About

AGIP is a registered charity and psychoanalytic psychotherapy organisation based in North London, established in 1974. For over five decades, AGIP has provided both high-quality psychotherapy services and a comprehensive training programme for those wishing to become psychoanalytic psychotherapists. The organisation is a member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), and its training leads to professional registration with UKCP upon qualification.

AGIP offers a pluralistic and contemporary approach to psychoanalytic psychotherapy, drawing on a range of psychoanalytic and analytical traditions. Its training is designed to equip trainees with the theoretical knowledge, clinical skills, and ethical grounding required for work in private practice, the NHS, and voluntary sector settings. Trainees are supported to develop into reflective, self-aware practitioners with a strong capacity for clinical thinking and emotional understanding.
The core training pathway includes a Foundation Course in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, which provides an introductory or first-year experience, and a longer Clinical Psychotherapy Training leading to full qualification. AGIP also offers a specialised Infant Observation Course, which explores early emotional and psychological development through structured observation and group reflection. These courses combine seminars, experiential learning, clinical placements, and supervised practice, alongside personal psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

AGIP provides psychotherapy services to the public, including low-fee and concessionary clinics, delivered by qualified and trainee therapists.

AGIP aims to provide a supportive, rigorous and ethically grounded training environment, enabling students from diverse backgrounds to develop into competent psychoanalytic psychotherapists capable of working across a range of clinical and community settings

Courses Offered

• 1. Foundation Course in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
• This is a one-year introductory/taster course in psychoanalytic thinking and practice.
• Designed as an introduction to psychoanalytic psychotherapy
• Can be taken for CPD or as preparation for clinical training
• Also functions as the first year of the full clinical psychotherapy training pathway
• Includes seminars on psychoanalytic theory, clinical concepts, and experiential group work
• Requires attendance over approximately 10 Saturdays across the year
• Suitable for professionals in mental health, counselling, social work, and related fields, as well as career changers
• 2. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Clinical Training (Full Training)
• This is AGIP’s main professional qualification route to becoming a psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
• A multi-year clinical training (typically 4 years total including foundation year)
• Leads to eligibility for UKCP registration
• Combines:
• The Foundation Course (Year 1)
• Three further years of clinical training
• Includes:
• Theoretical seminars
• Clinical placement / supervised practice with patients
• Regular clinical supervision
• Mandatory personal psychoanalytic psychotherapy
• Prepares trainees for independent clinical work in private practice and/or NHS/voluntary sector
• 3. Infant Observation Course
• A specialist observational training focused on early emotional and psychological development.
• Can be taken as a stand-alone CPD course or as part of the clinical training
• Involves direct weekly observation of a baby from birth to 1 year
• Weekly observation in a family setting
• Group supervision and reflective discussion
• Detailed written observational notes
• Typically runs over multiple terms (around a year or longer depending on intake)
• Delivered online