MSc Clinical Psychotherapy at King's College London

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 which are linked to real-life clinical cases. We offer teaching by world leading experts and practicing clinicians who are also psychotherapists and psychoanalysts.

Faculty: Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience  |  Department: School of Academic Psychiatry  |  Duration: 1 year full time, 2 years part time  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This course adopts a multidisciplinary approach drawing from psychoanalytical theories and neuroscience with expertise on the most recent findings from a range of clinical and non-clinical disciplines, such as psychiatry, psychology, genetics, neuroscience, epidemiology and biostatistics. You will benefit from the teaching of world-renowned experts in the field, conduct a research dissertation project, and have the option of a clinical placement within the SLAM NHS Foundation Trust. Students will develop an awareness of self, others and in the context of social and cultural factors in the modules on psychoanalytic theory and in their relationships in their clinical placements.

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