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 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 admin@thebowlbycentre.org.uk.

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.

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 trained with us is as follows:

1. Where the application for membership is from a therapist who has trained with an organisation in the Analytic Psychology and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Section of the UKCP or who has trained with an organisation whose standards are recognised to correspond to those outlined in the training standards document of the AP&PP Section (eg BPC accredited training organisations) the applicant will be asked to provide:

evidence of registration through an organisation as outlined above
a full CV providing evidence of the level and type of psychotherapeutic practice, including CPD, undertaken in the post registration period which normally should be a minimum of 3 years
evidence of and a commitment to relational Attachment-based practice and an understanding of The Bowlby Centre ’s values (see Handbook) and ethical practice. This could be done through a case study with a maximum length of 10k words.
the names and addresses and phone numbers of two professional referees, one of whom should be a current supervisor
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 therapist who has trained with an organisation which is not in the Analytic Psychology and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Section of the UKCP or of corresponding standard (as outlined in 5.7.1 above) the applicant will be asked to provide:

evidence of professional training completed and accrediting organisation; the training must be psychodynamic in orientation and be the equivalent of a 4 year part time MA.
evidence of personal therapy with a registered therapist for a substantial period of which a minimum of 4 years should be twice a week
evidence of having undertaken an infant observation study of at least 18 mths.
a full CV providing evidence of the level and type of psychotherapeutic practice, including supervision and CPD, undertaken in the post registration period which must be a minimum of 3 years; the client work must include twice weekly work.
evidence of and a commitment to relational, psychoanalytic Attachment-based practice and an understanding of CAPP’s values and ethical practice. This could be done through a case study with a maximum length of 10k words.
the names and addresses and phone numbers of two professional referees, one of whom should be a current supervisor.
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 two members of the Clinical Training Committee.

The application process will normally take about 3 months and a cheque for £300 should be included with the application. If the application does not proceed to the interview stage a refund of £125 will be made.

If the application is successful the new member will be asked 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.