The UCL Doctorate in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (DPsych) is a four-year professional clinical training programme, accredited by the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) that gives students the required skills to practice as a professional child and adolescent psychotherapist. The programme is a collaboration between UCL, Anna Freud and the Independent Psychoanalytic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Association (IPCAPA) at the British Psychotherapy Foundation (bpf), alongside NHS training placement providers. It combines working in a clinical setting, with lectures and seminars to support academic development and the opportunity to complete a doctoral level research project. Teaching is offered in a mixture of large and small group settings and aims to provide a thorough understanding of normal child development, childhood psychopathology and psychotherapeutic techniques linked with direct experience of clinical work and conducting relevant research. We welcome applications from students with a range of personal and professional backgrounds who have completed the following pre-clinical requirements studies. These include, an extended infant observation (2 years  academic paper), work discussion seminars (once weekly for 3 terms min.  academic paper), a psychoanalytic theory module (3 terms min.) and a module in child development research. Students are required to have quite substantial work experience with children from two out of the following age groups: under five years, primary age and adolescents. This work experience does not need to be in an NHS or other clinical setting.

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