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Psychosynthesis counselling and psychotherapy training
The professional journey prepares you to become a counsellor and psychotherapist as you learn to support others in their own psychospiritual growth and healing.
“There is no certainty, there is only adventure”
– Roberto Assagioli, founding father of psychosynthesis
We offer a mix of in-person and online CPD events and Essentials training courses, with one Foundations course a year to be held online. We continue to have COVID-19 safety measures in place to support our diverse community needs.
Our training
We have over 50 years of experience in training counsellors and psychotherapists. The Trust was the second organisation in the UK to receive BACP accreditation in the 1980s and to receive UKCP accreditation as a transpersonal training organisation in 1993. The Trust gained UKCP accreditation through their college PCIPC to register students as a psychotherapeutic counsellors.
The training is an enriching process of becoming more of who you are – coming home to yourself, nurturing connection and honouring the soul in all human experience. Training with the Trust means embarking on a journey of transformation, deepening and integration. A discovery of emerging purpose and meaning.
Accreditation journey
More information about each stage is below.
The professional journey begins with personal exploration, developing self-awareness, insight into psychospiritual development, learning through experience, practical application and theoretical models. This creates the foundation required as you embark on training professionally as a counsellor. Training as a psychosynthesis psychotherapist builds on this foundation, with the opportunity to develop an exciting academic research project.
Stages of Training
Stage 1: Essentials
A 4-day course. An introduction to the vision, models and methods of psychosynthesis – the first step in training to become a counsellor and psychotherapist.
Stage 2: Foundations
A 1-year course. Provides an in-depth personal exploration – an important step in embarking on the professional training.
Stage 3: Becoming a Counsellor
A 2-year programme, leading to a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling and BACP accreditation or UKCP (PCIPC) registration.
Stage 4: Advanced Studies in Psychosynthesis
A 1-year programme of developing professional practice through client work and study, supported with clinical supervision. Can support your registration with UKCP as a Psychotherapuetic Counsellor (PCIPC).
Stage 5: Advanced Diploma in Psychosynthesis
A 1-year programme developing your research and dissertation, as you develop depth and breadth of practice as a Psychotherapist. Leads towards registration as a full Psychotherapist with UKCP (HIPC).
To be a student at the Trust is to explore with courage and curiosity in a safe, contained and well held group. We value openness and experimenting as we learn from the inside out. We go into and engage deeply with human experience. It’s soul-based learning.
Learning through direct experience ensures that the theory is embedded and embodied and that students engage deeply with their own experience to support healing and self-knowledge. It’s action learning. Here, experience itself is the source of learning and development and we champion the spirit of enquiry.
The teaching is alive, relational and engaging. It offers a map for navigating your experience and psychospiritual development and a clear, strong framework to make sense of being human.
testimonials
“Authentic and compassionate”
My experience and reflections after taking the Essentials of Psychosynthesis training can be expressed by these words: authentic and compassionate, professional and humane, longer-term life changing impacts, reminding truths forgotten and introducing new perspectives, high quality delivery, comfortable and stimulating at the same time, embracing diversity, the art of aware and constructive living, feeling of connection. I warmly recommend it to anyone.
Essentials Course Attendee
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“Humbling experience”
Being able to do this course in person was a real highlight for me. The courage, honesty and bravery everyone showed in sharing their experiences & stories was humbling.
Essentials Course Attendee
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“Professional, supportive and understanding”
The low cost clinic has changed everything for me. The service that I have received from my first phone call to my weekly sessions has been professional, supportive and understanding but above all approachable. It was a great move to look to the Trust, and it and my therapist have been amazing.
Counselling service client
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“Understanding and inclusive”
They have been very inclusive and understanding of me as a black woman studying counselling skills. It allows me to understand my defences and the difficulties presenting themselves in my life..
Counselling service client
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“Thank you so much”
The assessment and allocation of a therapist were done quickly, sensitively, and I was always listened to. My therapist is a perfect fit for my needs, supports me, and I look forward to my sessions. I feel comforted and understood by my therapist.
Counselling service client
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“Very flexible”
The counselling service contacted me very quickly and were flexible. My counsellor adapts to my needs.
Counselling service client
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“Amazing”
My counsellor in training is amazing. She makes you feel comfortable, heard, and like everything is your choice and no one else’s.
Counselling service client
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“I use this service on an ongoing basis”
It is very good - I feel empowered knowing more about myself and reflecting on some of my behaviours. Thank you!
Counselling service client
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“An incredible adventure”
The Foundations Year has been an incredible adventure. The balance of experiential and academic work at the Trust makes this course truly unique and invaluable to personal development. It challenged me and provided me with insight and information I previously felt was out of reach, all in an environment where the experienced trainers support with ease and compassion. The course teaches and supports you as an individual as well as a potential future practitioner.
Foundations participant
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“Thank you”
Thank you for this workshop which for me brought affirmation and confirmation of my work and my journey.
CPD participant
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