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Diploma in Critical Existential-Analytic Psychotherapy & Psychotherapeutic Counselling Supervision
SAFPAC UKCP Supervision Training 2025/26
Who is this for?
Those who wish to develop their critical existential-analytic abilities as clinical supervisors including those eligible to be on the UKCP Supervisors Directory.
Who does the teaching?
Professor Del Loewenthal, Dr Onel Brooks and Dr Julia Cayne plus guest psychotherapy seminars.
Who can apply?
Registered psychotherapists , psychoanalysts, psychotherapeutic counsellors, counsellors, arts & play therapists and counselling psychologists
When does it start?
September 2025 (pre-course briefing meeting on Zoom 5pm - 7pm Tuesday 8th July 2025)
When does it take place?
Seven Saturdays 10-5pm for eleven months plus thirty Thursday evenings 5-9pm all over 10 months. (SAFPAC Clinical members and those on interview are deemed to have sufficient therapeutic experience of existentialism and psycho-analysis can opt to only attend the seven Supervision Saturdays 10-5 pm plus thirty Thursday evenings 5 - 7.30 pm).
What is the cost?
Fees are £2050 (or termly £734) and £1550 (or termly £554) for SAFPAC Clinical members.
Where does it take place?
Online with some face-to-face options: Thursday evenings online or face-to-face in Wimbledon U.K., Saturdays on-line with some optional face to face.
Those who wish to develop their critical existential-analytic abilities as clinical supervisors including those eligible to be on the UKCP Supervisors Directory.
Who does the teaching?
Professor Del Loewenthal, Dr Onel Brooks and Dr Julia Cayne plus guest psychotherapy seminars.
Who can apply?
Registered psychotherapists , psychoanalysts, psychotherapeutic counsellors, counsellors, arts & play therapists and counselling psychologists
When does it start?
September 2025 (pre-course briefing meeting on Zoom 5pm - 7pm Tuesday 8th July 2025)
When does it take place?
Seven Saturdays 10-5pm for eleven months plus thirty Thursday evenings 5-9pm all over 10 months. (SAFPAC Clinical members and those on interview are deemed to have sufficient therapeutic experience of existentialism and psycho-analysis can opt to only attend the seven Supervision Saturdays 10-5 pm plus thirty Thursday evenings 5 - 7.30 pm).
What is the cost?
Fees are £2050 (or termly £734) and £1550 (or termly £554) for SAFPAC Clinical members.
Where does it take place?
Online with some face-to-face options: Thursday evenings online or face-to-face in Wimbledon U.K., Saturdays on-line with some optional face to face.
Further information:
- Develop your critical existential-analytic abilities when supervising Psychotherapists, Psychotherapeutic Counsellors and other Psychological Therapists.
- Train and be on the UKCP Supervisor Directory (for those who meet UKCP and College Standards of Education and Training)
- Learn through a practice-based online delivery mode with some face-to-face ( Wimbledon) options.
- Consider the implications for supervision of what emerges in practice through humanistic, existential and psychoanalytic ideas, as well as the arts and humanities.
- Develop critical perspectives theoretically and politically on psychotherapeutic supervision and the nature of psychotherapeutic supervision knowledge.
- Learn how to supervise therapists, individually and in a group, working open ended and time limited.
- Be part of a learning community facilitated by university experienced lecturers who are also supervisors, practitioners and researchers.
- Hear from a wide range of visiting psychotherapy speakers.
Course Outline
Introductory meeting: (Tuesday 8 July 2025 5-7pm).
Module one: Issue identification (what assumptions do models of supervision make about learning), the nature of therapeutic knowledge & what is known about clinical supervision (Saturday 13 September 2025)
Module two: What can phenomenology teach us about clinical supervision (Commences Saturday 18 October 2025) (practice, phenomenology and supervision)
Module three: What can Rogers teach us about clinical supervision (Commences Saturday 22 or 29 TBC November 2025)
Module four: What can existentialism teach us about clinical supervision (Commences Saturday 17 January 2026)
Module five: What can psychoanalysis teach us about clinical supervision (Commences Saturday 21 March 2026 )
Module six: What can critical psychotherapy teach us about clinical supervision (Commences Saturday 9 May 2026)
Module seven: The SAFPAC Supervision Pass (9 July 2026)
Attendance
Seven Saturdays 10-5pm for eleven months plus thirty Thursday evenings 5-9pm all over 10 months. (SAFPAC Clinical members and those on interview are deemed to have sufficient therapeutic experience of existentialism and psycho-analysis can opt to only attend the seven Supervision Saturdays 10-5 pm plus thirty Thursday evenings 5 - 7.30 pm).
Term Dates
Autumn Term - Supervision, Phenomenology and Existentialism:
Saturday 13 September 2025
Saturday 18 October 2025
Saturday 29 November 2025
Thursday evenings 2 October 2025 - 11 December 2025 (Reading week 20 October 25)
Spring Term - Supervision, Phenomenology and Psychoanalysis:
Saturday 17 January 2026
Saturday 21 March 2026
Thursday Evenings 15 January 2026 - 26 March 2026 (Reading week 9 February 26)
Summer Term - Supervision, Phenomenology and Critical Psychotherapy
Saturday 9 May 2026
Saturday 11 July 2026
Thursday Evenings 30 April 2026 - 9 July 2026 (Reading week 25 May 2026)
Optional Saturday meetings for SAFPAC Clinical Members and others with experience of existentialism and psychoanalysis: 1st November 2025, 21st February 2026, 16th May 2026
Optional Thursday meetings for SAFPAC Clinical Members and others with experience of existentialism and psychoanalysis: All Thursdays 7.30 - 9.00 pm
Fees
Fees are £2050 (or termly £734) and £1550 (or termly £554) for SAFPAC Clinical members.
Supervision of Supervision
Participants are required to carry out 40 hours of external clinical supervision of psychological therapists whilst attending the programme.
There is a further requirement for 6 hours overall additional individual tutorials/ supervisions with core staff (Prof Del Loewenthal, Dr Julia Cayne and Dr Onel Brooks) outside the above times (separate payment of £75 per session).
Participants will receive in total a minimum of 8 hours one to one supervision of supervision with the core tutors.
Participants will in addition receive peer supervision on the programme.
Additional requirements for those wishing to receive the Diploma
A minimum of 80% attendance of overall course
A portfolio documenting the above requirements plus passing a 4,000-word supervision assignment
Successfully presenting the Supervision Pass to the learning community.
For those requiring to be listed on the UKCP Supervisor Directory
You will also need to meet as pre requisites the UKCP and College Standards of Education and Training (SETS).
To Apply
Please complete the application form which can be found here. Applicants will be offered a place following a successful interview (there is no charge for the interview). To secure a place once offered a deposit within 2 weeks of £200 (£150 SAFPAC Clinical Members) is required.
