Training Open Day:

Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling (a BACP accredited training)

Saturday 13 February 2027 | 2:30 – 5:30pm

We will be holding an open day for our BACP accredited Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling training on Saturday, 13 February 2027 from 2:30 -5:30 pm at North Bank, Muswell Hill Methodist Church, 28 Pages Lane, London N10 1PP (see location here).

Current and former students will be available to talk to you as well as some of our tutors and supervisors. The open day will contain some interactive/experiential elements.

About the Diploma

This is a part-time course, run over two years and one term. The course is held on Monday and Wednesday evenings, from 7pm to 10pm, plus at least one Saturday workshop per term.

The course is delivered across 6 terms of 10 weeks duration, each including the following elements:

Theory Seminars
Experiential Group
Skills Practice

A 7th term provides time for you to complete the required clinical hours by the BACP and to complete a final clinical paper. The modules for each term are as follows:

Module 1: Psychodynamic Concepts
Module 2: Human Development (from a psychodynamic perspective)
Module 3: Object Relations
Module 4: Attachment and Loss
Module 5: Psychopathology
Module 6: Time Limited Psychotherapy.

Saturday workshops include, for example, working with difference and diversity, medication and diagnosis, suicide and risk assessment, working with ethical dilemmas, psychosexuality, Mentalisation Based Treatment (MBT) and Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT).

A clinical placement within our clinic is provided as part of the course, which is underpinned by weekly in-house clinical supervision.

Details

Next intake: September 2027, ends December 2029
Course fee: £13,600
Open day fee: £20

How to book

To reserve your place on the Open Day, please email training@highgatecounselling.org.uk.
We will then send you an invoice for £20, which can be paid online using the link provided. Once payment is received, your place will be confirmed.

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