Interpersonal Psychotherapy Training (IPT)

About this training

This six-day course provides introductory training for practitioners in IPT and reflects the IPT competency framework. This course is accredited with IPTUK and is suitable for staff working in NHS Talking Therapy services. The course includes a series of didactic sessions, small and large group work and clinical role-play. This course qualifies participants for Level A (Basic) training in IPT.

The course instructors have been delivering IPT training for over ten years and have delivered IPT practitioner and supervisor training across the UK, Europe and in North America. Dr Roslyn Law was National Lead for IPT in NHS Talking Therapies and wrote and delivered the NHS Talking Therapies national curriculum for IPT Practitioner and Supervisor training in primary care services for people with common mental health problems. She is now the training director for CYP IAPT at UCL/King’s College London and Reading University and author of the national curriculum for IPT-A training in CYP IAPT and "Defeating Depression - How to use the people in your life to open the door to recovery."

Please follow the application process before booking onto the course. Once your application is approved you will be told you can book a place.

Application deadline: 5th February

There will be a one hour online welcome session with Roslyn Law on 4th February from 13:00 - 14:00. This will give attendees the chance to ask questions before the training starts and meet other members of the cohort. As part of this training you can attend two half day refreshers for free. Please email ipt@annafreud.org for the voucher code.

Aims of this training

The six day course will provide experienced mental health professionals with an introduction to the IPT model and:

• Cover the knowledge competencies for IPT with depression and an introduction to the skills competencies, which will be developed more fully in supervised clinical casework.

• Provide an overview of modifications of IPT for use with adolescent populations and with eating disorders and it application with anxiety disorders.

Who is this training for?

The course pre-requisites are:

1. evidence of completing a course of study in a model of psychological therapy

2. a minimum of two year of post-qualification experience delivering psychological therapy

3. at least two years’ employment in an NHS, private capacity or voluntary institution delivering psychological therapy with adults

4. at least one of the following:

   • IAPT Specified counselling/ psychotherapy accreditation* / BABCP accredited/ General Medical Council registered Psychiatrist/ HCPC registered practitioner psychologist or arts therapist

Applicants should have a mental health qualification and at least two years post qualification experience of providing psychological therapy for people with mental health problems. Applicants, who have completed two years full time training in delivering psychological therapies e.g. final year clinical psychology trainees, are also welcome to apply. Applicants with a range of training backgrounds are welcome e.g. clinical and counselling psychologists, counsellors, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, nurse therapists, social workers, occupational therapists, and GP’s. NHS Talking Therapies staff can attend this course and should indicate that they require NHS Talking Therapies compliant training when applying.

The course is not suitable for applicants who wish to acquire basic therapeutic skills. IPT is not a Step 2 intervention, and therefore not suitable for Practice Wellbeing Practitioners.

*NHS TTad specified counselling or psychotherapy accreditations: British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited; United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Registered as a Psychotherapist or Psychotherapeutic Counsellor; Association of Christian Counsellors Accreditation; National Counselling Society Accredited Professional registrants, British Psychoanalytic Council Registered.