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  30 July 2021

  Trust offers more bursaries to increase racial diversity

  In line with the Trust’s commitment to becoming an anti-racist organisation, the Tavistock and Portman Charity is offering two more bursaries for new students from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. These two bursaries will be for our British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) accredited master’s in Psychological therapies with children, young people and families postgraduate course (M34).…

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  14 July 2021

  Understanding adoption and “alien worlds” through the lens of the pandemic

  Being in the midst of a pandemic where many of us have had the experience of being cast out of the workplace and other communal spaces has provided a new opportunity for me to reflect on how loss and sudden change can affect and destabilise us, and how we are all living in a very…

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  14 July 2021

  New bursaries to increase racial diversity on our courses

  Offer holders starting in autumn 2021 on three of our courses can apply for the new bursaries. In line with the Trust’s commitment to becoming an anti-racist organisation, the Tavistock and Portman Charity is offering bursaries for new students from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds to complete postgraduate training at the Trust. Each bursary…

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  2 July 2021

  What is psychoanalysis, and what is its value today?

  What is psychoanalysis? Psychoanalysis is a particular way of thinking about ourselves, our lives and the world around us. Psychoanalytic thinking places the study of the unconscious aspects of the mind as being central to our behaviour, thinking and our emotional experience. We might say that the role of psychoanalytic psychotherapy is to help reveal…

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  28 June 2021

  96% satisfaction rate for the Practice Supervisor Development Programme

  The Practice Supervisor Development Programme (PSDP), a CPD course for social work practice supervisors, has completed its third year with an excellent participant satisfaction rate of 96% across nearly all delivery areas. The programme received a similarly high approval rating in its first two years.  More than 400 participants took the PSDP in the year…

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  11 June 2021

  Working with refugees and asylum seekers

  Systemic psychotherapists, David Amias and Nsimire Bisimwa talk us through their two-day workshop, which provides a much-needed starting point for those who work with refugees and asylum seekers, and wish to enhance the care and support they provide. What’s the course about? An introduction to working with refugees and asylum seekers is a two-day workshop…

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  8 April 2021

  Working towards wellbeing: an introduction

  There’s no doubt that mental wellbeing in the workplace has come into sharp focus over the past year, but we have a long history at the Tavistock and Portman of thinking about how to make sense of our emotional experiences at work. This can be seen in the very beginnings of the Tavistock Clinic, just…

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  2 February 2021

  Meet our faculty: Caroline Black

  Our courses are developed and delivered by a faculty of NHS clinician-tutors. Caroline Black is a British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) registered psychodynamic psychotherapist, who completed her training at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Caroline’s background is in mental health nursing and over her career she has worked in a wide range of settings…

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  1 February 2021

  Why we need to prioritise children’s mental health

  We are living through precarious times which are a challenge to us all, but more of a challenge to those who are vulnerable. Children’s mental health can be at serious risk from a number of negative events, and children’s mental health issues today translate into adult mental health issues in the decades to come. This…

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  14 January 2021

  Five tips for systems-psychodynamic coaching

  The ‘systems-psychodynamic’ approach to executive coaching focuses on the emotional and relational dimensions of work roles – developing the capacity to analyse the impact of the wider system on the individual, and navigate complex processes in the workplace.  If you’re new to this approach, here are five key tips to consider: 1. Emotion is Data…

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