Fee: FREE to participants working in City and Hackney only Venue: 10 New Street, London EC2M 4TP Living Together with Dementia (LTwD) aims to improve the quality of life and mental health of couples living together with dementia. This 3 day LTwD training prepares trainees to deliver this intervention to couples through eight to ten home visits. Who this training is for Professional health and social care staff in City and Hackney. TCCR will consider applicants on an individual basis through the application form which can be found at www.tccr.ac.uk and a follow up contact.
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses: The Uses and Abuses of Sex in Couple and Family Relationships Date: Friday 29 January, 2016 Time: 10am - 4pm Trainers: Marion Bower and Madeleine Woof Fees: ÂŁ118 Venue: TCCR Course code: SC61 This workshop looks at the way certain types of sexual behaviour can defend the men and woman involved against psychological breakdown. It examines perversion, defined in terms of a defensive turning away from the facts of life. As we examine the dynamics involved in couples and families we will look at issues for treatment and prevention. Who this lecture is for Anyone working with individuals, couples or families using a psychodynamic perspective.
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Attachment Theory: The Impact of Attachment Security on the Couple Relationship Date: Friday 05 February, 2016 Time: 10am - 4pm Trainers: Stella Vaines and Liz Hamlin Fee: ÂŁ115 (ÂŁ105 if booked and paid for by 24 December 2015) Venue: TCCR Course code: SC4 This workshop is aimed at practitioners working with individuals, couples or families. It will focus on the impact that attachment styles have on forming intimate couple relationships, and how one uses attachment theory when working with couples. Who this conference is for This workshop is open to couple, individual and family psychotherapists and counsellors.
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Francis Grier - La Traviata and Oedipus: A Couple Perspective Date: Saturday 06 February, 2016 Time: 9.30am - 1pm Trainers: Francis Grier Fees: £75 Venue: TCCR Course code: SC60 Francis Grier’s presentation takes a couple perspective on a paper he has recently had published in the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. The audience will be encouraged to associate to their own clinical material which can be discussed in reference to ideas contained in the paper. Grier will be illustrating the main themes of the paper with audio-visual clips from La Traviata. Who this lecture is for This event is open to couple and individual psychotherapists and counsellors.
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Psychosexual Workshop Neurobiology, Desire and Gender Difference Date: Friday 12 February, 2016 Time: 10am - 4pm Trainers: Janice Hiller Fees: ÂŁ115 (ÂŁ105 if booked and paid for by 08 January 2016) Venue: TCCR Course code: SC19C This course aims to de-mystify the role that neuroscience can play in our understanding of sexual intimacy, love and couple responsiveness. The day will include teaching, discussion and case illustrations of how neurobiology and chemistry can be relevant to psychosexual therapy. Who this lecture is for This workshop is open to psychosexual, couple and individual psychotherapists and counsellors.
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Writers on Writing - Patrick Casement on ‘Finding the Freedom to Write’ Date: Friday 12 February, 2016 Time: 6.30pm - 8pm Speaker: Patrick Casement Fees: £40 Venue: TCCR Course code: SC41F Patrick Casement, psychoanalyst and author of five books, considers the kinds of constraints upon writing for publication that lead to writing blocks and inhibition and outlines how he overcame them to discover the freedom to write. Who this lecture is for This lecture is open to couple and individual psychotherapists and counsellors and the general public.
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Enid Balint Lecture - How to Cure Family Disturbance: Enid Balint and the Creation of Couple Psychoanalysis Date: Friday 26 February, 2016 Time: 6.30pm - 8pm Speakers: Susanna Abse (chair), Professor Brett Kahr and Viveka Nyberg Fees: ÂŁ40 Venue: TCCR Course code: SC00 The 2016 Enid Balint Lecture, delivered by Professor Brett Kahr, will address the question of how Enid Eichholz (later Enid Balint) and her colleague Lily Pincus created the couple psychoanalytical movement in Great Britain, and transformed a small post-World War II experimental venture into a solid and creative modality which now informs the treatment of tens of thousands of British couples each year. Who this lecture is for This lecture is open to couple, individual and family psychotherapists and counsellors. 13
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TCCR Transgender Seminar When One Partner Transitions: Challenges in Couples’ Work Date: Friday 04 March, 2016 Time: 6.30pm - 8pm Trainers: Dr. Avgi Saketopoulou, Dr Damian McCann and Dr David Hewison (chair) Fees: £45 Venue: TCCR Course code: SC53 With the help of clinical material from the treatment of a lesbian couple where one partner transitioned to live his life as a man, this presentation highlights the sets of difficulties that tend to arise in such couples. Who this lecture is for This seminar is open to couple, individual and family psychotherapists and counsellors.
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Lesbian Sexuality Conference Lust, Limits and Embodiment Date: Saturday 05 March, 2016 Time: 10am - 4.30pm Trainers: Dr. Avgi Saketopoulou Fees: £135 (£125 if booked and paid for by 28 January 2016) Venue: TCCR Course code: SC50 This conference explores the dimension of the vigorous and lustful physicality that can accompany lesbian sex through engaging with important questions that are especially pertinent to lesbian desire yet are also relevant to all women’s sexuality, both active and imagined. Clinical material will be explored along with psychoanalytic ideas, queer theory and phenomenology. The sharing of appropriately disguised clinical vignettes by the audience is highly encouraged. Who this lecture is for This conference is open to couple, individual and family psychotherapists and counsellors.
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TCCR Open Evening Date: Friday 11 March, 2016 Time: 6.00pm - 8pm Fees: FREE, but registration is required Venue: TCCR, refreshments provided Are you interested in training in Couple Counselling or Psychotherapy? As well as a range of CPD courses and professional training from introductory courses to doctoral programmes, we also have 3 NEW pathways to enable you to become fully trained professionally in couple work. Come and find out about our range of courses and meet course leaders. Register at www.tccr.ac.uk Who this lecture is for Anyone interested in training as a Couple Counsellor, Psychosexual Therapist or Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and to the general public.
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Psychosexual Workshop Compulsive Sexual Behaviour and the Couple Relationship Date: Friday 18 March, 2016 Time: 10am - 4pm Trainers: Janice Hiller Fees: ÂŁ118 (ÂŁ108 if booked and paid for by 05 February 2016) Venue: TCCR Course code: SC19D People struggling with sexually compulsive behaviour, whether online or with various partners, frequently feel overwhelmed and controlled by their impulses, and the impact on couple relationships can be devastating. In this course we will review current thinking on addictive sexual patterns, the underlying causes, and the treatment approaches used to address sexual compulsivity. Who this lecture is for This workshop is open to psychosexual, couple and individual psychotherapists and counsellors.
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Relationships Matter. Become a Couple Therapist.
FREE OPEN EVENING Come and meet our course leaders, have some refreshments and ďŹ nd out more about training as Couple and Psychosexual Therapists.
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Training and Courses at TCCR
About Professional Training Our professional training programmes are designed to meet the demand for expert training in couple counselling, psychotherapy and psychosexual therapy. TCCR offers a ladder of training to suit different practitioner needs, from introductory through to doctoral training programmes. - For those wanting to start couples counselling TCCR’s Introduction to Couple Counselling & Psychotherapy helps develop a basic knowledge of couple relationships and an awareness of human relationships. It offers an enjoyable way to learn about couples with highly experienced tutors. You do not need any previous experience of working with clients to enrol. - For professionals with experience of working with clients or for those who have completed our Introductory Course We offer three NEW pathways to becoming a qualified practitioner: • MA in Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy • MA in Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy • MSc in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy These programmes share a common core curriculum and have differing clinical requirements to meet TCCR and professional body standards. All three courses can lead to taking the highest academic award in the field of Couple Psychotherapy, which is the Professional Doctorate in Couple Psychotherapy. In addition, TCCR also offers the Certificate in Psychosexual Studies for participants who would like to understand more about the couple and the sexual relationship. Our training is validated by the University of East London 19
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Forthcoming Intakes Please note that many training courses fill up, so an early application is always advisable. Training
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Start
The Psychodynamics of Couple 08 January 2016 Relationships: Readings in Love and Hate - Online Learning & Discussion
13 January 2016
Online Clinical Discussion
08 January 2016
13 January 2016
Introduction to Couple Counselling & Psychotherapy
Taking enquiries for April 2016
April 2016 and Summer School dates
Certificate in Psychosexual Studies
19 March 2016
23 April 2016
MA in Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy
06 June 2016
28 September 2016
MA in Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
06 June 2016
28 September 2016
MSc in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy (1 year)
06 June 2016
28 September 2016
MSc in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy
06 June 2016
28 September 2016
Professional Doctorate in Couple Psychotherapy
27 June 2016
28 September 2016
Online Training
Introductory Level
Masters Level
Doctorate Level
How to apply for our courses You can apply for all of our courses by visiting tccr.ac.uk. All of our training courses have application forms to download online, and most of our CPD courses also have the option to book online. How to connect with TCCR Visit us at 70 Warren Street, W1T 5PB, find out more at www.tccr.ac.uk, call us on 020 7380 8288 or email us at training@tccr.ac.uk. You can also connect with us online. @TCCRcouples tccr.ac.uk
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NEW! Online Training
The Psychodynamics of Couple Relationships: Readings in Love and Hate - Online Learning & Discussion Date: Wednesdays for ten weeks, starting 13 January 2016 Time: 3.15pm - 4.30pm Trainers: Linsey Blair Fees: ÂŁ395 Venue: Online Application deadline: 08 January 2016 Course code: OT2 A term of live online seminars and video presentations which will explore the psychodynamics of couple relationships. Online seminars run for 10 weeks with a one week half term of couple theory (ie 9 seminars in total). Who this course is for Therapists with some understanding of psychoanalytic concepts, interested in finding out more about the application of psychoanalytical theory to couple work; Couple therapists who wish to deepen their theoretical knowledge and discuss their learning in a supportive group. Trainees and others who would like a sense of the learning in an in-depth psychoanalytically informed couples training. 21
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NEW! Online Training
Online Clinical Discussion Date: Wednesdays for ten weeks, starting 13 January 2016 Time: 5pm - 6.15pm Trainer: Maureen Boerma Fees: £395 Venue: Online Application deadline: 08 January 2016 Course code: OT1 A weekly set of web based clinical professional seminars, running for 10 weeks with a one week half term (ie 9 seminars in total). Who this lecture is for Qualified therapists and counsellors who are currently working psychodynamically with couples. Participants will gain • An opportunity to deepen thinking about unconscious processes and clinical technique • Benefit from the group process in discussing clinical work • An opportunity to meet and exchange experience with fellow practitioners from across the world of couple therapy tccr.ac.uk
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Introduction to Couple Counselling and Psychotherapy Start date: April 2016 and Summer School dates (TBA) Duration: 2 terms Fees: £980 maybe subject to increase, with a deposit of £100 (non-refundable) and a registration/selection fee of £50 Application deadline: Taking applications for April 2016 Course code: PC1 Why do people choose the partners they do? On TCCR’s Introduction to Couple Counselling & Psychotherapy course students will explore a range of themes in relation to the couple and the relationship. The course is specifically designed to provide participants with the opportunity of learning more about couple’s work, the special character of the marital/couple focus and the theory underpinning this approach. In addition, the training can improve personal and professional relationships through developing greater self-awareness and an enhanced understanding of the dynamics inherent in any family or social group. By the end of the course students will have formed a basic understanding of working therapeutically with couples to enable them to decide whether this is an area they wish to build a new career in. From here students can apply for a place on one of our Masters programmes. Who the course is for Our Introduction to Couple Counselling & Psychotherapy course is designed for beginners from a wide range of professional backgrounds with little or no experience. If you’ve often been described as a good listener, enjoy helping others and are looking for a career change that’s intellectually stimulating whilst offering more flexibility, then this is the ideal course to see whether a career in couples therapy is right for you. Course content Couple psychotherapy theories are introduced with special emphasis on the psychodynamic approach. Separate seminars are devoted to the exploration of life stages and linked to the developmental stages of relationships. There are seminars on changing trends in family and intimate relationships, the impact of children on couples, divorce, serial marriages, step-families and bereavement. Issues related to gender, sexuality and ethnicity are considered throughout the course. Finally, you will also have a chance to develop your clinical skills by both observing and participating in role plays. 23
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MSc in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy: 1 year
Winter/Spring 2016
Start date: 28 September 2016 Duration: 1 year (part-time) Application deadline: 06 June 2016 Course code: CT3 This one year module is COSRT accredited and, if successfully completed, can lead to the award of MSc in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy and accreditation with UKCP. Validated by the University of East London (UEL). Who is the course for Qualified couple therapists and counsellors who have completed the 3 year Postgraduate Diploma in Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy at TCCR or who have attended an equivalent couple therapy training. Course content The course runs for 3 terms on a Monday evening with a weekly 1.5hr seminar on Monday evening (6:30-8pm) plus a 1.5hr supervision group which will take place on Monday from 8:15pm or Tuesday from 11:30am. A fourth term is allowed for writing the dissertation. There are two Saturday workshops per term and the examination takes place in December 2016. The 8,000 word dissertation will be submitted by March 2017. You will be required to complete 120 client hours. There may be an opportunity to complete some of these hours on placement in an NHS clinic. Qualification after successful completion of the course The MSc is the only professional qualification in the UK which allows you to become an accredited Psychosexual Therapist at Masters Level. It is also unique in integrating cognitive and behavioural models of therapy within a psychodynamic framework. The MSc year can be taken as CPD in which case no written work is required and a Certificate of Attendance may be issued.
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Certificate in Psychosexual Studies: Understanding the Sexual Relationship Start date: 23 April 2016 Duration: 2 terms of 4 Saturdays Application deadline: 19 March 2016 Course code: CT3B This CPD course takes place over two terms and consists of 8 full day Saturday workshops. It focuses on thinking about relationships and sex and applying this understanding to participants’ work. The course consists of lectures, films, role play, discussion and will cover topics such as couple dynamics, sexual desire and arousal, talking about sex, sexual dysfunctions and sexual compulsivity. Who the course is for Counsellors and psychotherapists, GPs, sexual health workers and other healthcare professionals who want to develop their expertise in addressing sexual issues with clients. The course aims to increase understanding, knowledge and confidence in working with the sexual relationship. Course content and structure •
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Workshops and seminars on topics which include psychosexual assessment, the couple relationship, psychosexual development, intimacy, desire and arousal, the causes of sexual dysfunction, the impact of infertility, sexual abuse, internet addiction and illness Application groups, which are an opportunity for students to bring their own cases and apply their new learning to specific work settings Tutorials: 3 individual tutorials with an experienced psychosexual practitioner 3,000 word essay (those not wishing to complete the essay may be able to gain a certificate of attendance)
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MSc in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy
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Start date: 28 September 2016 Duration: 4 Years (part-time) or 2 years (part-time) for advanced standing students* Applications open: 06 June 2016 Course code: CT3 The only psychosexual course at MSc level in the country, this 4-year programme qualifies you to practice as a psychosexual therapist in statutory and voluntary sectors as well as in private practice. The course is COSRT approved and University of East London (UEL) validated, and graduates may be eligible for individual registration with UKCP. Who is the course for The four year course is suitable for those who have had some relevant work experience, such as in social work, the legal profession, the NHS, voluntary organisations or those who have attended the Introductory Course in Couple Counselling and Psychotherapy at TCCR. *Alternatively, you may be a suitably qualified individual, group or family therapist who would like to increase your expertise in working with psychosexual issues and may be able to apply for advanced standing. This could enable you to complete the taught part of the programme in a minimum of two years. Course content • • • • • • •
Seminars in Psychoanalytic, Couple and Psychosexual Theory, Skills and Techniques Self-reflective practice groups Weekly group supervision and 450 hours of clinical case work Weekly clinical seminars when undertaking clinical work Written work Personal psychoanalytic psychotherapy of at least once a week for the duration of the course Support from a personal tutor throughout the course
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MA in Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy Start date: 28 September 2016 Duration: 3 years, part-time Applications open: 06 June 2016 Course code: CT2 This course provides a psychodynamically-oriented clinical and academic training that qualifies you to practice as a psychodynamic couple and individual counsellor and psychotherapist. You will receive an in-depth training in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking and gain the professional clinical skills to apply your learning to working with couples and individuals presenting with relationship issues. The course is accredited by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is validated by the University of East London (UEL). Who the course is for It is suitable for those who have had some relevant work experience, such as in social work, the legal profession, the NHS, voluntary organisations or those who have attended the Introductory Course in Couple Counselling and Psychotherapy. Alternatively, you may be a trained counsellor or therapist who wants to deepen your expertise in couple work and may be eligible for entry with advanced standing. This could enable you to complete the taught part of the programme in a minimum of two years. Course content •
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Seminars in Psychoanalytics, Couple and Psychosexual Theory, Skills and Techniques Self reflective practice groups Weekly group supervision and 300 hours of clinical case work Weekly clinical seminars when undertaking clinical work Written work Personal psychoanalytic psychotherapy of at least once a week for the duration of the course Support from a personal tutor throughout the course
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MA in Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
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Start date: 28 September 2016 Duration: 4 Years (part-time) advanced standing: 2 Years (part-time) Applications open: 06 June 2016 Course code: CT1 This unique four-year programme is a clinical training in couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy combined with an academic training to MA level. We also have a two-year advanced standing programme for qualified psychoanalytic psychotherapists (child, adult or group) and a one-year individual CPD programme. It provides a comprehensive understanding of psychoanalytic theory and techniques as it relates to the adult couple relationship and builds on and deepens the student’s existing clinical experience. Clinical work with couples is provided through TCCR’s clinical service, some of which is in co-therapy with experienced psychoanalytic couple therapists. This is the only couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy training that leads to professional membership of the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC). Who the course is for Suitable for people who have had several years of post-qualifying experience in a helping profession such as counselling, psychology, social work or psychiatry. The advanced standing training will be of interest to child, adult or group psychoanalytic psychotherapists who now wish to extend their clinical practice to the couple. Applicants for advanced standing will be expected to have met the normal requirements for 5 years of 3 x week individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy with a BPC psychoanalytic therapist or analyst, undertaken in the context of training. In the case of group analysts, the requirement may be reduced depending on the amount of group analytic and individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy previously undertaken. Course content • • • •
Seminars in Psychoanalytic, Couple and Psychosexual Theory, Skills and Technniques, Infant Observation Seminars and Psychiatric Placement Weekly individual supervision, a minimum of 6 long-term cases (modified for advanced standing students) and weekly clinical seminars Personal psychoanalytic psychotherapy of at least 3 times a week usually commencing at least 1 year before starting the course Written work and support from a personal tutor throughout the course tccr.ac.uk
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Professional Training
Professional Doctorate in Couple Psychotherapy Start date: 28 September 2016 Duration: 4 years (part-time) Applications deadline: 27 June 2016 Course code: AT2 This Professional Doctorate was commended by UEL as ‘an innovative and unique programme’, with a ‘high quality of resources in place to support the programme’ and a ‘high level of institutional support for scholarly activity’. Why study a Professional Doctorate at TCCR? The Professional Doctorate in Couple Psychotherapy aims to equip practitioners in the field of couple therapy with advanced research skills and understanding so that they can make an original contribution to professional knowledge and problemsolving through an extended piece of Doctorate research and writing. TCCR has a long history of researching and publishing about couple relationships, and is staffed by experts in the field. It is unique because it combines our extensive clinical experience and research expertise with couples together with our academic teaching skills and our understanding of the steps necessary for conceptualising, developing an argument for, and writing long pieces of work. Who the course is for •
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Qualified couple therapists (ideally with an interest in and experience of psychodynamically-informed work) who want to develop advanced research knowledge and skills in order to explore and write about an area of professional interest – clinical or theoretical Those who want to use qualitative or quantitative approaches to their research Those who understand and can commit to the demands of clinical and academic research and writing over a number of years
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Clinical research methods (basic and advanced) and clinical theory Research practice group to discuss research papers 4-day summer school in year 2 Tutorials and Research supervision
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IAPT Couple Training
Winter/Spring 2016
Couple Therapy for Depression is an integrative, behaviourally based 20-session couple therapy designed to treat depression in couples where there is also relationship distress. It is one of the high intensity therapies offered in IAPT Services. TCCR offers 3 levels of courses based on the Couple Therapy for Depression programme. These courses have been provided across a number of locations and can be commissioned regionally as required. The trainings are funded by NHS Health Education England (HEE) for professionals based in IAPT services. For more information and to apply, visit www.coupletherapyfordepression.org. Couple Therapy for Depression Foundation Course for Non-Couple Therapists This is an 8-day Foundation Course spread over 4 months that covers some of the Basic Couple Therapy Competencies from the Couple Therapy for Depression model and which, together with additional separate supervised work with couples, prepares practitioners for the 5-Day Couple Therapy for practitioner training. This course is for IAPT Therapists who are interested in training as Couple Therapy for Depression Practitioners but who do not have demonstrable experience of working with couples or more than one person in the room. Couple Therapy for Depression Accredited Practitioner Training This is an approximately 9-month course made up of 5 days of formal teaching and 9 months of fortnightly supervision. It enables practitioner to practice this evidencebased NICE recommended approach for couples as a treatment for mild to moderate depression in IAPT Services. Successful completion of the course and supervised clinical work allows accreditation as a ‘Couple Therapy for Depression IAPT Practitioner’. The course is for practitioners who already have an initial qualification in Couple Therapy or who are able to evidence training and/or demonstrable experience of working with more than one patient in the room (for example, those who have done group or family work, or who have done partner-assisted CBT). Couple Therapy for Depression Supervisor Training This course follows the national curriculum. It has two main parts: a one-day review of the model and its assessment, followed by six months of consultation to the practice of supervision in this modality. Applicants for Couple Therapy for Depression Supervisor training should be accredited Couple Therapy for Depression IAPT practitioners. They should have experience of providing supervision of couple therapy and where possible have undertaken a recognised training programme in supervision.
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Speaker Biographies Linsey Blair, couple psychodynamic and psychosexual therapist. Linsey has an undergraduate degree in psychology, a postgraduate certificate in CBT and an MA in Gender Studies. The majority of her training was at TCCR where she completed the PG Dip in psychotherapy for couples in 2009 and the MSC in Psychosexual Therapy in 2012. Since then Linsey has held a range of posts within TCCR including clinical staff, lecturer and trainer. She is currently faculty staff at TCCR and works as a psychosexual therapist in the NHS as well as having a private practice in central and south London. Maureen Boerma, Director of Training at TCCR. Maureen has worked in sexual and reproductive health internationally and in community mediation. Since 1997 she has focused on clinical practice and training. She is a senior couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist registered with the BPC, has trained as a psychosexual therapist and is an SAP trained supervisor. Her teaching experience encompasses clinical and theory seminars, tutoring, supervision and co-therapy. She represents TCCR on BSCPC’s Executive Committee and is External Examiner for Relationships Scotland. Marion Bower is a BPC registered adult psychotherapist, she has also been a Consultant Social Worker in the Department of Children and Families at the Tavistock Clinic. She had 35 years experience working with adults, parents and families. She has edited or co-edited three books including ‘The needs of young families and their children’ , ‘Psychoanalytic theory for social work practice’ and ‘Addictive States of Mind’. Patrick Casement is the author of four professional books, the first two of which -On Learning from the Patient (1985) and Further Learning from the Patient (1991) -- have been selected by Routledge to launch their new series “Classics in Mental Health”. His third book, Learning from our Mistakes (2002) received a Gradiva award in the US for its contribution to Psychoanalysis. His last book, written after he retired, is Learning from Life (2006), which is partly autobiographical. After reading Anthropology and Theology, Patrick worked as a probation officer and then as a family caseworker (in the East End). He subsequently trained as a psychotherapist and later as a psychoanalyst. Francis Grier, is a Training Analyst and Supervisor of the British Psychoanalytical Society and a Member of the British Society of Couple Psychotherapists and Counsellors. He edited Brief Encounters with Couples: Some Analytical Perspectives (2001, Karnac), and Oedipus and the Couple, (2005, Karnac) as part of the Tavistock Clinic Series. He has contributed chapters entitled “The hidden traumas of the young boarding school child as seen through the lens of adult couple therapy” for Enduring Trauma through the Life-Cycle ed. E. McGinley and A. Varchevker, and “Psychotic and depressive processes in couple functioning” for Living on the border, ed. D. Bell and A. Novakovic, both published by Karnac Books in 2013. 31
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Liz Hamlin MA, PG Dip, is a Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC). She is a full member of the British Society of Couple Psychotherapists and Counsellors having trained with the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships. Liz works as a Visiting Clinician at TCCR and along with her work with couples she is involved with training and supervising practitioners. She is a member of the Divorce and Separation Consultation Service working with couples involved in separation or in the process of divorce. She is currently undertaking research in this area as part of her Doctorate. Liz has worked with couples since 1990 has extended her experience by working in the drug and alcohol misuse fields and has supervised multi disciplinary teams in a community based setting. She has a Private Practice in Canterbury. Janice Hiller is Senior Academic Tutor in Psychosexual Studies at TCCR and a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, who trained at the Institute of Psychiatry. Prior to joining TCCR she worked with adult mental health in the NHS and was also head of a psychosexual and relationship therapy service in North East London for many years. She specialised in sexology from early in her career and has published on a range of topics. Professor Brett Kahr is Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Psychotherapy and Mental Health at the Centre for Child Mental Health in London, Honorary Visiting Professor in the School of Arts at Roehampton University, in London and qualified adult psychotherapist and couple psychotherapist. His book D.W. Winnicott: A Biographical Portrait, received the Gradiva Award for Biography in 1997. He has also written a book on Exhibitionism for the Freud Museum series on “Ideas in Psychoanalysis� and authored a best-selling book Sex and the Psyche. Dr Damian McCann is a Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and Head of Clinical Services at the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships. He is also employed as a Consultant Family Psychotherapist in the NHS working for a Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service and an Associate with Pink Therapy Services where he delivers post graduate training in relationship therapy with gender and sexual diversities. He has a particular interest in gender and sexuality and the impact of this on individuals and couple relationships. Mary Morgan, consultant couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist and Head of MA couple psychoanalytic training at TCCR, psychoanalyst and Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society. She joined TCCR in 1990. Previously a social worker running a Family Centre in Brixton, Mary trained as a couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist and then later as a psychoanalyst. She is developing long distance learning at TCCR, has published many articles and teaches on couple relationships around the world.
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Viveka Nyberg, is a senior psychoanalytic couple therapist on the faculty staff at TCCR. She is a senior member of the British Psychotherapy Foundation (BPF) and of the British Society of Couple Psychotherapists and Counsellors (BSCPC). As a member of the Parenting Together Team, she works as a research therapist on TCCR’s Parents in Conflict randomized controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of TCCR’s Parenting Together Mentalization-based therapy for parental conflict. Previously, she worked as a principal psychotherapist in the NHS in charge of organising a Couple Therapy Service specialising in brief intervention. She is co-editor with Molly Ludlam of the book ‘Couple Attachments; Theoretical and Clinical Studies’. Dr. Avgi Saketopoulou is on faculty at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, the New York Psychoanalytic Institute and the Stephen Mitchell Center where she teaches courses on sexuality and gender. She serves on the editorial boards of Psychoanalytic Dialogues and Studies in Gender and Sexuality. Stella Vaines is a couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She works as a visiting clinician at TCCR, where she also teaches. She was a Relate counsellor in Oxford for twenty years, working with families as well as couples and individuals. She has a particular interest in the influence of sibling relationships on the couple, and in 2004 she completed a smallscale research study into how couple therapists take account of this in their practice. She also works in private practice, and is a full member of the British Society of Couple Psychotherapists and Counsellors (BSCPC) and registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC). Madeleine Woof, is a British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) registered couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist and faculty staff member of TCCR. She is also a qualified individual psychoanalytic psychotherapist (BPC) and has a private practice. Currently she is also working as a Clinical Lead in a therapy organization working with children and families.
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