Clinical Experience
The trainee will be expected to carry out a minimum of 700 clinical hours in their adopted major model of psychotherapy and 100 clinical hours in two supplementary models of therapy.
The three models in will be chosen from psychoanalytic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and systemic therapy. 100 hours of clinical practice in the chosen supplementary model of therapy and 100 hours of a third model is required which can include supervision. The Training Programme Director will decide with the trainee and Medical Psychotherapy Educational Supervisors what clinical experience and models of psychotherapy can contribute to the hours of experience required.
Work place based assessment of all psychotherapies will be undertaken, including the formative Structured Assessment of Psychotherapy Expertise (SAPE) during clinical supervision of therapy, Structured Assessment of Psychotherapy Assessment (SAPA) and a summative Psychotherapy Assessment of Clinical Expertise at the end of each therapy (PACE or Psychotherapy ACE). All these WPBAs are on line in the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ portfolio on line training website.