Clinical Psychotherapy MSc

King's College London, University of London

This is a unique course that brings together psychoanalytic thought with biological and cognitive processes as well as a strong foundation in research methods and analysis. Study at King’s renowned Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) where you will learn from world-leading experts and practising psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and psychiatrists. You will be introduced to foundational papers and special topics in psychoanalysis from psychosomatic disorders to neuroscience, as well as research-led advances in biological and cognitive processes, individual differences, and social processes. Clinical placements are embedded in the course. You will benefit from our extensive links with the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, including the National Specialist Self-Harm Service, and 10 Windsor Walk - an award-winning community service that provides psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic therapy. We welcome recent graduates as well as experienced professionals seeking to advance their knowledge and skills in psychoanalytic theories, clinical application to common mental health issues, and to the interface between mental and physical health. Our course will provide a strong foundation in theory and research methods that is linked to real-life clinical cases. We offer teaching by world-leading experts and practicing clinicians who are also psychotherapists and psychoanalysts. We offer optional clinical placements. Our course is suitable for students who would like to broaden their knowledge and skills as well as for students who would like to progress to professional qualifications as a next step after the MSc. Key benefits Unrivalled access to international experts across clinical and basic sciences. South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust offers the widest range of mental health services in the UK and provides specialist National NHS services. State-of-the-art equipment: Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, MRC Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (the only Mental Health specific centre of its kind). Access to EEG and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in Centre for Affective Disorders. Clinical placements: offers students the opportunity to gain insight into the experience of working within a clinical setting in a variety of services in the South London and Maudsley (SLAM) NHS Foundation Trust and related disciplines within the wider King’s Health Partners (KHP). The placement is observational and will complement academic learning by providing real-world context for mental health care. Based at King's Denmark Hill campus, you will be part of a large mental health and neuroscience community where students, researchers and clinicians work side by side. Close links with NHS partners such as South London and Maudsley bring real-world clinical perspectives into your learning, while the smaller, specialist campus helps you build strong connections with staff and peers, in a focused environment just ten minutes by train from central London.

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience