Ongoing training programmes

The training programmes currently ongoing at the University are listed below. Further information on the programmes can be obtained from the education planning officer responsible for the Psychotherapist Training Programmes or from the partner organisation indicated in connection with individual programmes.

The Psychotherapist Training Programmes are organised in cooperation with expert organisations or trainer psychotherapist groups. Graduates of the programmes are granted the right to use the protected occupational title of psychotherapist by the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (Valvira).

Integrative framework
In cooperation with trainer psychotherapists specialised in integrative psychotherapy

  • Training Programme in Individual Adult Psychotherapy 2023–2026
  • Training Programme in Individual Adult Psychotherapy 2025-2028

Cognitive framework
In cooperation  with the consortium of trainers from the Kognitiivisen psykoterapian yhdistys ry.

  • Training Programme in Individual Adult Psychotherapy 2022–2025
  • Training Programme in Individual Adult Psychotherapy 2023–2026
  • Training Programme in Individual Adult Psychotherapy 2024-2027

In cooperation with HUS Group

  • Training Programme in Individual Adult Psychotherapy 2023-2026

In cooperation with HUS Group

Cognitive-analytic framework
In cooperation with the

  • Training Programme in Individual Adult and Adolescent Psychotherapy 2022-2025
  • Training Programme in Individual Adult and Adolescent Psychotherapy 2023-2026
  • Training Programme in Individual Adult Psychotherapy 2025-2028

Cognitive-integrative framework
In cooperation with the

  • Training Programme in Individual Adult Psychotherapy 2022-2025
  • Training Programme in Individual Adult Psychotherapy 2024-2027

In cooperation with trainer psychotherapists specialised in cognitive psychotherapy

  • Training Programme in Individual Adult Psychotherapy (including hypnotherapy) 2023-2026
  • Training Programme in Individual Adult Psychotherapy (including hypnotherapy) 2025-2028

Psychoanalytical framework
In cooperation with the

  • Training Programme in Individual Adult Psychotherapy 2023-2027

Psychodynamic framework
In cooperation with the

  • Training Programme in Individual Adolescent Psychotherapy 2023–2026
  • Training Programme in Individual Adolescent Psychotherapy 2024–2027
  • Training Programme in Individual Adolescent Psychotherapy 2025–2028

Groupanalytic framework
In cooperation with the

  • Training Programme in Groupanalytic Psychotherapy 2023-2026

Early childhood framework 

in cooperation with the   

  • Psychotherapist training program with early childhood framework 2022-2026

In cooperation with the Varhaisen vuorovaikutuksen kouluttajapsykoterapeutit Oy

  • Psychotherapist training program with early childhood framework 2025-2029

Psychodynamic framework in cooperation with trainer psychotherapists specialised in psychodynamic psychotherapy

  • Psykodynamisk individuell psykoterapeututbildning med inriktning på vuxna 2022-2026

The University of Helsinki employs a competitive bidding process to select the training programmes organised in cooperation with external educational organisations. In addition, the University can organise its own training programmes. Educational organisations interested in collaboration can obtain further information on upcoming bidding processes by contacting the education planning officer responsible for the psychotherapist training programmes .

Information on upcoming training programmes is published on the training programme website no later than in the autumn preceding the relevant application period. New training programmes begin every year in August and September. Any training programmes accepting applications will be organised when the number of eligible applicants who accept the place offered to them meets the minimum size for the specific training programme group.