Master in Psychotherapy

The Sigmund Freud University was the first to introduce a university education in psychotherapy where academic and practical aspects work hand in hand and complement each other. According to the criteria of the World Health Organization, one psychotherapist per thousand inhabitants is needed. Slovenia is still far behind the other European countries - there is a great need for more trained psychotherapists. Psychotherapy is, therefore, certainly one of the important professions of the future.

The study programme of Psychotherapy Science at SFU Ljubljana combines theory, practice and self-awareness. Self-awareness is one of the most difficult, and at the same time, more fulfilling aspects of the studies. Self-awareness (learning therapy, personal growth, work on oneself) in which students try the psychotherapeutic methods on themselves. This form of work is a unique feature of the study process of psychotherapy. It means that the future psychotherapist must accept the same working process as their patients will.