Birkbeck, University of London

PSYCHODYNAMICS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA)

This Postgraduate Diploma provides an understanding of human development through the theoretical and clinical issues raised by infant observation, through work study seminars and through psychoanalytic and Jungian analytic theories. This includes recent research in child development and contemporary issues in psychodynamic or Jungian analytic theory.

The course is designed to provide professional and personal development for those working in settings such as community care, counselling, social services, primary care, mental health and education. It also gives a foundation, including accredited infant observation, for those considering psychotherapy training and it fulfils the entry requirements for a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Doctorate.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Psychodynamics of Human Development is taught jointly by Birkbeck and the British Psychotherapy Foundation (BPF). Year 1 is taught at the BPF in Kilburn (north-west London).