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Child & Adolescent Section

Application Form

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Questionnaire for all sections

1. Are you applying for:
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2. Full membership:

How many members do you have in your national network who have completed a training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy that correspond to the training standards of the EFPP for that section?

Do you have at least 6 members in your association who have reached the minimal training standards? Please give their names, the name of the Associations where they received training and their qualification dates.

3. Associate membership

Has your association not yet reached the training standards of the EFPP?

4. Observer status

Observers are from those countries and sections who are at the first stage of developing psychoanalytic psychotherapy and who are considering whether they are at a stage to apply for membership of the EFPP.

Questionnaire which encompasses all the EFPP Child and Adolescent Section bylaws

Please will you verify that your training encompasses all of the following items. Please do so by filling in boxes saying yes or no and adding additional clarification regarding the manner in which you conduct your training.
1. Is your training undertaken by an organisation with training as one of its specific purposes?
2. Do you have a register of members and trainees, which defines those who are entitled to practice as qualified child psychoanalytic psychotherapists?
3. Does your training organisation have a training committee that evaluates the suitability of applicants and checks their prior academic qualifications?
4. Does your training committee continuously monitor the trainee’s progress on the basis of verbal, and/or written reports from supervisors and teachers throughout the training?

5. The EFPP Child & Adolescent section recognises the following minimal criteria for qualification.

Please fill in boxes below, ticking – yes/no. If necessary, supply additional information.
Duration of Training A minimum of four/five years training course: Do you meet this requirement?
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Please check the bylaws, since the training can be divided in two levels:
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A European Certificate Qualification requires the completion of both levels. Whichever method of training is used, care is taken that the total training is in accordance with the full certificate level required.
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Personal Psychotherapeutic experience During the training programme trainees must undergo psychoanalysis or intensive psychotherapy with an approved training analyst or qualified training psychotherapist for, at least, the whole duration of their training.
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Clinical training requirements Infant Observation: A minimum of 60 seminars (2 years , each 60 teaching hours). Do you meet this ?
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Clinical seminars: A minimum of 60, better 120 hours of small group discussion seminars.
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The trainee sees at least 3 patients ( preferably 6), children and adolescents in psychotherapy not intensive, 1or 2 sessions per week, for at least one year each?
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The trainees are also expected to work with parents, of a frequency of weekly or fortnightly sessions for at least one year: do you meet this?
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Every trainee is expected to receive systematic individual clinical supervision for a minimum of 120-160 hours over the full training period.
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Every trainee is offered minimum 120 hours og group supervision, for his/her not intensive clinical work: does your training program meet this?
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Supervised Intensive clinical work

A minimum of 400, 420 hours of supervised intensive psychoanalytic psychotherapy (3 or minimum 2 sessions per week) with 1 hour /week supervision, one case for at least 2 years, the others for 1 year
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Does your training program meet this?
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Each trainee should have at least two different supervisors during the training period.
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Trainees are assigned personal tutors according to the bylaws: do you meet this point?
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All cases that contribute to qualification must be supervised and it is recommended that at least one ending phase treatment is included.
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Theoretical Requirements

The training period includes theoretical and technical seminars on Psychoanalytic psychotherapy and its applications and clinical presentations material for not less than 150 seminars, 300 hours of teaching, particularly: 20% psychoanalytic theory, 20% human growth and development, 30% psychopathology, 30% psychoanalytic concepts and technique. Do the above apply to your training program?
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Final qualification should include a written clinical paper based on one of the 3 supervised intensive cases:

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Thank you for filling in your details.

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Your application will be read by the two Child & Adolescent section representatives of the EFPP Board and if no further details are required, will be taken to the EFPP Board for formal acceptance

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