Placement Applications

We welcome applications from trainee counsellors and trainee therapists for placement. To be considered, you must be in at least your second year of training.

The therapy modalities that we consider are psychodynamic and integrative, which includes a psychodynamic component.

We are particularly interested in applications from people who are able to speak any of the following languages:

  • French

  • Bengali (Sylheti)

  • Farsi

  • Arabic

  • Turkish

  • Mandarin

  • Polish

If you were successful in gaining a trainee placement with us, we would be able to offer you:

  • Subsidised weekly supervision with a UKCP accredited supervisor

  • Up to 50 supervised clinical hours with clients (our work is short-term)

  • Training in our short-term psychodynamic Intercultural approach to therapy

  • Training on IT systems widely used by the NHS

  • Access to Training and CPD opportunities

How to Apply

Please contact us to discuss your particular interest or requirement. To apply, please email us at admin@nafsiyat.org.uk with:

  • Your CV

  • A statement of interest giving as much information as possible about why you would like to do a placement at Nafsiyat

  • Information about the language or languages that you can work in.

  Honorary Clinicians 

After a Trainee clinician has completed their one-year placement at Nafsiyat and has also qualified as a counsellor/psychotherapist, they may be interested in gaining more hours towards their accreditation or deepening their understanding of the intercultural practice. This involves a commitment to a caseload of 4 clients per week for one year. Interested trainees may apply to be considered for becoming a volunteer Honorary Clinician at Nafsiyat.