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Psychotherapist training - Doctors of Psychology

Are you a qualified psychologist with a university degree or have you studied medicine or another humanistic subject? Would you like to continue your education? Then further training as a psychotherapist would be an interesting option for you. The training consists of theory, but also a lot of practice and is therefore very varied and a challenge for every graduate. Training to become a psychotherapist takes at least 5 years and is very demanding. Therefore, you should be very willing to engage in your own learning process.

Many different psychotherapy methods are learned and applied during the training courses. After passing the final examination, you can open your own practice or work in an institution. Are you interested? Then you will find numerous offers for further training in psychotherapy on the education portal Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch. Request documents today, you can order them free of charge and very easily online. Compare the offers and choose the right training provider for you.

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Josefstrasse 79
8005 Zürich
pcaInstitute: Institut pour l'approche centrée sur la personne / Institute for the Person-Centered Approach
(5.5) Excellent 14 14 Ratings (100% )
Are you interested in the wide world of person-centered psychotherapy and counseling? Would you like to further your education and development?
Then the pcaInstitut, the institute of pcaSuisse, the Swiss Association for the Person-Centered Approach, is your partner.
We will train you to become a person-centered psychotherapist or a person-centered counselor.
The four-year in-service training in person-centred psychotherapy for psychologists and doctors leads to the specialist title of federally recognized psychotherapist and a cantonal licence to practice.
Further training in person-centered counselling is aimed at professionals who provide psychosocial counselling or support as part of their counselling, educational, health, social or human resources activities: Psychologist, career counselor, vocational trainer, pastor, teacher, lecturer, social worker, social pedagogue, body/breath therapist, personnel/HR specialists.
Strengths: In the person-centered approach, relationship is the central effective factor. The person as a whole is at the center of the dialogical process that can be learned in our practical seminars
Region: Basel, Bern, Westschweiz, Zürich
Sites: Zürich
Certifications, Memberships, Qualifications:
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SGFB
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Address:
Kanzleistrasse 17
8004 Zürich
IKP Institut für Körperzentrierte Psychotherapie
(5.0) Very good 168 168 Ratings (97% )
Welcome to IKP - your training institute for holistic therapies. Here you will find in-service training and further education courses in psychotherapy, psychosocial counseling, nutritional-psychological counseling, couples and family counseling, breathing therapy and psychological coaching.
The special feature of the IKP method is that not only counseling-therapeutic conversations are used, but also emotion-feeling-centered methods: bodywork, role dialogues, creative means, movement, deep relaxation and imagination exercises.
The IKP training courses are recognized by important professional associations and comply with the standards of the EMR and ASCA (health insurance billing).
Strengths: Training and further education at IKP: scientific ▪ practice-oriented ▪ recognized
Region: Bern, Zürich
Sites: Bern, Zürich
Next start date
Zürich
10/17/2025
Next info event
Online
12/5/2024
Certifications, Memberships, Qualifications:
ASCA
Bundesbeiträge
eduQua
OdA KT
SGFB
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Ist der Lehrgang Psychotherapist (certified) der richtige für mich?
Machen Sie jetzt den Selbsttest (kostenlos)
Address:

Mühlestrasse 10
8400 Winterthur
IBP Institute
(5.5) Excellent 57 57 Ratings (98% )
Welcome to the IBP Institute - Integrating body & mind.

We are a leading and innovative institute for integrative body psychotherapy, integrative coaching, body-oriented counseling and treatment in German-speaking countries. We teach the methods and ideas of Integrative Body Psychotherapy IBP. IBP is an effective, scientifically well-founded psychotherapy method that focuses on the integration of physical experience, emotions, cognitions, spiritual experience and behavior.

Practice-oriented further and advanced training in the areas of psychotherapy, coaching and supervision as well as psychosocial counseling form our core competence.

The IBP Institute is eduqua certified.
Strengths: IBP - integrating body & mind. We convey the contents of IBP in an integrative, experience-oriented and practical way and stand for the high quality of our training and further education programs.
Region: Ostschweiz, Zentralschweiz, Zürich
Sites: Winterthur, Gelfingen, Gais
Next start date
Winterthur
November 2025
Gelfingen
November 2025
Certifications, Memberships, Qualifications:
BSO
Bundesbeiträge
eduQua
Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft
SGFB
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Address:
Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken
Wilhelm Klein-Strasse 27
4002 Basel
Postgraduate programs in psychotherapy (PSP)
Postgraduate courses in psychotherapy: part-time continuing education, further training to become a federally recognized psychotherapist with a cognitive-behavioral focus

3 areas of application are offered: Psychotherapy for adults | Psychotherapy for children & adolescents | Forensic psychotherapy

- Properly accredited by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)
- in existence since 1996
- Modern, broad and scientifically sound curriculum
- Strong practical relevance
- renowned lecturers and experts from practice, teaching and research
- Compatibility of continuing education, further training, work and family life
- Personal support for students / mentoring system
- Network of graduates and discounted further training opportunities even after graduation

Admission requirements: Master's degree in psychology

Next start of further training:
- Adult application area August 2025 & January 2026
- Area of application Forensic Psychotherapy August 2025
- Area of application children and adolescents August 2025
Region: Basel
Sites: Basel
Next start date
Basel
August 2025
Next info event
Online
2/25/2025
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Address:
Hauptstrasse 33
4142 Münchenstein
Essenntial Concepts GmbH
We are pleased to be able to offer further training to become an IOPT* practitioner (trauma therapist) under the license of Prof. F. Ruppert.

By means of this further training concept, you will gain insight and clarity into hidden areas of the psyche that are otherwise split off, enabling you to offer clients missing elements for their development and to accompany them more competently and emphatically. You will also see through the connections between psychotrauma and triggers, relationship problems, addictions, body symptoms, behavioral patterns and other blockages.
You will be given the necessary tools, acquire the professional basis and develop the necessary empathy to be able to work professionally as a trauma therapist, so that each participant can trust their own impulses and accompany individuals and groups in their own way.

After cert. You are authorized to submit an application for inclusion on the internat. Recommendation list of F. Ruppert.
*Identity-oriented psychotrauma theory and therapy
Region: Basel, Westschweiz
Sites: Basel
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Ist der Lehrgang Psychotherapist (certified) der richtige für mich?
Machen Sie jetzt den Selbsttest (kostenlos)
Address:
Therwilerstrasse 3
4054 Basel
AZPP - Training Center for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
The Training Center for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (AZPP) offers physicians and psychologists
- high-quality, practice-oriented continuing education, further training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, duly accredited by the BAG and SGPP/FHM
1) Obtaining the title of federally recognized psychotherapist over five years for psychologists.
2) Specialist training over three years for doctors.
- closed groups with experienced psychoanalytical psychotherapists.
- Specialized training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy for children and adolescents.

Start of training: annually in October. 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, with the exception of the Basel school vacations.
Region: Basel
Sites: Basel
Next start date
Basel
10/13/2025
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Address:
Hendschikerstrasse 5
5600 Lenzburg
wilob AG
(5.4) Very good 32 32 Ratings (100% )
Welcome to wilob - the leading institute for systemic-resource-oriented therapy & counseling!

Experience highly practice-oriented training and further education in the fields of psychotherapy, coaching, organizational consulting and supervision as well as psychosocial counselling in our beautiful course rooms!
We very successfully teach the systemic resource-oriented approach: a very effective and scientifically well-founded psychotherapy method. The focus is on goals and intentions for change. And problems are seen as skills on the way to achieving goals.

Of course, wilob is also eduqua certified and we have a cooperation with the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences (CAS FH). Further recognitions: BAG; SGPP, FSP, SBAP, Systemis, BSO, SKJP, Marte Meo Network International.
Strengths: Well-known lecturers and a very good price-performance ratio (despite their fame).
Region: Aargau
Sites: Lenzburg, Staufen
Next start date
Lenzburg
8/18/2025
Certifications, Memberships, Qualifications:
BSO
Bundesbeiträge
eduQua
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Address:
Schulhausstrasse 64
8002 Zürich
IEF Institute for Systemic Development and Training
Our institute offers professionals - tailored to their individual needs - a wide range of further training courses in the areas of systemic psychotherapy (federally recognized), hypnosystemic training and further training, conflict management and mediation, systemic parent coaching and social-pedagogical family support, some of which are CAS courses. We use the different professional backgrounds of the participants as a learning environment and support their individual skills and learning processes.
Region: Zürich
Sites: Zürich
Next start date
Zürich
9/18/2025
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Ist der Lehrgang Psychotherapist (certified) der richtige für mich?
Machen Sie jetzt den Selbsttest (kostenlos)
Address:
Grossmünsterplatz 1
8001 Zürich
Klaus Grawe Institute for Psychological Therapy
Welcome to the Klaus Grawe Institute for Psychological Therapy. Here, psychologists can train to become psychotherapists.
Region: Zürich
Sites: Zürich
Next start date
Zürich
on request
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Address:
Schöntalstrasse 21
8004 Zürich
Institut für Prozessarbeit IPA - Prozessorientierte Psychotherapie
4-year continuing education, further training for psychologists and doctors. Depth psychology-based, humanistic-experiential, experience-oriented and interactive

Courses in:
- Process-oriented psychotherapy-ASP-Integral acc. EDI
- Process-oriented psychotherapy for doctors
Region: Zürich
Sites: Zürich
Next start date
Zürich
on request
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