CPD Events
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​​Walk and Talk Therapy with Helen Bleeze
Saturday 8th November 2025
New Step: Integrating walking therapy into your practice
This workshop explores what outdoor therapy is and how it can be beneficial for the client, the therapeutic relationship and the therapist. It considers the range of practical issues that accompany this type of counselling and how to address some of the challenges it poses. This workshop seeks to give therapists confidence to try incorporating nature into their work, regardless of how urban their locality may seem; not everyone lives near rolling hills or dramatic seascapes but we can still draw on the power of the environment to enrich our work and our clients' process.
Helen says:
'I am a person-centred counsellor and clinical supervisor who has always had a love of the
outdoors. When setting up as a private practitioner therefore I was determined to offer my clients the opportunity to experience the natural environment as part of their therapeutic process, as well as the traditional indoor space.
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Over the past five years I have walked and talked, sat and listened with a wide range of clients and discovered a multitude of benefits of this, for them and me too. I am keen to share my experiences and encourage other counsellors to step outside and harness the power of the world outside our four walls'
To find out more visit Helen's website
https://www.greengatecounselling.co.uk/​
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The fee is £40. To book your place please get in touch with Lorna at info@independentcounsellingtraining.org
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Introduction to Working with Groups with Lorna Marchant
Saturday 10th January 2026
If you are a counsellor or supervisor you have probably found yourself either running groups or being asked to run groups. Counsellors who work with children and young people, as well as counselling tutors, are often involved in running groups.​
Working with groups, whether trainee counsellors, supervisees or support workers in an organisation can leave the facilitator feeling daunted and at times overwhelmed.​
On this course you will be introduced to different group theories and explore experientially your own experience of being in groups and how this might impact your facilitation of groups.​
Lorna has been running a wide range of groups for many years, she has studied group theory and written about groups professionally during this time and believes that now, as more counsellors are being required to run groups this will be a timely addition to your CPD portfolio.​
Numbers are limited so please get in touch to book your place.
The fee is £80 with an early bird fee of £60 up to and including 2nd January 2026. To book your place please get in touch with Lorna at
info@independentcounsellingtraining.org
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Introduction to Counselling Young People
(BACP stage 1 curriculum for counselling children and young people)
5 Day live online course held over 5 Fridays beginning
Friday January 16th 2026
Are you seeking to expand your practice to include working with young people?
​If so and you are a qualified counsellor or a counsellor in training this course is for you. It will provide you with the basic professional knowledge and skills needed to become an effective counsellor with young people. The course content is underpinned by relevant research and is in line with current professional expectations for working with young people.
This popular 5 day course will be held on the following Fridays from 9.30am to 3.30pm:
January 16th & 30th 2026
February 6th, 13th & 27th 2026
Course fee £350 (once the deposit of £50 has been paid the remaining fee can be paid in 3 monthly instalments)
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