ABSTRACT
The London Institute of Group Analysis has developed a unique model of training in which the trainee’s personal group analysis (conducted in twice-weekly patient groups), supervision and theory teaching, are held in relation to one another in a triadic structure. This model has also provided the prototype for those training courses which the Institute has set up and has been conducting in other countries in blocks of time lasting for several days and separated by fairly long intervals, a format known as ‘Block Training’. The time and space setting of these block sessions differs from the continuous weekly training experience of the trainees on the London Qualifying Course. A modification of content and technique is therefore required, while at the same time maintaining the triadic structure and ensuring that the standard of training is kept at a high level.
