This subjective experiencing is an important healing element in the therapeutic process. However the epistemological bases of the SPTI programmes contrast with the positivist world view that separates science from everyday life, knower from known, researcher from subject, self from other, mind from body, masculine from feminine. Training in psychotherapy takes place at an advanced, qualified and scientific level. The multiplicity of methods of psychotherapy is assured and guaranteed. In a process of psychotherapy, training is carried out in full and includes theory, self-experience and practice under supervision.
Adequate knowledge is gained of further processes of psychotherapy.
Access to training is through various preliminary qualifications, in particular in human and social sciences. The fundamental aim, which directs programme structure and guides content, is to provide students with a thorough theoretical and practical understanding of psychotherapy to enable them to become competent exponents and practitioners. Crucial to sound clinical practice is a training that combines theoretical understanding as a way of conceptualising clinical issues for competent practice. Expose students to the important current theoretical paradigms. Enable students to develop ways of thinking about and conceptualising clinical issues.