Advanced Clinical Course (leading to PPA Senior Membership)

The course is taught over five Saturday mornings per term by leading clinicians and will be divided between theory and clinical seminars. Two three times per week cases will be seen in tandem with the teaching. Each case will be supervised fortnightly by a different approved training supervisor.

The course aims to explore different ways of thinking about and conceptualising the analytic process – particularly how the therapist observes and selects from amongst the endless complexities of the clinical situation what they consider significant in the interaction. Therefore a major focus of the teaching will be on clinical questions of method and issues of technique. Uppermost will be practical issues regarding how, where and in what ways one might or might not intervene. The aim is to facilitate the individualised development of each course member through careful self-reflection of their own working methods and to help expand and refine them. This is a continuous process that works alongside key elements of a curriculum designed to support the deepening of practice and the integration of theoretical and clinical work.

The course is for PPA members who wish to develop their clinical practice and become Senior Members. Senior Membership is also a requirement for those who may later want to pursue the route to becoming a Training Therapist on the PPA training.

PPA members who have been qualified for at least three years are invited to apply.

If you have any doubts or uncertainties about applying we are happy to discuss your concerns before formal application. Please therefore contact Janthia Taylor, Chair of the PPA Post Qualifying Committee in the first instance using [email protected]

Once offered a place, you will be invited to register and pay via debit card through a secured payment page.

Please note that the bpf will not be held responsible for travel/hotel expenses made or incurred in the unlikely event of this course either being cancelled or postponed. See our cancellation and refund policies for more information.

The next Advanced Clinical Course will start in January 2026. Anyone wishing to express an interest, please contact Janthia Taylor, Chair of the PPA Post Qualifying Committee using [email protected]

The course is run online so that it is available to as many bpf PPA members as possible. Occasionally there may be an in-person meeting. Please note that the building has limited access – please email [email protected] to discuss your needs.