N.W.I.D.P.
The North West Institute
of Dynamic Psychotherapy
About the NWIDP
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The aims of the Institute
The Northwest Institute of Dynamic Psychotherapy (NWIDP) was established to provide advanced training and
further education in psychoanalytic and psychodynamic
psychotherapy in the North West of England. The NWIDP is the main training
and accrediting body in the
The other
main training organisation in the North West of England is Group Analysis North, which provides
training in group analytic psychotherapy.
People at the NWIDP
Names, addresses, email and contact numbers of the officers
of the NWIDP, the administrator and other key people.
Psychotherapy Training
The NWIDP administers the course leading to the North West Regional Diploma in Dynamic Psychotherapy.
This is an advanced qualification in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and allows
graduates to Register as Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists with the United Kingdom Council for the
Psychotherapies (UKCP), the largest registration body for psychotherapists
in the
Further Information
Visit the Archive for more
information, including documents relating to the NWIDP: the Constitution; how to apply for Membership;
the Prospectus for the Diploma Course; Codes of
Ethics and Conduct for Therapists, Trainers and trainees and Supervisors;
or the Complaints Procedure of the NWIDP.
Please note the new
discussion document on The
use of the Label 'psychoanalyst' on the UKCP Register.
The Robert F Hobson Library
The Robert F Hobson Library has
an extensive collection of books on psychotherapy and related subjects, with a
core of psychoanalytic texts. It is based at the Gaskell House Psychotherapy
Centre and is administered by the Society for the
Investigation of Human Values (SIHV), a charity whose aim is to support the
development of psychotherapy.
Useful Links
Information and links about psychotherapy education,
provision and training. This page will be upgraded regularly. Please send
suggestions or links you would like to see included to the Administrator. Restricted to information
about psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy.
What is dynamic psychotherapy?
Psychodynamic
psychotherapy recognises that problems in the present may have their roots in
past experience, and that current behaviour may be motivated by feelings derived
from that experience. Dynamic therapists work on the assumption that such
problems will emerge in the relationship with the therapist as well as in other
relationships (with family, partners, children, work colleagues, etc.), and
thus the therapeutic relationship is the central focus of therapy. The
treatment consists of developing a therapeutic conversation focusing on the
"here and now" experience of both patient and therapist. Dynamic
psychotherapy is used for both in brief therapy where there is a defined area
of difficulty (a "focus"), and over the longer term, aimed at helping
change how patients function in relationships in all areas of their lives.
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The NWIDP is based at the Macartney House Psychotherapy Centre
Macartney House Psychotherapy Centre
Beech Mount, Harpurhey,
Tel: 0161 203
5968 Fax:
0161 203 5731
email: NWIDP Administrator
