CERTIFICATE IN FUNDAMENTALS OF RELATIONAL & INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY COURSE – 9TH JUNE – 21ST JULY 2025

Description

This Certificate course will be run over a 3 month period and comprises 5 single days over this time period.

This course programme will focus on Integrative Psychotherapy as a comprehensive system and we will be discussing the fundamental theory and methods of a psychotherapy that aims to integrate client’s affect, cognition, physiology and behaviour. Through lectures, group discussion and experiential exercises, this training will provide you with an understanding of Richard Erskine’s model of relationally-focused and developmentally-based Integrative Psychotherapy. There will be no essays or written work to fulfil as the tutor will be able to judge competency by demonstration and practice

Module One: 9th June 2025
What is Integrative Psychotherapy? This module will explore the development of a relationship-focused Integrative Psychotherapy. The focus of this module will be on the integration of affect, cognition, behaviour and physiology. We will also discuss the Philosophical Principles of Integrative Psychotherapy.

Module Two: 23rd June 2025
Here we will discuss Integrative Psychotherapy as a Comprehensive system that includes a Theory of Motivation, Theory of Personality and Theory of Methods. The focus of this module will be on the Theory of Motivation – what motivates people’s behaviours and attitudes.

Module Three: 30th June 2025
In this module we will look at an integrated set of Theories of Personality and Evaluation that provide ways to understand, evaluate & plan a treatment to facilitate the integration of the personality. The focus of this module will be on Contact, Relational Needs and the Script System – how people are consistently reinforcing their script beliefs about self and others.

Module Four: 7th July 2025
In this module we will discuss how healing occurs through a contactful relationship. The focus will be on the relational methods of Integrative Psychotherapy – how to create and maintain a safe enough therapeutic relationship that helps clients to self stabilise in a mature way.

Module Five: 21st July 2025
This module will focus on Presence and Involvement as healing dimensions of Integrative Psychotherapy – how to work with clients’ vulnerability

Trainer: Ruth Birkebaek is a UKCP registered Psychotherapist, a Certified Integrative Psychotherapy Trainer & Supervisor (CIIPTS) by the IIPA (International Integrative Psychotherapy Association) and a Certified Transactional Analyst – Provisional Trainer & Supervisor (PTSTA). Ruth is also primary tutor at MIP. She has a private practice in London and delivers trainings and workshops internationally.