This is a report of the principles and methods of the training of child psychoanalysts used at the London Institute of Psychoanalysis, read before a Joint Meeting of the Educational and Medical Sections of the British Psychological Society. In general, the principles and methods are the same as those used in the United States, but there are a few differences worth mentioning.

The London Institute recognizes 'that a medical degree is not necessarily essential for the practice of psychoanalysis'. However, 'non-medical candidates must have a university degree or its equivalent, and have had some special experience which makes them suitable. Some scientific training is regarded