It is usual for there to be a change of supervisor after two years. The clinical workshop takes place within three ten-week terms each year. Trainees attend for at least three years, or until completion of the clinical requirements if longer. It is here that trainees have the opportunity to present their clinical work both with and without their co-therapists. The discussion sometimes includes a specific focus on technical issues, which may also involve reading a theoretical paper.
Theoretical studies take place within three ten-week terms.
It is possible for trainees to join other seminars running in the clinic. These are usually optional but occasionally trainees might be required to attend in order to fulfil individual training needs. Trainees attend a weekly theory seminar within the TMSI, for three years. This seminar aims to provide a grounding in the principles and concepts of psychoanalytic theory and their application for thinking about unconscious couple interaction. Infant Observation Seminar Trainees are required to undertake a weekly infant observation preferably in the first year and to attend a weekly infant observation seminar for one academic year during this time.