Interested in being a Member of the Bowlby Centre

We welcome all expressions of interest in the work of the Bowlby Centre as we are keen to spread the word about the importance of early attachment relationships in the understanding of mental pain and in the development of a more relational and accessible psychotherapy practice.

We invite membership applications from psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapists registered with the Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy or other psychoanalytic registering body. If you are interested in applying, please contact our Admin Manager at admin@thebowlbycentre.org.uk. See our membership criteria and application procedure below.

The Bowlby Centre has a number of different categories of membership. The benefits and costs of each category are stated below.

Unfortunately, at the present time, because of the requirements of our professional regulator, we cannot open the membership to people who have not done an equivalent training to the one we offer, although they are welcome to apply for our two-year APL conversion course that then leads to Bowlby Centre membership and UKCP registration.

Registered Member (£425/year)

Eligible to trainees who have completed their registration following training or to CPJA or BPC registered psychotherapists.

• May apply for registered UKCP membership with The Bowlby Centre as their membership organisation.
• Support with five yearly UKCP reaccreditation.
• Includes subscription to The Attachment Journal
• Includes free access to Clinical Forums
• Discounted tickets to Bowlby Centre conference and other events
• Inclusion on the website’s Therapist Directory
• Inclusion on members’ mailing list, which includes information about internal opportunities and vacancies.
• Access to Membership area of the website, including address list.
• Access to Pepweb.

Post-taught pre-registered Member (£410/year)

Eligible to Bowlby Centre post-taught APL and ABPP trainees who have not yet completed their registration.

• Includes subscription to The Attachment Journal
• Includes free access to Clinical Forums
• Discounted tickets to Bowlby Centre conference and other events
• Inclusion on the website’s Therapist Directory
• Inclusion on members’ mailing list, which includes information about internal opportunities and vacancies.
• Access to Membership area of the website, including address list.
• Access to Pepweb.
• Access to three tutorials per year, and support towards registration.

Non-clinical Member (£150/year)

Eligible to Bowlby Centre members that are not working with clients but may continue to offer clinical supervision, sit on Bowlby Centre committees and be available as assessors. They no longer require UKCP registration through the Centre.

• Includes subscription to The Attachment Journal
• Includes free access to Clinical Forums
• Discounted tickets to Bowlby Centre conference and other events
• Inclusion on the website’s Supervision Directory and Training Supervisors lists (if applicable)
• Inclusion on members’ mailing list, which includes information about internal opportunities and vacancies.
• Access to Membership area of the website, including address list.
• Access to Pepweb
• Invited to the members’ Annual General Meeting.

Retired Member (£95/year)

Eligible to now retired Bowlby Centre members who are no longer working clinically with clients, supervisees or trainees, or working in other Bowlby Centre roles. They no longer require UKCP registration through the Centre.

• Includes subscription to The Attachment Journal
• Includes free access to Clinical Forums
• Discounted tickets to Bowlby Centre conference and other events
• Inclusion on members’ mailing list and address list.
• Invited to the members’ Annual General Meeting.

Associate Member (£150/year)

This is available to people who belong to other membership organisations and do not require UKCP registration through the centre.

Student Member (included in Bowlby Centre training)

Includes all students from ABPP and APL courses.

• Includes subscription to The Attachment Journal
• Includes free access to Clinical Forums
• Discounted tickets to Bowlby Centre conference and other events
• Inclusion on the website’s Therapist Directory (once the student is a trainee and can see clients)
• Inclusion on members’ mailing list, which includes information about internal opportunities and vacancies.
• Access to Membership area of the website, including address list.
• Access to Pepweb.

If you are interested in applying, please contact admin@thebowlbycentre.org.uk.

You may be eligible to apply for full clinical membership with us if you meet the following criteria:

· If you are already a psychoanalytic psychotherapist registered with the Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis (CPJA) of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) or other psychoanalytic registering body

· If you are a registered psychodynamic psychotherapist with several years of experience and a knowledge of attachment theory, psychoanalytic theory, infant observation and theories on trauma and intersectionality

If you think that you might meet the criteria, and would like to discuss the possibility of membership with us, please contact our admin manager admin@thebowlbycentre.org.uk who will put you in touch with our membership chair. There are other routes in to membership if some further training is required, which will not necessarily involve doing a full psychoanalytic training.

Procedure for External Membership

The Bowlby Centre’s procedure for dealing with applications from psychotherapists who wish to become full practising members of the centre but who have not done The Bowlby Centre training is as follows:

1. Where the application for membership is from a psychoanalytic psychotherapist the applicant will be asked to provide:

· Evidence of registration

· A full CV including recent CPD

· The name and email of a professional referee

· A letter from their current registering organisation confirming that they are not the subject of an investigation or complaint.

2. Where the application for membership is from a psychodynamic psychotherapist the applicant will be asked to provide:

· Evidence of registration: The training must be psychodynamic in orientation and be the equivalent of a 4 years part time MA

· Evidence of personal therapy with a registered psychotherapist for a minimum of 6 years

· Evidence of having undertaken an infant observation study

· The name and email of a professional referee

· A full CV including recent CPD

· A letter from their current registering organisation confirming that they are not the subject of an investigation or a complaint.

Each applicant providing the required evidence will be interviewed by a member of the Membership Committee.

The application process will normally take about 3 weeks and there is a fee of £60 which will be charged by the centre after interview.

If the application is successful, the new member may be encouraged to present a paper at a future clinical forum providing an opportunity for the new member to introduce themselves and to be welcomed into the organisation.