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  8 March 2023

  Where are they now: in conversation with Paul Mills

  Paul Mills (he/him) is a psychotherapist for children, young people and families at First Step and Open Door. Paul studied M7, Perinatal, child, adolescent and family work: a psychoanalytic observational approach, and then went on to do M34, Psychological therapies with children, young people and families. Paul came to psychotherapy a bit later in life,…

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  8 March 2023

  Widening participation in higher education

  What is the Bursary Programme? An important part of our work over the last few years has been to launch a bursary programme for under-represented students, specifically from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority backgrounds, as part of the Trust’s commitment to becoming a more inclusive education provider. This highly successful programme is now in its…

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  14 December 2022

  History of education at the Tavistock and Portman

  The Tavistock Clinic, or the Tavi as it is more colloquially known, was founded on 27 September 1920 by Hugh Crichton-Miller at 51 Tavistock Square. It was established after World War 1 as a result of the experiences of that war. Crichton-Miller wanted to give civilians access to the same kinds of treatment that had…

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  1 July 2022

  Brian Rock, Dean and Director of Education and Training to step down

  I am writing to let you know that I have stepped down from my role as Dean and Director of Education and Training. I finished my time with the Tavistock and Portman in early July to take up a role with a more clinical focus in digital mental health. I have had a long and…

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  28 February 2022

  Where are they now: interview with Orli Nyles

  With a background as a Jazz musician and teacher it would be fair to say that Orli didn’t have the most conventional route to the Tavistock but as we trace her journey to and through the six years of her training connected themes emerge. Orli was a successful professional musician with 15 years as performer,…

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  28 February 2022

  Congratulations Alex De Rementeria on being appointed Editor in Chief of the Journal of Child Psychotherapy

  Alex de Rementeria trained with us after doing M9, our masters in Infant Mental Health, gaining a training post at Lewisham CAMHS close to her home in south London. On qualification she came to Mosaic Neuro-disability Specialist CAMHS and started teaching on M7 – Working with Children and Families, the pre-clinical course for which she…

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  28 February 2022

  Equality, diversity and inclusion – focus on Directorate of Education and Training

  Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) has been a significant focus of the Trust’s work in recent years. One of our core strategic objectives is to achieve equality of opportunity across the organisation, with a particular focus on race equality and disability. In 2021, the Trust commissioned an independent Race Equality Review, with recommendations and a…

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  28 February 2022

  The Trust during the COVID pandemic

  When the pandemic first hit in early 2020, as with other education providers, we had no option but to stop our face-to-face teaching activities. We had already been using Zoom for some meetings, and it became the natural choice of platform for continuing our teaching online. With efforts from our Technology Enhanced Learning team, our…

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