Adult Analysis

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Training Prospectus
 WELCOME
The Society of Analytical Psychology has a 75-year
history in providing contemporary and progressive
professional training for Jungian psychoanalysts. Over
the past decade we’ve expanded our Adult Analytic
clinical training by offering a twice-weekly training in
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
This prospectus contains pre-requisites for both the
Adult Analytic and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
trainings along with academic outlines and clinical
components, and our structures and processes.
We’ve built our reputation on our intensive four- to five-times-weekly Adult Analytic
Training (AAT). Central to our clinical training is a personal analysis with an SAP
Training Analyst for each trainee of four- or five-times-per-week. In addition, each
trainee attends two individual training-patient supervisions per week with an SAP
Supervising Analyst, when personally ready, until qualification. Applications for the
AAT open at the beginning of each clinical term.
Our Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training (PPT) programme prepares trainees
wanting work up to twice-weekly as qualified Jungian psychotherapists. Our
membership qualification helps trainees achieve an excellent level of professional
clinical practice, and puts them in a competitive position when applying to work
in mental health environments as well as private practice as a psychodynamic
psychotherapist.
Central to the PPT is a minimum of a twice-weekly personal analysis with an SAP
Analyst for each trainee. Trainees each attend one individual weekly-supervision for
their training-patient casework with an SAP Supervisor, when personally ready, until
qualification. We invite applications for our PPT in May of each year with a January
start.
If you are interested in finding out more, I invite you to explore our popular one-
year Foundations of Analytical Psychology Course. We also run a monthly Jungian
Process & Experiential group (JPEG) as well as a one-year Diploma in Psychodynamic
Therapeutic Skills and Reflective Practice. For details see www.thesap.org.uk.
For further information please contact the SAP’s Education Manager, Urvi Bhatt on
020 7419 8898 or [email protected]. Training Faculty members are available for
informal interviews.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Jay Barlow
Director of Training
Spring 2021

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CONTENTS
Introducing the SAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Applying to Train. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SAP’s Training Opportunities. . . . . . . . . 7 Application Deadlines. . . . . . . . . . . 17
Introductory Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Application Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Foundations Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Cost of Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy Training . . . . . . . . . . 17
Jungian Process and
Experiential Group (JPEG) . . . . . . . . . 7 Modular Training in
Adult Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Professional Trainings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Working with the Society’s Clinic. . . . 8 Three Routes of Entry. . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Membership of the SAP. . . . . . . . . . . 9 Pre-course requirements . . . . . . . . . 20

Links to Further Qualifications. . . . . . 9 Academic Qualifications. . . . . . . . . 20

Society Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Professional Qualifications. . . . . . . . 20

Training Bursaries and Loans. . . . . . . 9 Clinical Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Psychodynamic Psychiatric Placement . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Psychotherapy Training . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Personal Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Pre-course requirements . . . . . . . . . 11 Infant Observation Seminars . . . . . . 22
Academic Qualifications. . . . . . . . . 11 DBS Checks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Clinical Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Outline of Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Psychiatric Placement . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Seminars, Clinical Case
Infant Observation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Discussion Groups and
Reflective Learning Group. . . . . . . . 22
Personal Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Course Seminars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
DBS Checks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reflective Learning Group. . . . . . . . 27
Advice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Community Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Outline of Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Theory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Continuing Assessment . . . . . . . . . . 29
Clinical Components of
the Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Applying to Train. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Personal Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Application deadlines . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Application Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Continuous Assessment. . . . . . . . . . 16 Cost of Adult Analytic Training. . . . . 30

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INTRODUCING THE SAP
The Society of Analytical Psychology was founded in 1946.

Its aims are:

• The practice and development of analytical psychology.

• The provision of analysis for patients who cannot otherwise afford it.

• The education and training of candidates who are suitably qualified to

become analysts and psychotherapists.

• The provision of a programme of public events to bring modern Jungian

thinking to other professionals and to the wider public.

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SAP’S TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
The Society offers a variety of courses to allow interested professionals to
build on their theoretical and clinical experience, leading to SAP professional
qualifications.
Many people begin with SAP introductory courses before progressing to the
professional trainings. The professional trainings are demanding, rigorous and
take a minimum of three years. Our aim is to facilitate the development of
clinicians who will be well-equipped to build their own private practices and
work in the NHS or other institutions.

Introductory Courses

Foundations Course
The aim of the Foundations Course is to introduce participants to the distinctive
character of the SAP’s approach to Jungian psychology. It is a stand-alone
course but also is usually the introductory year for most people wishing to
apply for the psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training or the Analytic Training.
There are no pre-course requirements for the Foundations Course.

Jungian Process and Experiential Group (JPEG)

For those people who have completed an introductory course at the SAP or
an equivalent course elsewhere and wish to apply to train but do not yet have
sufficient clinical experience or other pre-requisites to be eligible, the Jungian
Process and Experiential Group (JPEG) offers an opportunity to develop their
abilities further and gain some relevant experience.

Diploma in Therapeutic Skills and Reflective Practice

A one year course exploring psychodynamic therapeutic skills and developing
reflective practice for those people interested in developing psychodynamic
counselling skills, interesed in personal growth and reflective practice. or
preparing to apply for clinical training at the SAP.

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PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
The Society offers two professional trainings that qualify trainees to practice.
One is in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and the other in Adult Analysis. Each
is a stand-alone training, with its own application procedure.
Both trainings have three components: academic teaching, clinical practice
and personal analysis. The style and content of these courses is informed by
Jungian and post-Jungian theory and practice.
The Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training qualifies participants to practice as
professional psychotherapists offering therapy to their patients at a frequency
of up to twice a week.
The Adult Analytic Training has recently been re-shaped and offers participants
the opportunity to develop their clinical skills and theoretical knowledge for
more intensive work at a frequency of up to four times a week.
The curriculum for both trainings is modular, allowing trainees flexibility
in moving through the training and also the flexibility to move from the
psychotherapy training to the analytic training.
Applicants for SAP trainings are carefully assessed with regard to their capacity
to become psychotherapists and analysts and their readiness to undertake the
training. The Society pursues a pro-diversity policy and welcomes applications
to train from anyone, irrespective of their religion, age, disability, race, ethnic
origin, gender or sexual orientation.

Working with the Society’s Clinic

The SAP, as part of its charitable aims, provides a subsidised consultancy and
assessment service for people who cannot afford the full costs of therapy.
Trainees often find their patients through this Clinic.
The fees received from trainees’ first patients are payable to the Clinic until
qualification. Trainees keep the fees from their second patients. All members
of the SAP are expected to continue working with a patient seen through the
Clinic for a period of 10 years after qualification.

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Membership of the SAP
Trainees who successfully complete either professional training may apply for
membership of the SAP and registration with the British Psychoanalytic Council
(BPC). This entitles the member to practice as a psychotherapist or analyst.
Successful completion of either training also entitles trainees to membership of
the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP).

Links to Further Qualifications

Depending on the route taken to train, SAP members may be eligible to apply
to study for a Professional Doctorate in Analytical Psychology at the Centre for
Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex.
The Society also offers a series of advanced CPD courses for practising clinicians
for continued professional development.

Society Resources
Trainees are invited to attend a variety of meetings of the Society at which
papers on current theoretical and clinical issues are presented and discussed.
The Society has an excellent library with the largest collection of Jungian
literature in the UK. The SAP librarian provides support and guidance.
In addition, trainees have access to PEP-Web, an online collection of
psychoanalytic journals.
The Society publishes a periodical, the Journal of Analytical Psychology, five
times a year. A subscription to the Journal and to PEPWeb, a digital archive
of academic psychological journals, is mandatory for all trainees. These
subscriptions are at a discounted rate and trainees are invoiced annually for
these resources.

Training Bursaries and Loans

Over the years the SAP has been given money, mainly as bequests, to help
trainees pay for their training. Currently, this assistance is in two forms: interest-
free loans and bursaries (based on need). The loan and the bursary funds have
limited resources and funds available are divided between the two trainings.
Further information may be obtained through the Education Manager at
the SAP.

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Carl Gustav Jung, 1958 © Copyright Yousuf Karsh
PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING

Pre-course requirements

Academic Qualifications
An applicant must ordinarily have a degree or equivalent.
For applicants who can show they have completed a training at another institute
where they had sufficient academic and clinical experience, a degree may
not be necessary as long as other prerequisites are met. On some occasions,
an applicant without a degree may be asked to submit a written essay on a
prescribed topic.

Clinical Experience
Previous clinical experience with patients is an advantage to those wishing
to make an application. For those who are not in a position to work in a
psychodynamic setting prior to applying, it is encouraged that they seek
experience with an organisation which offers their own basic training in one-to-
one work with clients, e.g. Cruse, Samaritans, some hospices, some branches of
MIND, etc. Once applicants to the PPT have been through the Selection process
and received a firm offer to train, they are asked to contact the Programme
Director (PPT) for guidance in securing an appropriate psychotherapy or
counselling placement in time to commence seeing placement patients from
the point at which they begin the training in January. Requests for assistance
should be made through the Education Manager at the SAP Office.

Psychiatric Placement
Trainees will be expected to complete a 6 month placement in a psychiatric
setting before or at some time during their training. This is usually a minimum
of half a day a week. It must be completed before putting in an application for
membership. The SAP can provide assistance in finding suitable placements.
Requests for assistance should be made to the Training Clinical Coordinator
through the Education Manager at the SAP Office.

Infant Observation
Infant Observation is a highly desirable precursor to training and applicants are

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urged to join a seminar with an SAP member or approved group leader. These
courses usually last for two years. Names of Infant Observation seminar leaders
may be obtained through the Education Manager. Fees for Infant Observation
Seminars are by private arrangement with the seminar leaders.

Personal Analysis
Applicants for the Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training must be established
in a minimum of twice-weekly psychotherapy or analysis for a year with an
SAP Analyst who has been qualified for at least 5 years.
Applicants may apply for the training before they complete the year but trainees
will only be permitted to begin the clinical training when they have been in
twice-weekly psychotherapy on separate days for a minimum of a year (80
sessions) continuously and with the same analyst. Personal psychotherapy/
analysis must continue throughout training until the trainee is accepted as a
member of the Society.
Any applicant who hopes at some point after they complete the Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy Training to continue onto the Adult Analytic Training should
ensure that they choose a personal analyst (an SAP Training or Supervising
Analyst) at the outset who would be eligible to continue as their analyst during
the Analytic Training. A list of suitable SAP analysts may be obtained from the
Education Manager.

DBS Checks
Acceptance of an applicant is subject to a DBS check.

Advice
Applicants needing advice about these requirements should write to the
Director of Training at [email protected]
Those thinking of training are encouraged to seek an informal interview with a
member of the Training Faculty. These can be arranged through the Education
Manager. A fee of £65 is payable for this meeting.

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead

us to an understanding about ourselves”
Carl Jung

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Outline of Course
The Course has three components: psychotherapy theory, clinical experience
and personal analysis.

Theory
The training consists of 9 modules of theoretical and clinical seminars. Each
module runs for 10 weeks, plus one Saturday workshop each term. The training
takes a minimum of three years.
Seminars take place once a week. The seminars are held on Thursday, from
4.30 pm. to 8.00 pm. There are three ten-week terms during the year.
Seminars are led mostly by members of the Society but also by specialists from
other training organisations. The afternoon often begins with a theoretical
seminar and is followed by a seminar with a clinical orientation to the subject
under study.

Themes for the Modules:

1. Approaches to the Unconscious
2. The Therapist’s Approach to the Patient in Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy
3. Transference/Countertransference: What’s you and what’s me?
4. The Origins and Development of the Self
5. Dreams, Imagination and the Development of the Symbolic Capacity
6. Difficult Patients and Difficult Treatments
7. The Theory and Practice of Working with Trauma in Psychotherapy
8. Diversity: Contemporary Themes in Clinical Practice
9. What Works for Whom: Psychotherapy in a Wider Context

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Examples of Saturday workshop themes:
1. Assessment for Psychotherapy
2. Stimulating Ethical Awareness in Clinical Practice
3. Working with Trauma
4. Suicide and self-harm
5. Working with Otherness and Cultural Complexes
6. Working with LGBT patients
7. Spirituality
8. Impasse in Therapy

Academic Requirements
1. Two written theoretical papers, each of 3000 words with clinical
illustrations to be submitted after the completion of the third and sixth
seminar modules.
2. A final qualifying paper after completing the 9 modules. This will be
a longer clinical paper of 6000 words on the trainee’s clinical work
with a twice-weekly patient.
Papers are marked anonymously and written feedback to the trainee will
be provided.

Personal Tutor
Each trainee has a personal tutor. Trainees are expected to meet with their
tutor once a term, or more often should they wish to. He/she is available for
consultation and assistance with any difficulties that may arise during training.

Clinical Components of the Training

Trainees must complete three clinical cases during their training:
• One 1 x weekly case for 1 year
• One 2 x weekly case for at least 18 months
• One 2 x weekly case for at least 1 year

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 rainees are encouraged to build up a portfolio of clinical work undertaken in
T
addition to training patients. This portfolio would then be produced at the time
of applying for membership.
Trainees will be required to write 6-monthly reports on their psychotherapy
work with each of their patients.
It is important to note that trainees cannot complete their training and apply to
be members of the Society until they have fulfilled these clinical requirements
of the training. Occasionally, patients leave therapy prematurely and should
this occur, the SAP will do its best to help the trainee to find a new patient.
Trainees are responsible for providing their own consulting rooms, though
some rooms may be available to see training patients at the Society.

Supervision Requirements
Trainees will be expected to have both group and individual supervision with
SAP members during their training.
Group supervision usually takes place at the SAP before seminars on a Thursday
(2:30pm - 4.00 pm).
Group supervision will be for one and a half hours per week and groups will
usually have three or four members per group, with two trainees presenting
their clinical work per meeting. There will be 40 meetings per year. At the
start of the course, trainees will bring to group supervision whatever clinical
experience they currently have from their practices or placements.
Once-weekly training cases may come from trainees’ own practices/agencies/
placements and will be presented in group supervision.
The group supervisor in consultation with the Director of Training and
Programme Director (PPT) will help trainees to decide when they are ready to
begin each constituent of the formal clinical requirements.
The trainee will be in individual supervision on a weekly basis with one
supervisor for both their twice-weekly patients. Trainees will begin with one
patient and the supervisor will assess when the trainee is ready to take on the
second patient. The Director of Training is responsible for helping trainees find
an individual supervisor.
Supervisors will write six monthly reports on trainees’ progress, and trainees
will be expected to write their own self-assessments.
A list of available individual supervisors is obtainable from the Education
Manager.
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Year Group Facilitator
A Year Group Facilitator is appointed for each group of trainees to help individuals
and the group engage in the process of training in order to facilitate learning.
Meetings with the Year Group Facilitator are arranged three times a term.

Community Meetings
Trainees meet as a community with members of the Training Faculty. These
meetings take place once a term and are an opportunity for trainees to discuss all
aspects of the training including structures, process and content with members
of the Training Staff. There is an additional joint Community Meeting once a year
where trainees from the Psychodynamic Psychotherapy training meet together
with those on the Analytic Training.

Personal Analysis
Trainees must continue in personal analysis at a minimum of twice weekly until
they have completed the course and been accepted for membership of the SAP.

Attendance
Trainees are expected to attend all seminars, Saturday workshops, the three
times-a-term meetings with their Year Group Facilitator and the once-a term
Community Meetings.

Continuous Assessment
The progress of trainees is reviewed regularly by a sub-group of the Training
Faculty called the Trainee Progress Group (TPG). An External Consultant,
registered with BPC but who is not a member of the SAP, is appointed to
oversee all the Society’s assessment processes and structures to ensure they are
transparent and fair. The External Consultant participates in the annual review of
the progress of all trainees and post-trainees.
Trainees are expected to adhere to the BPC Code of Ethics and especially to
respect confidentiality in all circumstances. The SAP Council reserves the right
to terminate training at any stage.

Applying to Train
Application forms may be obtained through the Education Manager at the SAP
([email protected]).

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Application Deadlines
Applications must be made by 2 May 2021 to start training in January 2022.

Application Process
If all the pre-requirements are met, the applicant will have interviews with two
SAP analysts and will also be asked to attend a group selection meeting.
The SAP reserves the right to decide whom to accept on to its trainings and the
timing of any acceptance. It is not possible to appeal against these decisions.
However if an applicant for training is dissatisfied with any aspect of the process
of selection they may make a complaint. A copy of the Complaints Procedure is
available from the Education Manager.

Cost of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training

The cost of the Training has three components: the trainee’s own personal
therapy (agreed with their analyst), the cost of group and individual supervision
(paid directly to the supervisor) and the cost of the seminars.
Fees for training analysis are negotiated with the analyst.
The fees for application, pre-application interviews, tuition fees and individual
and group supervision fees are set by the SAP and reviewed annually.
For a list of this year’s fees, please refer to our website -
http://www.thesap.org.uk/training-and-events/professional-training/
psychodynamic-psychotherapy-training/

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ADULT ANALYTIC TRAINING
Our long running, highly regarded flagship Adult Analytic Training has
been recently redesigned to make it more accessiblem especially for those
professionals with previous training and clinical experience and for those
who have completed the SAP Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training and
wish to become Analyst Members of the SAP. The following changes have
been introduced:
• A module-based curriculum
• Three different routes of entry
• Three application dates each year.
• A programme of weekly seminars and Saturday seminars over a three-
year period
• Weekly seminars on a Tuesday afternoon plus a once-a-term Saturday
Workshop and for some trainees, a once-a-term Saturday seminar
• Weekly Clinical Case Discussion Group before seminars on a Tuesday
afternoon
• A regular Reflective Learning Group for trainees to process all aspects
of the training

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Three Routes of Entry
Route A: Applicants applying through Route A will be expected to
• 
meet the pre-course requirements listed below. If accepted through
Route A, trainees will be expected to complete the 6 Core Modules of
the curriculum, 3 Auxiliary Modules and termly Saturday Workshops
and Saturday Seminars
Route B: Applicants applying through Route B will have completed
• 
the SAP twice weekly training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy,
wishing to undertake further training to become analyst members. If
accepted through Route B, trainees will be expected to complete the
6 Core Modules of the curriculum and termly Saturday Workshops
Route C: Applicants applying through Route C will be expected to
• 
have already completed the equivalent of a twice-weekly training
in psychodynamic psychotherapy. This is a route of entry where
applicants will be assessed on an individual basis according to
their previous theoretical and clinical experience. Usually, trainees
accepted through Route C will be expected to complete four to six
of the Core Modules of the curriculum, termly Saturday Workshops
and perhaps some specific Saturday Seminars, depending on previous
training

Pre-course requirements
These comprise academic and professional qualifications, clinical experience,
and personal analysis.

Academic Qualifications
A candidate must ordinarily have a degree or equivalent.

Professional Qualifications
It is an advantage for candidates to have a professional qualification which
carries clinical responsibility. If the qualifications contain insufficient study
of dynamic and developmental psychology, the applicant may be required to
conduct further study before applying.

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Clinical Experience
Candidates are expected to have previous experience of working in a
psychodynamic setting; this should include working continuously, under
supervision, with at least two patients out of a broad caseload for a minimum
of one year.
Employment in a psychodynamic capacity is desirable though not mandatory.
It is also expected that candidates will have had sufficient experience in the
psychiatric field, with both inpatients and outpatients, to be familiar with a
wide range of diagnostic categories, and to have had the opportunity to observe
developments and changes in different patients.
Applicants needing advice about these requirements should contact the
Director of Training via the Education Manager at the SAP.
An informal interview to discuss pre-requirements is recommended, especially
for those who are uncertain about their eligibility to apply through Route A, B
or C. A fee of £65 is payable for this meeting.

Psychiatric Placement
A six month psychiatric placement needs to be undertaken and completed
before trainees begin seeing their training patients. This is normally for a
minimum of half a day a week. The Programme Director will be able to assist
with finding a placement if needed, and should be contacted through the SAP
Education Manager.

Personal Analysis
Before putting in an application to train, whether through Route A, B or C,
all candidates must be well-established in analysis; a minimum of 150
analytic sessions, continuously and with the same analyst and at a minimum
frequency of four times weekly (each session on separate days). The analyst
must be a SAP Training or Supervising Analyst. A list of eligible analysts can
be obtained through the SAP Education Manager and advice may be sought
from the Director of Training or the Programme Director. Personal analysis
must continue throughout training with the same analyst, except in exceptional
circumstances, and until the trainee is accepted for Membership of the Society.

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Infant Observation Seminars
Infant Observation is a highly desirable precursor to training and applicants are
urged to join a seminar with an SAP member or approved group leader. These
courses last usually for two years. Fees for these seminars are agreed privately
with the seminar leaders. Names of Infant Observation seminar leaders may be
obtained from the Education Manager.

DBS Checks
Acceptance of an applicant is subject to a DBS check.

Outline of Course
Seminars, Clinical Case Discussion Groups and Reflective Learning Groups
Weekly seminars are held at the SAP on a Tuesday from 4.30 – 6 and then from
6.30 – 8pm. There are three ten-week terms in the year.
There is also a weekly (30 weeks per year) Clinical Case Discussion Group
that takes place at the SAP from 2.30 – 4pm before seminars on a Tuesday
afternoon.
On alternate Tuesdays, there is a Reflective Learning Group from 1.20 - 2.20.
Saturday workshops for all trainees and post trainees are held once a term.
Seminars are led by members of the Society and cover theoretical and clinical
aspects of analytical psychology. For those training through Route A and
sometimes Route C, a termly Saturday Seminar Day will also be required.

Course Seminars
The Analytic Training Curriculum consists of a total of 9 Modules which are
structured into 3 Auxiliary Modules (AM1, AM2, AM3) and 6 Core Modules
(CM1, CM2, CM3, CM4, CM5, CM6).
This Module structure is sufficiently flexible to accommodate the different
requirements of entry for Routes A, B and C in terms of seminar requirements
for the Adult Analytic Training.
Each 10 week Module is comprised of 20 seminars held on a Tuesday afternoon
plus a one day Saturday Seminar.

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Three Auxiliary Modules:
• Essential for Route A of the training.
• Auxiliary Module One (AM1) is to be completed before beginning the
Core Module Rota of 6 Modules.
• Auxiliary Modules Two and Three (AM2 and AM3) to be completed
following completion of the 6 Core Module Rota.
• Auxiliary Modules may be made a compulsory part of a bespoke
recommendation for certain Route C applicants.
• Auxiliary Modules may be chosen by Route B applicants but not as
essential training requirements.

Six Core Modules:

• Essential for entry Routes A, B and C.
• Core Modules will be run on a rolling programme basis and Route A, B
and C entrants may join this Rota at the beginning of any one of the Core
Modules.
• The Core Modules will usually be the entry point for applicants to Routes
B and C into the Analytic Training.

Auxiliary Module Core Modules Auxiliary Modules

(AM1) (AM3)
Route A: essential
Route A: entry point, (entry at Module A1, Route A: essential
essential and then integrate
Route B: optional
into Core Module
Route B: optional in
Rota) Route C: optional in
some cases*
most cases
Route B: essential
Route C: optional in
(direct entry into Core
some cases
Module Rota)
Route C: essential
(probable direct
*may be selected entry into Core
Module Rota)

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 Auxiliary Module Curriculum Themes - AM1, AM2, AM3 (Tuesdays)
Each Auxiliary Module includes ONE Saturday Seminar Training Day
(AS1, AS2, AS3)

AM1 Models of Development: Developmental and Classical

AS1 S aturday Seminar Training Day: The Relevance of Jungian Concepts
Today

AM2 A Jungian Approach to Working with Otherness and Diversity

AS2 S aturday Seminar Training Day: Beginnings, Breaches, Breaks and
Endings

AM3 A Jungian Approach to Working with Trauma and Anxiety

AS3 S aturday Seminar Training Day: Other Disciplines, Case
Management Issues and working with Other Agencies

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 Core Module Curriculum Themes - CM1, CM2, CM3, CM4, CM5, CM6
(Tuesdays)
Each Core Module includes ONE Saturday Seminar Day
(CS1, CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5, CS6)

CM1 The Self and Individuation

CS1 Saturday Seminar Training Day: Evolution of Jungian Theory

CM2 Defences and Personality Organisation

CS2 Saturday Seminar Training Day: Evolution of Freudian Theory

CM3 T
 ransference and Countertransference: Working in and working
with Transference and Countertransference Dynamics
CS3 Saturday Seminar Training Day: Assessment and Diagnosis

CM4 Infancy and Early States of Mind

CS4 Saturday Seminar Training Day: Stimulating Ethical Awareness

CM5 Jungian Approaches to the Analytic Relationship

CS5 S aturday Seminar Training Day: Addictive and Perverse States of
Mind

CM6 Imagination, Dreams and Symbolisation

CS6 S aturday Seminar Training Day: Research and Evidence-Based
Practice

This curriculum may be subject to changes in content and order as we seek to

refine it and respond to trainees’ interests.

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Personal Tutorials
Throughout the training the progress of trainees is regularly reviewed with a
personal tutor. Trainees are expected to meet with their personal tutor once a
term.

Academic Requirements
1. A paper (3000-4000 words) at the end of the first four Modules which aims
to show the trainee’s theoretical understanding with a clinical illustration.
2. A final qualifying paper after completing the theoretical and clinical
components of the training. This will be a longer clinical paper (of 8000
words) to show the development of the trainee’s clinical work with a patient.

Clinical Requirements
Trainees analyse two patients and are expected to see each patient four to five
times weekly; one for a minimum of two years and the other for a minimum
of a year. Analysis of the first patient usually begins when the clinical case
discussion group supervisor considers that the trainee is ready. Trainees usually
begin with their second training patient six months later, subject to satisfactory
progress and the agreement of the first supervisor.
Training patients are normally referred from the SAP Clinic. The Clinic was set
up to provide analysis at reduced fees for those patients with limited financial
resources. Patients are selected and assessed by the Director of the Clinic or a
member of the Clinic staff.
Trainees continue to analyse their patients, under supervision, until they are
elected to Membership. Fees from one (typically the first) training patient are
paid to the Society.
It can be an advantage to see patients in London. Trainees who wish to see their
patients outside the London area may have to find their own patients to refer to
the Clinic since there are fewer referrals to the Clinic from outside London.
It is important to note that trainees cannot complete their training and apply to
be members of the Society until they have fulfilled the clinical requirements.
Occasionally, a patient will leave analysis early: the Clinic will do its best to
provide the trainee with a new patient where possible.
Trainees are responsible for providing their own consulting rooms, though some
rooms may be available for the analysis of Clinic patients at the Society.

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Supervision
Group Supervision: During the training, there will be a weekly clinical
1. 
case discussion group led by a member of the SAP. Leaders may change
on an annual basis. This is an opportunity for trainees to share clinical
experiences, present their own work and listen to the presentations of
others.
Individual Supervision: The treatment of each training patient is supervised
2. 
by a Supervising Analyst on a regular weekly basis, ie one supervision
session for each patient, with a different supervisor. The Director of Training
is responsible for allocating supervisors after consultation with trainees
to ask for their preferences. Reports on patients must be submitted by
trainees every six months. Trainee status is lost and must be reapplied for
if supervision of both cases ceases.

Reflective Learning Group

Trainees will meet fortnightly with a member of the SAP, also trained as a Group
Analyst, where they will have the opportunity to reflect dynamically on all
aspects of their training. Given that the training is on a modular basis, trainees
may not journey through the training with a consistent group of trainees. The
Reflective Learning Group permits a smaller or larger number of trainees to be
part of the group and for people to join and/or leave at different times.

Community Meetings
Trainees meet as a Community with members of the Training Faculty. These
meetings happen once a term and are an opportunity for trainees to discuss all
aspects of the training including structures, process and content with members
of the Training Staff. There is also a Community Meeting held once a year where
trainees on the Analytic Training meet together with those on the training in
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.

Attendance
Trainees are expected to attend all seminars, Saturday workshops and/or study
days, the twice-a-term meetings with their Year Group Facilitator/Reflective
Learning Group leader and the once-a term Community Meetings.

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Continuing Assessment
The progress of trainees is reviewed regularly and assessed continuously by
a sub-group of the Training Faculty called the Trainee Progress Group. An
External Consultant, registered with BPC but who is not a member of the SAP,
oversees all the Society’s assessment processes and structures to ensure they
are transparent and fair. The Consultant participates in the annual review of the
progress of all trainees and post-trainees.
In the second or third year of clinical training, trainees will make a Clinical
Case Presentation of their work with their (first) training patient to Training
Faculty Staff. All trainees are invited to attend this meeting.
Trainees are expected to adhere to the BPC Code of Ethics and especially to
respect confidentiality in all circumstances. The Council reserves the right to
terminate training at any stage.

Applying to Train
Application deadlines
Applications may be submitted three times per annum. The following are the
upcoming deadline dates:

2021
• 10 January 2021
• 2 May 2021
• 12 September 2021

If accepted, trainees will begin their training with the first module beginning
following their acceptance

“There is no coming to consciousness without pain”

Carl Jung

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Application Process
If all the pre-requirements are met, the applicant will have interviews with two
SAP analysts and may also be asked to attend a group selection meeting. Those
applying through Route C may be asked to have additional interviews.
The SAP reserves the right to decide whom to accept on to its trainings and the
timing of any acceptance. It is not possible to appeal against these decisions.
However if an applicant for training is dissatisfied with any aspect of the process
of selection they may make a complaint. A copy of the Complaints Procedure is
available from the Education Manager.

Cost of Adult Analytic Training

The cost of the Training has three components: the trainee’s own personal
analysis (agreed with their analyst), the cost of group and individual supervision
(paid directly to the supervisor) and the cost of the seminars.
Fees for training analysis are negotiated with the analyst.
The fees for application, pre-application interviews, seminars and individual
supervision are reviewed annually.
For a list of this year’s fees, please refer to our website -
http://www.thesap.org.uk/training-and-events/professional-training/
training-in-adult-analysis/
The fees of the Analytic Training are lower than those of the Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy Training to reflect the greater costs trainees will incur from their
personal analysis and supervision.

“Who looks outside dreams, who looks

inside awakens” Carl Jung

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