Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Adolescents and Young Adults

Course Aim

This course has been developed to further the therapist’s skill and support when working with the challenging developmental stage of 13-23 year olds. With limited therapeutic services available to this transitional age group, there is increasing pressure and demand on therapists in private practice and charities to treat patients within this group.

It will focus on the adolescent “state of mind” and its interminability. This means that, although much of the theory and clinical work will be focused on adolescents and young adults, the attention will be on a mental functioning that is potentially interminable and can be found at any age. In addition, the term “interminability” refers to the evidence that in contemporary Western societies, fluidity and vagueness around transitions are in the foreground and constitute quite a challenging problem.

Running for 3 years with 9 monthly seminars per year, the course will support a learning and experiential space for the therapist to discover what it will mean to allow the patient’s core anxieties—conscious and unconscious—to emerge in the service of development. The course will give close attention to transference and counter-transference manifestations and to the central significance of observation.

Attendance on the course leads to a two tier award –

Certificate of Attendance – for those who attend theoretical seminars for 1, 2 or 3 years

Diploma – for those who attend all 3 years and write a paper which receives a successful mark

We welcome applications from qualified counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, and analysts registered with BACP, UKCP, BPS, or BPC and qualified, English-speaking therapists living, practising and registered in other countries. However, as the course has a psychodynamic-psychoanalytic orientation, it is advisable that participants have some knowledge of the basic principles of psychodynamic approaches

Venue:                 Online

Course Prospectus: The course prospectus and programme for 2026-27 will be available shortly. In the meantime, you can refer to the 2025-26 Prospectus & Programme for an overview of the current year’s course.

Fees (2026-27):   £1950 (single payment) or 3 instalments of £675/- each

To apply to the course for 2026-27, please fill in the Application Form and return to the Training & Education Manager.

For further information, please contact the Training & Education Manager.