Overview
The Certificate course in Bristol provides an understanding of psychoanalytic theory and technique as they relate to the adult couple relationship and provides students with an opportunity to think about how to apply this to their own clinical material.
Because we were taught by experienced staff we were able to build on our interests and existing abilities. I’m glad I did it!. - Previous Student
Who is this course for?
Qualified individual adult, child and family therapists who want to develop their knowledge of couple relationships and theory, and explore the possibility of further training in psychodynamic couple
counselling and psychotherapy or couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
Course content & structure
What the course covers:
- Transference and countertransference
- Borderline and psychotic processes in couples
- Couples/parents/children
- Working with old age and dementia
- Envy and Shame
- Projection/projective identification
- Narcissism
Course components:
- Lectures
- Theoretical discussions
- Video presentations by authors of key papers
- Clinical seminars – each participant will have an opportunity to present some detailed clinical material which will be used to develop understanding of the psychoanalytic concepts related to unconscious couple processes.
Course tutors
Tavistock Relationships faculty members including Andrew Balfour, Chief Executive, and Mary Morgan, Psychoanalyst, Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and Reader in Couple Psychoanalysis.
