"Studying at the Institute has allowed me to gain a wealth of theoretical perspectives and philosophies as well as to explore the potency of various art modalities. The course has also been profoundly enriching on a personal level."
Sophia Condaris (Graduate of IATE)
Centre for child mental health
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Masters Degree in Integrative Child Psychotherapy
Awarded by London Metropolitan University.
Leading to UKCP Registration as an Integrative Child Psychotherapist.
Duration:
Three years part time after the one year Diploma in the Therapeutic and Educational Application of the Arts.
Once a week (Tuesdays) for 2 years. Then a final qualifying year once a month (Tuesday). There may be a few additional training days that fall outside of the Tuesday.
A deeply moving, very practical based course. Students will experience a whole host of ways to engage a child or young person in a truly meaningful dialogue for profound personal change. Over time this relationship can enable the child to widen the relational options with self or others, and fulfil their potential. Students will also benefit from learning from top international trainers and those eminent in the field of child psychotherapy and child mental health.
Theoretical components of the course:
As the outcome studies have shown, it is the relationship that heals, not adherence to method. Our primary concern therefore is one of treatment. This treatment is informed by Bowlby’s work on unmet attachment needs and borrows extensively from the work of Fairbairn, Winnicott, Balint, Kohut and Mitchell who all assert the primacy of relational needs.
The theoretical models concentrate on the work of key theoreticians and practitioners of this and the last century in the field of child psychotherapy. The course also prides itself in offering students the most up-to-date knowledge in child mental health. Key clinicians, researchers and theoreticians working at the cutting edge of child mental health are included in the syllabus.
Modules:
- Module A: Clinical Skills in Integrative Child Psychotherapy
- Module B: Principles in Child Therapeutic Practice, Ethics & Child Protection
- Module C: Image Metaphor & Inner World Through Clinical Work in Integrative Child Psychotherapy
- Module D: Psychotherapeutic Concepts for the Understanding of Babyhood & Childhood Experience
- Module E: Parent Infant Interaction: Neurobiology, Observation & Research
- Module F: Child Psychiatry & Child Mental Health
- Module G: Parent - Child Therapy / Preparation for Professional Practice
Clinical Placements and Supervision
Students on the course are provided with child therapy placements in London-based Primary Schools or supported in a placement in their home county. Our placement scheme has undergone rigorous research with Gulbenkian Funding. The research demonstrates that an Integrative Child Psychotherapy intervention has positive outcomes, effecting very marked change in troubled children.
Staffing
Staff are experts in their field. Most have published widely. As a group they have published papers in Therapy Today, The Psychotherapist: Journal of Child Psychotherapy, Infant Mental Health Journal, Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Journal, Times Educational Supplement, Health Education Journal, Child Welfare, Psychotherapies with Families, Psychosomatic Disorders in Adolescence, Archives of Disease in Childhood, Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry, British Gestalt Journal, British Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Anatomy, Psychological Medicine, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Psychiatry Today, Adoption and Fostering, Youth Counselling Bulletin, Group Analysis, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling.
Course Outcomes were Formulated with Reference to:
- The CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) National Occupational Standards compiled by the National Service Framework Skills for Health
- Government objectives for Children's Services produced by the Department of Health and Social Services Inspectorate
- The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy Training Standards for Working with Children
- The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy Policies on Intercultural Issues, Equal Opportunities and Continuing Professional Development Policies
- BACP Training standards