Our courses will prepare you for working in what can be a demanding and emotionally-charged environment – developing your capacity for skilful intervention, critical reflection and resilience.

Drawing on a rich tradition of psychoanalytic and systemic thinking, our training also benefits from our experience at the cutting edge of innovative practice and research in a multidisciplinary context.

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• Graduate diploma

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  Emotional Care of Babies, Children, Young People and Families (EC1)

  Delivery:

  In-person

  Location:

  London

  Duration:

  Two years, part-time

  Eligible for Student Visa
• Postgraduate certificate

  

  Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Wellbeing: Multidisciplinary Practice (ED24, online)

  Delivery:

  Online: live teaching

  Location:

  Online

  Duration:

  One year, part-time

• Master’s degree

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  Perinatal, Child, Adolescent and Family Work: a Psychoanalytic Observational Approach (M7, London)

  Delivery:

  In-person

  Location:

  London

  Duration:

  Two or three years, part-time

  Eligible for Student Visa
• Master’s degree

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  Psychological Therapies with Children, Young People and Families (M34)

  Delivery:

  In-person

  Location:

  London

  Duration:

  Two years, part-time

  Eligible for Student Visa
• Professional doctorate

  

  Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy DPsych (M80)

  Delivery:

  In-person

  Location:

  London

  Duration:

  Four years, full-time

• Professional doctorate

  

  Child, Community and Educational Psychology DProf (M4)

  Delivery:

  In-person

  Location:

  London

  Duration:

  Three years, full-time

• Graduate certificate

  Eligible for Student Visa

  

  Systemic Approaches to Working with Individuals, Families and Organisations (D4F, foundation)

  Delivery:

  In-person

  Location:

  London

  Duration:

  One year, part-time

  Eligible for Student Visa
• Master’s degree

  Eligible for Student Visa

  

  Systemic Psychotherapy (M6)

  Delivery:

  In-person

  Location:

  London

  Duration:

  Two years, part-time

  Eligible for Student Visa
• Professional certificate

  

  Family and Systemic Psychotherapy Supervision (M21)

  Delivery:

  Blended

  Location:

  London

  Duration:

  One year, part-time

• Postgraduate module

  

  Perinatal Mental Health (PN1)

  Delivery:

  Online: live teaching

  Duration:

  20 weeks, part-time

Explore CPD courses

• CPD certificate

  

  Talking to children about difficult things: an introduction (DAA020)

  Delivery:

  Online: self-study

  Duration:

  5 hours

• CPD certificate

  

  Supporting children of parents with a mental illness: a systemic approach (DAA021)

  Delivery:

  Online: self-study

  Duration:

  6 hours

• CPD certificate

  

  Understanding and nurturing troubled children (DAA501)

  Delivery:

  Online: self-study

  Duration:

  20 hours

• CPD certificate

  

  A brief introduction to perinatal mental health (DAA002)

  Delivery:

  Online: self-study

  Duration:

  5 hours

• CPD certificate

  

  Supervision for staff working in schools and community contexts: working relationally and reflectively (CPD32)

  Delivery:

  Blended

  Location:

  London

  Duration:

  35 hours

• CPD certificate

  

  Watch Me Play! (CPD17)

  Next start date:

  5 November 2026

  Delivery:

  Online: live teaching

  Duration:

  14.5 hours

• CPD certificate

  

  Child development research for professionals working with children, young people and families (CPD28)

  Next start date:

  19 October 2026

  Delivery:

  Online: live teaching

  Duration:

  17 hours

• CPD certificate

  

  Working with care-experienced children and young people (CPD39)

  Next start date:

  7 January 2027

  Delivery:

  In-person

  Location:

  London

  Duration:

  22.5 hours

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Students join our courses from a wide range of backgrounds and to achieve a variety of goals. Our course pathways can help you to find the course that’s right for you and your career.

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  16 June 2026

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  23 February 2026

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  20 January 2026

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  Ground-breaking research offers compelling evidence that MBT, adapted specifically for ASPD, can make a real difference.

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  24 October 2025

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