Therapist Placement Opportunities
Clapham Junction, South West London
The Middle Ground Therapy Service offers placement opportunities for trainee therapists who want to develop their clinical practice within a clear, structured, and ethically held service.
Placements are offered within a face-to-face counselling service for adults, designed to fill the gap between free and means-tested services and private therapy.
The service prioritises consistency, boundaries, and thoughtful clinical work.
Who This Placement Is For
This placement may be a good for you if you:
Are in the advanced stages of a recognised counselling or psychotherapy training
Are looking for consistent, weekly, face-to-face clinical work
Value clear boundaries, structure, and reliability
Want to work with adult clients
Want to develop confidence in a well-contained service model
Who This Service Is For
The Middle Ground Therapy Service was created to support adults who fall between means-tested services and private practice. People who earn too much to access traditional low-cost services, but can’t financially access regular private therapy.
This offers trainees experience working with clients who are motivated, reflective, and able to engage in weekly, open-ended therapy, without the constraints often found in short-term or crisis-led services.
The Clinical Framework
Trainee therapists work within a clear clinical framework, with defined processes around assessment, risk, safeguarding, and endings.
Clinical work is supported by bi-monthly mandatory supervision & service oversight, with an emphasis on developing safe, reflective practice within agreed boundaries.
What The Placement Offers
Placement therapists typically work with up to 4 adult clients on a weekly basis, offering face-to-face sessions of 50 minutes at a time.
Therapy is open-ended, with review points every 12 sessions. This allows trainees to develop experience of continuity, relational depth, and endings within a contained structure.
Practical Considerations
Placements are voluntary and unpaid.
The Middle Ground Therapy Service operates out of our Lavender Hill office.
Trainees are responsible for their own professional registration, DBS, insurance, and external supervision arrangements.
Placement availability is limited and subject to suitability, availability, and service capacity.
If you’re interested in a placement with The Middle Ground Therapy Service, please complete the placement enquiry form below.
We review enquiries carefully and will be in touch if the placement is likely to be a good fit at this time.