What BCA Membership has to offer
Student membership is free: as a student on the MSc or Foundation Degree you are automatically a member. Benefits include:
A range of free monthly forums
Regular meetings and low cost conferences for CPD
Workshops
Possibility for BPC registration as a psychodynamic counsellor
Reduced subscription to the Psychodynamic Practice Journal
Opportunities to meet current and former Birkbeck students for social and professional purposes
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BPC Student Membership
As students on one of the MSc courses you are eligible to join the British Psychoanalytic Council as a student member. Benefits include:
Possibility for BPC registration as a psychodynamic counsellor when you graduate.
Regular emails about upcoming events
New Associations magazine
Newsletter
Testimonials
Being a member offers students an opportunity to be part of an organisation that enhances and supports their learning through their time at Birkbeck College, University of London. The BCA offers up to date developments in Counselling and Psychotherapy through talks and conferences led by experts in their field.
Sabi
Student
Being on the committee has given me invaluable experience and insight into how events are put on, but it has also allowed me to influence the nature of these events. The process of choosing topics and speakers exposes me to many more ideas and names than I would have from just attending the conferences and talks.
Mark
Committee Member
Being a part of the BCA committee provides an opportunity to meet others who have trained or are training as Psychodynamic Psychotherapists, an excuse to surround oneself with people who ‘get you’ and chance to chat and compare stories and experiences with loads of interesting people.
Tami
Committee Member
BCA membership is more than the sum of its parts - it is more than the talks, the conferences, the forum meetings and thought-provoking discussions (which are all pretty incredible in themselves); it is, at its heart, a place that welcomes and celebrates the many voices, viewpoints, visions and variations that constitute the ‘dynamic’ aspect of Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy today.
ritamjahed
Committee Member
Being part of the Executive Committee is a wonderful opportunity to contribute to the shaping of an organization committed to promoting the application of psychodynamic thinking to a variety of occupational and professional settings.
Giovanni
Committee Member
An opportunity to enjoy collaborating with other BCA members in arranging fascinating presentations by BCA members and occasional outside speakers.
Paul
Committee Member
The BCA is a vibrant and ever growing association that enables those with a shared experience of the Birkbeck training to stay connected and to forge new and stimulating professional relationships in the wider counselling and psychotherapy community.