Masters Degrees (Child Psychotherapy)

Applications closing time and date: 8am, Tuesday 2 nd  January 2024 Since 2014 IPCAPA at the British Psychotherapy Foundation ( bpf ) and the Anna Freud Centre/UCL have collaborated to produce an innovative and exciting Doctorate in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. Read more

Child Art Psychotherapy is a therapy for children with mental health difficulties, where the child is supported to explore and process areas causing distress in his/her life through the medium of art. Read more

Become a qualified play therapist and help children come to terms with traumatic events in their lives. Through the use of play, you will give children the confidence and opportunity to express themselves during their time with you. Read more

As a qualified play therapist, you will already be aware of the importance of self-expression and creative mediums in therapy. Read more

The MSc in Child and Family Health and Wellbeing (Level 9 NFQ, 90 ECTS) is a two-year, part-time, blended-learning programme that provides students with an opportunity to complete an interdisciplinary programme of study focused on the theories and practice of promoting holistic child and family health and wellbeing in an integrated way. Read more

This programme, based at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, provides a unique foundation for individuals interested in a clinical/psychotherapy training or a research/academic career in child development. Read more

The course aims to meet the professional accreditation requirements in counselling children and young people that will enable successful graduates (who have also met all required professional practice components) to continue towards accreditation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Read more

A pre-clinical course providing preparation for training as a child and adolescent psychotherapist, psychoanalytic psychotherapist or Jungian analyst. Read more

There are two clinical strands Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and a third strand which does not lead on to an accredited training qualification with an accredited training institute. Read more

This part-time two-year programme provides a rigorous supervised clinical training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy contributing to a professional qualification to practice this therapeutic method with adults. Read more

Our psychodynamics of human development course provides an understanding of human development through the theoretical and clinical issues raised by infant observation, through work study seminars and through psychoanalytic and Jungian analytic theories. Read more

The first step to becoming a psychoanalytic, Jungian or child & adolescent psychotherapist. The  bpf’s  new Foundation Course was designed for those at the very beginning of their journey to become a qualified psychotherapist. Read more

There are many different types of counselling, each based on their own concepts and orientations. Read more

We are proud to have been awarded an IoPPN Excellence Award in 2018 for student satisfaction in the Postgraduate Taught Education Survey (PTES). Read more

Tailor your training to your research interests and career goals, from clinical and cognitive to developmental and social psychology, as you study the latest techniques from published psychologists. Read more