The Institute of Psychoanalysis welcomes applicants from all professional and academic backgrounds. While many of our students are psychiatrists or other professionals already working with patients in the field of mental health, prior clinical experience is not a requirement for an application: there is always a proportion of students who come to the training without experience of one-to-one contact with psychiatric patients. Where an applicant has no such experience but is otherwise suitable for the training, the Institute will endeavour to assist in arranging a clinical placement; the successful applicant’s student progress advisor will help the student.