The Training in Contemporary Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (The TCPP) [formerly the Contemporary Freudian & Independent Training Course] was established in 1990 under the aegis of the West Midlands Institute of Psychotherapy.
WMIP was involved in the early developme
nt of the United Kingdom Standing Conference for Psychotherapy, and in 1993 was a founding member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). WMIP is both a Training Organisation and an Accrediting Organisation within the Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis (CPJA) Section of UKCP. It offers a training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with adults to a standard which, if completed satisfactorily, will enable course graduates to apply for registration with the UKCP (CPJA section). Graduates of this course could expect to use this qualification as the basis for both independent practice or within the NHS.
All students become Student Members of WMIP. The philosophy underlying the training informing its curriculum and structure is outlined on the WMIP site.
The training is regularly reviewed by UKCP. Our current advising analysts are Mr Simon Archer and Ms Hannah Solemani. Past advising analysts have included Mrs Susan Budd, Dr Ralph Layland and Dr Nina Colart.