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The main strands of the training
programme are:
• personal training therapy
• the taught course
• peer support and sharing with
colleagues at The Bowlby Centre
Personal training therapy
All students must have completed a year's
individual therapy as an adult before
commencing the course and be in an
approved training therapy by the start of
the training. Therapy continues at least
until Registration. Students must undertake
a minimum of twice-weekly therapy from
the beginning of the course.
Approach to learning
Our approach to learning is based on
insights from developments in adult
education as well as attachment theory
and psychoanalysis. We believe that adults
learn best in a context in which they can
be creative. Students need a secure base
from which to explore and take risks. The
organisation aims to provide an enabling
and supportive environment, in which
students can feel free to develop their own
style of learning and presenting work - an
environment which is challenging but free
from ridicule or intimidation. Each student
writes their own reflection on their
development and learning which builds
into part of their evidence for moving into
their own clinical work.
The Course Tutor
The Course Tutor is the main link between
the student and The Bowlby Centre and
has a key role throughout the whole of
their training. Students meet regularly with
their tutor on an individual and group
basis from the beginning of the course and
continue with the same tutor until the end
of their training.
Learning styles
We are conscious that
students and teachers have different
learning styles and aims to provide variety
and accommodate this difference within its
'taught' programme.
Clinical forums
Our clinical forums are
held monthly, on Saturday mornings and some Sundays. The
forums provide the opportunity for the
whole organisation to meet together on a
regular basis.
"When training, so much clinical work is
read in classic texts and can seem distant
in time and so perfect. By contrast, in the
clinical forum, students can hear their
tutors, supervisors and peers present
current work and thereby feel part of a
community of psychotherapists at various
stages in development. Psychotherapists
outside The Centre also share their
experience with us."
(Chair of the Clinical Forum)
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