How long for psychodynamic psychotherapy?

[flamingobingo]

I've asked my therapist a couple of times and all she says is 'I don't know - 6 months would be considered a short course'.

Can anyone who is in the know - a therapist maybe, or someone who has been through it - give me any idea. Months? Years? The rest of my life?

Tavi & portman do training:
www.tavi-port.org

if you have no experience but work in mental health you can do part time access diploma over a year (I've just finished and it was a nightmare!!)
Following that there is a 2-4year Ma which results in accreditation with BPA so you can practice as a psychodynamic psycho therapist, but you also have to have psychotherapy alongside this for at least a year.
What do you currently do>

Not to train, to actually have therapy and come out the other end.

i work alongside psychotherapists and am inclined to agree 6 months is usually a short amount of time.......the time depends on many things -
how well you engage
whos funding

good luck

and i do know some who have been receiving it for years so i guess each person is individual

years???

Parents and PIL funding atm. and it's going very well so far - 5 months and I'm still going twice-weekly. I just have no idea what to expect.

Yep i did it for 18months but had no money and now am going back again, nightmare!