The Erica Foundation

The Erica Foundation has been commissioned by the Swedish government and the Stockholm County Council to run university-level training and provide psychotherapeutic treatment to children, adolescents, and their families. The foundation integrates various training and clinical activities with research and method development.

Prerequisite: education in a caring profession
Educational programmes are offered to those who already have basic training in a caring profession. Programmes offered at the Erica Foundation include advanced training in psychotherapy targeting children and young people (Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy), education in psychodiagnostics and clinical assessment of children, and advanced special pedagogical training for pre-school teachers and supervisors. The work of the Foundation is based on psychodynamic theory, developmental psychology research, research in psychotherapy, and clinical experience. Access to a broad network, both national and international, is an important factor for the development of the work of the Foundation. The staff includes physicians, psychologists, qualified social workers, special education teachers and administrators. They represent a spectrum of specialists within child and adolescent psychiatry, education, psychotherapy and research.

International cooperation
The clinical research carried out at the Foundation encourages the integration of current developmental psychology research and research in psychotherapy with clinical experience. There is on-going cooperation in treatment, education and research with similar institutions in other countries, including the UK, Italy, and the other Nordic countries..


Number of full-year students in year 2009: 37
Number of programmes: 1
Number of programmes in English: 0


Contact:
Phone: +46 8 402 17 60
Web-site: www.ericastiftelsen.se

Find it on the map: Odengatan 9, Stockholm