Membership requirements

The Registration Committee of the TSP has responsibility for deciding whether a particular training course is accepted for the purpose of qualifying an individual for entry into the Register. At the present time, all the training courses qualifying individuals for membership and listed in the Society’s Register are under the aegis of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. Whether or not the quality control of a particular training course is linked to University accreditation is a matter solely for the training organisation. The TSP Registration Committee reserves the right, if it considers it has good reason, to cease registration of new graduates from a training course previously accepted as qualifying for registration.

An individual practitioner is entered onto the Society’s Register through qualification as a member of one (or more) of the TSP’s four Divisions. These four Divisions are:

• the Adult Psychotherapist Division,
• the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist Division,
• the Systemic Family Psychotherapist Division and
• the Allied Professional Division.

The establishment of the Allied Professional Division represents the Society’s concern to support a variety of different groups of public sector practioners who play a key role in the field of mental health alongside those with a formal training in psychotherapy.

Qualification as an Adult Psychotherapist Division Member requires

• completion of a training in Adult Psychotherapy giving eligibility for membership of the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC).

Qualification as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist Division Member requires

• EITHER completion of training giving eligibility for membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP)
• OR in the case of qualified psychiatrists the satisfactory completion of training in child and adolescent psychiatry with appropriate additional training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

Qualification as a Systemic Family Psychotherapist Division Member requires

• completion of training leading to qualification giving eligibility as a Family Therapist with the UKCP.

Qualification as an Allied Professional Division Member requires

• completion of a psychodynamic or systemic public sector related training programme, requiring a minimum of two years supervised and assessed observation and work related practice.

At the discretion of the TSP Registration Committee, graduates from two-year courses that are not specifically practice related, may be considered as being eligible for membership of the Allied Professional Division in those cases where the teaching programme contains substantial observational and theoretical modules.

Intermediate levels of training in psychotherapy play a significant role in the delivery of psychotherapeutic treatment in the health service, and the Registration Committee has given graduates from certain intermediate courses Affiliate Membership of the Adult Psychotherapist Division.

Training staff of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, or other training organisations represented in the Register, are eligible for membership of a Division where their qualifications are equivalent to that required for registration.

In addition, individuals who have been Clinical Associates attached to a Tavistock and Portman Trust training course for at least 18 months duration full time or 3 years part time, and who are recommended by their Department Training Committee through the appropriate Organising Tutor are eligible for membership of the Allied Professional Division, or of one of the other divisions in those cases where the individual concerned has an appropriate qualification as a psychotherapist.

Membership requires payment of TSP annual subscription dues.

Trainings giving eligibility for membership of the TSP

Adult Psychotherapist Division

The following trainings are accepted as qualifying an individual as an Adult Psychotherapist Member.
M1 Interdisciplinary Programme in Adult Psychotherapy (BPC Registered)
[M13 Training For Social Workers in Psychotherapy and its Applications to Work with Young People, Families and Institutions. BPC Registered]

The following courses are accepted as qualifying an individual for Adult Division affiliate status.
D58 MA/PGDip in The Foundations of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
[M17 MA Psychoanalytic Group Psychotherapy Qualification.]
M1 Clinical Associates
M1 Clinical Associates are eligible to apply for Affiliate Membership of the Adult Psychotherapist Division when they have:

i. carried out the treatment of one supervised 3 x week psychotherapy case over two years, or two supervised 1x week psychotherapy cases each over two years.
ii. attended for a period of two years the M1 ‘Seminars on Applications of Psychoanalysis’ and ‘The Development of Psychoanalytic Theory (A Historical Approach)’.
iii. submitted a case study (max 5000 words) drawing upon the clinical work (i. above) that they have been engaged in. In the case study, they are expected to describe some aspect or part of the treatment to demonstrate how they conducted the process of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and are able to integrate theoretical ideas with clinical experience.
iv. and satisfied the Adult Department Training Committee that their work, in respect of the above requirements, is of a satisfactory standard.

Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist Division

The following trainings are accepted as qualifying an individual as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist Member.
M80 Professional Doctorate in Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
[M8 M.Psych.Psych in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Children, Parents and Young people (BPC & ACP Registered)]
[M18 Professional Doctorate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Child and Adolescent. (This course is only open to candidates who have completed M8 at the Tavistock Clinic or its equivalent elsewhere at SAP, AFC, BAP, BTPP, SIHR)]
[M13] see above
M14 Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Child & Adolescent psychiatrists.

Systemic Family Psychotherapist Division

The following trainings are accepted as qualifying an individual as a Systemic Family Psychotherapist Member.
M6 M. Sys. Psych. Masters in Systemic Psychotherapy (UKCP Registered)
M10 Professional Doctorate in Systemic Psychotherapy (This course is only open to candidates who have completed M6 or its equivalent elsewhere.)
M21 Tavistock Qualification in Family Therapy Supervision (Course members are already UKCP registered family therapists.)

Allied Professional Division

The following trainings are accepted as qualifying an individual as an Allied Professional Member.
M2 Child Family and Adolescent psychiatry
M3 Programme of Training in Adolescent Psychiatry
M4 Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology (Professional Training) [previously MSc in Educational Psychology]
M5 Doctorate in Educational Psychology (Continuing Professional Development)
[M11 PhD Programme in Child and Family Psychology by Clinical Research]
M12: Placement in Specialist Clinical Psychology
M16: MA/PGDip in Psychoanalytic Studies
D4 MA/PGDip in Applied Systemic Theory
[D14 MA/PgDip Working with the Seriously Ill, the Dying and the Bereaved]
[M20 MA/PGDip in Advanced Social Work for Practitioners, Managers, Researchers and Educators]
M22 MA/PGDip in Child Protection & Family Support
D60 Professional Doctorate in Social work.
D1 MA/PGDip in Emotional Factors in Learning and Teaching: Counselling Aspects of Education
D10 MA/PGDip in Consultation and the Organisation: Psychoanalytic Approaches
M7 MA/PGDip in Psychoanalytic Observational Studies
M9 MA/PGDip in Infant Mental Health
[M19 MA/PGDip in Psychodynamic Practice for Nurses, Social Workers and other Health Care Professionals]
D9 MA/PGDip in Working with People with Eating Disorders
D11 MA/PGDip in Working with Groups: Groupwork in the Public and Independent Sectors
D2: Tavistock CPD Diploma in Psychodynamic Approaches to Later Life
P2: Diploma in Forensic Psychotherapeutic Studies