The unconscious
speaks in groups.
The Institute of Group Analysis is the UK's leading training body in group analytic psychotherapy — a tradition that listens to the matrix of relationships in which each of us is suspended.
A training in depth.
From a first foundation year to fully qualifying as a group analyst — programmes designed in the Foulkesian tradition and accredited by the UKCP.
Diploma & Qualifying Course in Group Analysis
Four-year clinical training leading to membership of the IGA and registration as a group analyst. Weekly experiential group, theory seminars, supervised practice.
Foundation Course in Group Analysis
A one-year experiential and theoretical introduction to group analytic ideas, suitable for practitioners across the helping professions.
CPD, Reflective Practice & Short Courses
Workshops, weekend seminars and the renowned January Workshop — designed for working clinicians deepening their group practice.
We hold a frame
in which the group can think.
Group analysis — developed by S.H. Foulkes in mid-twentieth century London — treats the group itself as the therapeutic instrument. We train clinicians to listen with a third ear to the communicational matrix of the group.
Today the IGA is a community of more than a thousand members: psychotherapists, supervisors, consultants and researchers working across the NHS, private practice, organisations and the academy.
The 2026/27 Foundation Course
Run in 14 regional centres across the UK. A one-year experiential small group, weekly theory seminar and a residential weekend — the most widely-taken introduction to group analysis in Europe.