LSBP Training Components

LSBP professional training includes the following components:
 
1. On-going personal biodynamic psychotherapy:
The students’ personal development is the fundamental element in their training.  Individual Biodynamic Psychotherapy throughout the training is therefore the most basic learning tool. A student is required to be in weekly therapy with an LSBP-approved therapist, for a minimum of 40 hours per year, until qualification.
 
2. Clinical practice under close supervision:
Students are expected to begin giving psychotherapy to “training clients” in their third or fourth year. This included long-term work with two training clients. Supervision for these training clients will initially be one supervision hour for each client session given, gradually reducing, as therapy proceeds. Supervision will be help fine tune the student’s therapeutic ability and acumen. In year IV the workshop Friday will be devoted for supervision, and students will present case reports of their work for discussion an theoretical underpinning.  The LSBP Diploma requires a total of 200 hours closely supervised psychotherapy practice. Some may accomplish this within two years of completing the workshop programme. Those who start their client work later or work with fewer clients will take longer. Students are also required to work at the psychiatric placement for at least 20 days.

3. The workshop programme

Year 1 of the workshop programme consists of the Basic and Advanced Certificate Course in Biodynamic Massage (see the Biodynamic Massage section of the site) plus a residential workshop in Yenne and some group and personal process work.

Years 2, 3 and 4 consists of 11 three-day weekend workshops in North London and a week-long residential workshop in France, where we join with the French Biodynamic school (a total of 39 training days per year).

4. Academic studies:
The students’ handbook includes a reading list for each year.
Students write two papers a year, which will include reflection on their own personal development and clinical work, in light of the theory studied.
For the diploma, students write two major case studies

5. Advanced Students’ Programme
For students who completed their Workshop programme and wish to continue working towards LSBP Diploma