Introducing a 2 Year Foundation Course on
The Theory and Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

It is becoming increasingly clear that it is harder for people to meet the demands of time and financial commitments necessary for qualifying courses in psychoanalytic psychotherapy as they are currently offered. Therefore the LCP is revising the structure of its courses to make them more accessible, without losing the rigour or excellence of the training.

The LCP is a vibrant organisation that welcomes applicants from a wide range of disciplines and working backgrounds including Arts and Media, as well as those from related professions.

Foundation Course Year 1: Theories of the Mind

This three-term course is offered as an educational experience for anyone interested in psychoanalysis and in the process of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The course can stand on its own or serve as a preparation to psychodynamic training in counselling or in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. It is of value to all those interested in exploring how the mind develops and why people experience emotional difficulties. It is a useful preliminary to further training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and the LCP Qualifying Course, which leads to registration with the British Psychoanalytic Council. The course offers weekly seminars, weekly experiential groups, tutorial support and three plenary meetings. It can be taken alone or as a prelude to Year 2.

Foundation Course Year 2: Theory and Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

It will offer students the opportunity to further their knowledge and experience of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, providing a understanding of unconscious processes through the teaching and critical evaluation of the work of the Freudian, Kleinian, Object Relations and Jungian schools, with a firm grounding in related clinical technique.

The Foundation Year 2 can follow on from Foundation Year 1 or will be open to those who already have sufficient understanding of psychoanalytic concepts to meet the requirements for the 2nd year. This structure will offer a choice of a slower start into training with the minimum requirement of once a week personal therapy on commencement of the course, which can be intensified if, and when, more in-depth training is entered into. Foundation Course Year 2 is the 1st stage to a clinical training course. Participants of Year 1 or 2 can also undertake the Infant Observation module, which is part of the necessary requirement for a clinical training, or as an additional educational component of psychoanalytic theory and practice.

The Foundation Year 2 will be offered at weekends, with the option of additional seminars or courses.