The Counselling Academy

Safeguarding in the Therapy Room

A safeguarding CPD course for trained counsellors and psychotherapists. 12 modules covering the law for children and adults across all four UK nations, with recurring case study clients and downloadable handouts, reference sheets and worksheets.

Inner Child Work

A clinical CPD course for trained counsellors and psychotherapists. 12 modules covering assessment, technique and complex presentations, with three recurring case study clients, 14 client handouts and 7 practitioner tools. 10 CPD Hrs

Feb 27 - Live Training Yorkshire - Diploma in EMDR.

Gain hands-on EMDR skills to incorporate into your daily work. Perfect for counsellors seeking certification in EMDR without having to jump through accreditation hoops.

Money Matters: A Couples Counsellor's Guide to Financial Conflict, Earning Imbalance and Economic Power

A couple is arguing about who spent forty pounds at the weekend. Both of them know it isn't really about the forty pounds. Financial conflict and economic power in couples work. 15 modules. 8 CPD hours.

Wired Differently: A Couples Counsellor's Guide to Neurodivergent Relationships

A couple has been arguing about the same thing for seven years, and nothing has worked because nothing has named the wiring underneath. Neurodivergent couples work, autism, ADHD, AuDHD. 15 modules. 8 CPD hours.

The Body Between Us: A Couples Counsellor's Guide to Sex, Desire and Intimate Connection

If you're working with couples, you're working with their sexual lives, whether or not anyone has said the word out loud. Sex in the couples room without flinching. 15 modules. Two case studies. 8 CPD hours.

The Blended Family: A Couples Counsellor's Guide to Step-Parenting, Loyalty and the Long Work of Blending

Blended families don't form quickly. They take years, not months, and the early period is genuinely difficult regardless of love and effort. Step-parenting and the long work of blending. 15 modules. 8 CPD hours.

Holding the Ending: A Couples Counsellor's Guide to Separation and Co-Parenting

Somewhere in the middle of repair work, the room shifts and the work isn't repair anymore. The clinical work of separation and co-parenting, across 15 modules. UK legal content. Two case studies. 8 CPD hours.

Beyond Betrayal: A Couples Counsellor's Guide to Infidelity and Affair Recovery

Affair work walks into counselling rooms more often than almost any other presentation, and most of us have been left to work it out as we go. The full clinical arc across 15 modules. Two case studies. 8 CPD hours.

Carrying the Wound: A Couples Counsellor's Guide to Trauma in Intimate Relationships

When the argument is twice the size of what's happening, something old is firing. This course gives you the framework to see it. Trauma in couples work, across 15 modules. Two case study couples. 8 CPD hours.

The Counsellors Guide to Private Practice

Understanding & Treating Addictions

Evidence-based addiction training for Counsellors. Learn assessment, screening tools, MI, CBT, risk management and co-occurring conditions. 12 CPD hours. Content with practical resources for working with substance use and behavioural addiction.

The Counselling Academy Diploma in Couples Counselling

The Counselling Academy is proud to announce its own Couples Counselling Diploma - this comprehensive, fully online, do at your own pace course will give you the theory and the toolkit to create a toolbox to work with Couples and relationship therapy

The Counselling Academy Diploma in Counselling Supervision

Transform your counselling practice into expert supervision with our accelerated programme. Master the Seven-Eyed Model through comprehensive online theory followed by intensive residential practice with Shirley Marais. Complete in 8 weeks!

Walk & Talk Therapy

Transform your counselling practice by taking therapy outdoors. Learn the theory, skills and practical considerations of Walk & Talk therapy in this comprehensive course. Develop confidence to safely integrate movement and nature into your work.

Internal Family Systems Masterclass

Master Internal Family Systems therapy with this comprehensive course. Identify and work with clients' Managers, Firefighters, Exiles, and Self energy. Develop practical skills to facilitate healing through self-compassion and parts integration.

The Polyvagal Theory Masterclass

Master the Polyvagal Theory to transform trauma therapy. This expert-led course equips therapists with practical tools to regulate the nervous system, deepen client healing, and enhance therapeutic outcomes. Includes 6 in-depth modules.

Online Course Creation

Turn your in-person workshops into a profitable online course with ease! We offer expert guidance, step-by-step tutorials, and coaching to simplify the process.

Diploma in EMDR

The Ultimate CPD for ALL therapist. EMDR is an amazing modality/technique to have in your Toolkit and this course will just keep on giving as we continue to add more content to really make it The Ultimate EMDR Toolkit!

The Legacy of Narcissistic Parenting.

An essential CPD for any therapist. Navigating the Narcissistic parent as a child & adult can be traumatising (PTSD) and this 4 hr CPD will give you a broad awareness on this subject to be able to incorporate into your daily Counselling work.

Bereavement & Loss Awareness

An essential CPD for any therapist. Humans deal with loss and bereavement in many areas of life, not just death and this 4 hr CPD will give you a broad awareness on this subject to be able to incorporate into your daily Counselling work.