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AZPP – Ausbildungszentrum für psychoanalytische Psychotherapie
Therwilerstrasse 3
4054 Basel

Sites: Basel

The Training Center for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (AZPP) offers high-quality continuing education, further training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy for both doctors and psychologists, duly accredited by the BAG and SGPP/FHM.

  • The curriculum takes place in closed groups and takes five years to obtain the title of federally recognized psychotherapist and three years for specialist training.
  • The continuing education courses are led by experienced psychoanalytic psychotherapists and include the practice-oriented teaching of traditional and current psychoanalytic theories and concepts as well as relevant scientific findings.
  • Approaches from various psychoanalytic schools are presented and discussed.
  • The theoretical courses are supplemented by case study seminars in which clinical treatment cases are presented and discussed.
  • The quantitative requirements for self-awareness and supervision correspond to the provisions of the FOPH and the SGPP/FMH.
  • Participants are personally supervised by mentors.
  • Start of training: annually in October. With the exception of the Basel school vacations, all seminars take place on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays from 19.45 to 21.15 and on some Saturdays from 09.00 to 13.00/15.00.

The AZPP was founded in 2002 and operates as a registered non-profit association with the aim of disseminating psychoanalytic concepts and promoting the next generation of therapists in this field. The AZPP is committed to the professional and personal (further) development of its trainees.

The AZPP has a lively and intergenerational culture of discussion and debate with room for professional exchange and reflection - including on current socio-political issues. External guests are also welcome to attend the public AZPP colloquia, which take place two to three times a year.

Offer

Accredited continuing education, further training for psychologists according to PsyG - 5 years

Start October 12, 2026 (registration deadline: August 31, 2026)

Basic course for doctors in continuing, further education to become a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy - 3 years

Start October 12, 2026 (registration deadline: August 31, 2026)

Participation in the two-year advanced course as part of the curriculum for accredited continuing education, further training for psychologists is also possible for doctors after successful completion of the basic course.

About psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is derived from psychoanalysis and is an exciting, profound and interesting form of therapy that places particular emphasis on personal self-awareness.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy captures the patient's suffering in connection with the psychodynamics and the interplay of psychological development, relationships, feelings, the current situation, the symptoms and their origin in unconscious conflicts.

In psychoanalytic psychotherapy, special attention is paid to unconscious processes that can be experienced in the relationship between patient and therapist in the form of transference and countertransference.

Psychoanalytical psychotherapy requires the therapist to be touchable and to be touched.

Psychoanalytical psychotherapy is suitable for the treatment of many mental disorders, including severe ones, in outpatient, inpatient and day-care settings. Many scientific studies have proven its effectiveness.

In addition to the theoretical seminars, great importance is attached to practical psychotherapeutic work on individual cases. Learning and practicing in fixed groups of trainees quickly helps them to apply the theory to their own therapeutic work.

Anyone who understands psychotherapeutic work in this sense and enjoys working in this way will experience a great deal of satisfaction in continuing education, further training and its implementation and will broaden their horizons in life.

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10/12/2026
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