Register here to join the online information session for the Clinical Psychotherapy MSc on 4 December at 12pm.
This is a unique course that brings together psychoanalytic thought with biological and cognitive processes as well as a strong foundation in research methods and analysis. Study at King’s renowned Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) where you will learn from world-leading experts and practising psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and psychiatrists. You will be introduced to foundational papers and special topics in psychoanalysis from psychosomatic disorders to neuroscience, as well as research-led advances in biological and cognitive processes, individual differences, and social processes. Clinical observerships and placements are embedded in the course. You will benefit from our extensive links with the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, including the National Specialist Self-Harm Service, and 10 Windsor Walk - an award-winning community service that provides psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic therapy. We welcome recent graduates as well as experienced professionals seeking to advance their knowledge and skills in psychoanalytic theories, clinical application to common mental health issues, and to the interface between mental and physical health. Our course will provide a strong foundation in theory and research methods that is linked to real-life clinical cases. We offer teaching by world-leading experts and practicing clinicians who are also psychotherapists and psychoanalysts along with clinical observerships and clinical placements. Our course is suitable for students who would like to broaden their knowledge and skills as well as for students who would like to progress into professional qualifications.
We have created the course to appeal to different levels of experience or learning. You may already be working with vulnerable people in a mental health or social care capacity (including psychiatry, psychology, social care, nursing) and looking for further training in psychoanalysis.
You could be a psychology graduate looking for a master’s course with a clinical component as a stepping-stone to the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or Professional Doctorate in Counselling and Psychology. Perhaps you come from a different field but are looking to change career to practise as a clinical psychotherapist. Or you may be interested in pursuing an academic research career in this field.
With practical experience from highly sought-after placements, you’ll develop specialist skills that you can use every day in your professional career. And being taught by our clinically active academics, you’ll have the cutting-edge knowledge you need to take your next steps towards becoming a psychotherapist.
Upon completion, you will have a solid understanding of the concepts, theories and practice relevant to clinical psychotherapy. You may go on to enhanced careers in mental health as clinicians and/or policy makers, conduct further full-time study in an academic research environment (e.g. PhD) or in taught clinical courses (e.g. Doctorate in Clinical Psychology) or, gain employment in an academic, clinical or pharmaceutical organisation.
We have created the course to appeal to different levels of experience or learning. You may already be working with vulnerable people in a mental health or social care capacity (including psychiatry, psychology, social care, nursing) and looking for further training in psychoanalysis.
You could be a psychology graduate looking for a master’s course with a clinical component as a stepping-stone to the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or Professional Doctorate in Counselling and Psychology. Perhaps you come from a different field but are looking to change career to practise as a clinical psychotherapist. Or you may be interested in pursuing an academic research career in this field.
With practical experience from highly sought-after placements, you’ll develop specialist skills that you can use every day in your professional career. And being taught by our clinically active academics, you’ll have the cutting-edge knowledge you need to take your next steps towards becoming a psychotherapist.
Upon completion, you will have a solid understanding of the concepts, theories and practice relevant to clinical psychotherapy. You may go on to enhanced careers in mental health as clinicians and/or policy makers, conduct further full-time study in an academic research environment (e.g. PhD) or in taught clinical courses (e.g. Doctorate in Clinical Psychology) or, gain employment in an academic, clinical or pharmaceutical organisation.
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