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The Tavistock and portman, NHS Foundation Trust
Adult mental health

Course pathways for adult mental health and wellbeing

Find out how studying our courses can help you along your chosen career path

If you are interested in adult mental health and wellbeing, we have a range of courses that use of psychoanalytic thinking to promote understanding of emotional difficulty and complicated relationships.

Our course pathways are a guide, and students join them at different points based on their experience. Progression to the next course level is not automatic and may require additional experience or learning.

Explore the pathways below by selecting your initial level of study

Introductory courses

Our introductory courses are the perfect fit if you are just starting out in adult mental health and wellbeing and wish to learn more.

Next step: Applied and pre-clinical courses

Applied and pre-clinical courses

We have a variety of applied and pre-clinical courses focused on adult mental health and wellbeing.

Foundations
Applying concepts

Foundations of psychodynamic psychotherapy

Study the foundations of psychodynamic psychotherapy and undertake clinical training to become registered therapist.

Next step: Clinical and qualifying courses

Applying psychoanalytic concepts

These three courses can help develop your understanding and confidence when working with service users

Next step: Clinical and qualifying courses

Clinical and qualifying courses

We offer a range of clinical and qualifying courses focused on psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Study one of our psychodynamic psychotherapy courses, with options based in London and Leeds, and specialising in either the study of intercultural issues or working within forensic mental health and criminal justice institutions.

Next step: Post qualification and research courses

Post-qualification course

Join the UK’s most advanced psychoanalytic psychotherapy training for those in the public sector.

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